Appointments

Watermans Legal has appointed Tzana Webster as head of property sales. She joins the Watermans team with 15 years of experience in the Edinburgh property market having relocated to Scotland from Texas.

Clarity Simplicity has announced a number of promotions and appointments. Shannon Gaughan and Craig Chisholm have been promoted to senior solicitor, while Susan Grierson and Dionne Hunter have joined as solicitors.

Law At Work (LAW) has welcomed four new trainees to its employment law team. Reece Ashmore, Sarah Fairley, Zoe Kerr and David Mitchell commenced their traineeships with LAW last month.

Bruce Erroch QC has been appointed to the office of sheriff in the Sheriffdom of North Strathclyde, based at Paisley Sheriff Court and will take up office on 1 May. He graduated LLB (Hons) from the University of Glasgow in 1989. He was a solicitor until 1997 and was admitted to the Faculty of Advoca

Balfour and Manson has promoted Adelle Walker to senior associate and Lauren Smith to associate. Ms Walker joined the firm in April 2019 as an associate, before which she was a senior solicitor with Digby Brown and a solicitor with Thorntons. She has significant experience in personal inju

Immigration specialist John Vassiliou has joined Shepherd and Wedderburn amid rising demand from clients for business and personal immigration advice following the UK’s departure from the European Union. Mr Vassiliou, who joins the firm from McGill & Co, where he was a partner, brings 10 y

The Legal Services Agency (LSA) has welcomed four new trustees: Grant Carson, Kirstie Cusick, Mhairi Reid and Peter Beckett. Mr Carson is currently director of housing and employment services at for Glasgow Centre for Inclusive Living and has devoted his career to addressing discrimination and disad

Dentons has appointed Claire Armstrong to the newly-created role of Scotland managing partner. Working alongside Glasgow's Alison Bryce and Edinburgh's Kirsti Olson, she will drive forward the firm's strategy to be the leading international law firm in Scotland.

Innes & Mackay has appointed Laura Cormack as a director. She takes up the post after joining the firm over a decade ago as a legal secretary.

Antonia Andison, Catriona Dee, Jamie Grainger, Luigi Mazi and Caitlin Pryde have joined the Aberdeen Law Project’s (ALP) representation team following a competitive application process. 

Financial services specialist Caroline Stevenson has joined Burness Paull as head of its dedicated FS regulatory team. The firm has recruited Ms Stevenson to take advantage of a market in Scotland that has continued to perform strongly throughout the pandemic, but which is facing a new regulatory la

Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has made two senior promotions. Richard Pike has been made a partner while Fiona McLaughlin has been promoted to senior associate.

Three new Senators of the College of Justice were today installed at physically distanced ceremonies held in Parliament House. Lord Sandison, Lady Haldane and Lord Richardson will take up their appointments on 1 March 2021.

Gilson Gray has recruited Eddy Winters as business development director.   Mr Winters comes from a professional services background and worked latterly in the Middle East for legal giants Al Tamimi & Company. 

Melanie Sangster has been appointed by the Lord President, Lord Carloway, to the panel of judges of Employment Tribunals (Scotland). ​Ms Sangster qualified as a solicitor in 1998 and has specialised in employment law throughout her career.