Balfour+Manson

David Flint, Balfour and Manson litigation partner, retired at the end of last month. Here he looks back at his 40-year career in legal practice. I think I was the last of the apprentice generation starting with Guild and Guild WS in Rutland Square Edinburgh in 1979. Even before I was qualified, I w

Ian Balfour, whose grandfather founded Balfour and Manson in 1887, is retiring at the age of 89, the Edinburgh Evening News reports. "Despite retiring as a partner when he reached 65 in 1997, he stayed on as a consultant with the firm and continued working as a sheriff court auditor, advising the co

The Edinburgh office of Balfour and Manson has added two new associates – one each to its employment and commercial property teams. Russell Eadie joins the firm as a senior associate in the employment team. He arrives at the firm having worked in employment law for over 25 years. A former part

Supporters of a small East Lothian hospital that is closing its doors to new patients have instructed Balfour and Manson's Elaine Motion to consider legal action against the NHS. Friends of the Edington Hospital in North Berwick were "shocked" when NHS Lothian announced on September 1 that no new pa

Carolyn Jackson looks at how the courts have dealt with medical evidence for which there is no record. When weighing up the evidential strength of medical records, lawyers often say that if it wasn’t written down, it didn’t happen. But simply because something has been written down at th

Balfour and Manson has retained of its second-year trainee solicitors who qualify this week. Taylor Henry, Klaudia Wasilewska and Emily Deans become newly qualified solicitors today after a challenging traineeship dominated by the pandemic,

Alastair Milne Balfour and Manson partner Alastair Milne retires today after almost 35 years in the legal profession.

Balfour and Manson has bolstered its family law team in Aberdeen with the appointment of Katie Albiston from Taggart Meil Mathers. Ms Albiston has worked with Avenue Aberdeen, which provides advice on family mediation, child contact and counselling, and previously volunteered with both ChildLine and

The Scottish government has lost a high-profile court challenge against its Covid-19 regulations closing all churches for congregational worship and private prayer. Representatives of several churches argued before the Court of Session that the regulations represented disproportionate interference w

Michaela Guthrie has been made a senior associate at Balfour and Manson. The promotion of Ms Guthrie – who joined the firm in January 2014 and started her traineeship in August that year – takes effect from today.

Balfour and Manson has appointed James Hyams as an associate. Mr Hyams, a graduate of the University of Edinburgh originally joined the firm as a trainee in August 2015. He qualified as a solicitor in 2017, training in Balfour and Manson’s commercial property, employment and private client dep

Balfour and Manson has promoted two of its associate solicitors to partner, effective from the beginning of the new year. The new partners are Martin Walker who joined the firm as a trainee in 2015 before becoming a solicitor in its litigation team, and experienced private client specialist, Graeme

The Inner House at the Court of Session has upheld a decision made by the Crofting Commission denying crofters permission to erect land-based wind turbines on the grounds that the result would be "detrimental to the interests of the land owners". The crofters, living near Stornoway on the Isle of Le

Linda Walker looks at the risks of mixing business and pleasure in the family home. COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdown hasn’t been easy on anyone. Families and couples have been stuck in close quarters for long periods, leading to strained moments. For those of us lucky to continue work

A fostering couple have won a legal battle against a local authority over employment rights in a legal decision that will be "highly significant" for Scotland's other 4,000 foster carers. Jimmy and Christine Johnstone were the first foster carers to be given employment rights after an employmen