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Burness Paull has been named Best Early Careers Employer and commended for Best Diversity & Inclusive Initiative at the s1 Jobs Recruitment Awards 2022. Celebrating the best recruiters in Scotland from across all sectors, the expert judges’ decisions were announced at the Glasgow Doubletre

The corporate team from Burges Salmon has advised the owners of Bristol-based Power Electrics Generators (PEG) on its sale to Glasgow-based generator specialist DTGen. PEG is widely recognised as one of the most experienced generator sales specialists in the UK. It sells, commissions and installs ge

Joanne Hennessy, an immigration expert, has joined TLT in Glasgow. Ms Hennessy, who joins from Pinsent Masons, will manage a team of six immigration lawyers including former colleague Hannah Eades, who moved to TLT as senior associate from the same firm in February 2022.

The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day last month was #breakthebias. The focus was on establishing “a world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination". When I started out studying law at the University of Aberdeen in 2006, I was very aware that the majority of my c

Blackadders LLP has announced a number of appointments: Dale Ross has been made a partner; Emma Sadler has been promoted to associate solicitor, family law; and Robyn Lee has been promoted to senior solicitor, private client. Mr Ross' areas of expertise include executry and trust matters includ

A Glasgow sheriff has refused three appeals under the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 challenging a series of decisions made by the Accountant in Bankruptcy for a man sequestrated in 2018 considering debts said to total over £200,000. It had been determined by the AiB that there was insufficien

Hundreds of people in the north east were told to travel in excess of 100 miles to Inverness for jury duty because of a mistake by the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS). In total, 250 letters were sent to Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire residents instructing them to appear at the remote jury c

Modern flapjacks are sweets and not cakes, the UK's tax tribunal has ruled – with enormous tax implications for manufacturers. In a case with echoes of the famous dispute over whether Jaffa Cakes are cakes or biscuits, the First-Tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) said flapjacks made by Glanbia are to

Around 50,000 written judgments from England and Wales can now be accessed through a dedicated online service run by The National Archives, the official archive and publisher for the UK government. The new case law service currently provides access to superior court judgments dating back to 2003 and

Singer and songwriter Ed Sheeran was celebrating earlier this month after winning a copyright battle in the English High Court over his 2017 hit Shape Of You, the most-streamed song ever on the platform Spotify, with more than three billion plays. The case came to court after grime artist Sami

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is requiring the Department for Work and Pensions to improve its treatment of disabled benefit claimants. This is in response to serious concerns about failures to meet the needs of its customers with mental health impairments and learning disabilities

Terra Firma Chambers’ Philip Simpson QC and Gordon Watt will speak at Longmark’s Scottish Private Client Tax Planning Conference, taking place at the Dalmahoy Hotel and Country Club on Wednesday 18 May. Mr Simpson will present the ‘Critical IHT Update&

Lawyers in the family law practice at Brodies LLP have received five new accreditations from the Law Society of Scotland. Sarah Lilley and Rachael Noble have become accredited specialists in family law mediation while Donna McKay has become an accredited specialist in child law. Ms Noble and Ga

Pinsent Masons is to raise its starting salaries for NQ lawyers in London and the regions. NQs in London will enjoy a 22.6 per cent increase in salaries – from £75,000 to £92,000.

Anderson Strathern has advised Crown Estate Scotland on all 17 of the recently announced ScotWind off-shore wind leasing agreements, a £700 million programme and the first offshore wind leasing round in over a decade, and the first award of projects since the management of offshore wind rights