Keoghs

Eoin Quinn has been made a partner at Keoghs Scotland LLP. Mr Quinn has extensive experience in acting for sector one domestic and foreign insurance clients, large corporations in the supply and retail sectors, local authorities and offshore oil and gas companies.

Keoghs is continuing its expansion in Scotland with the appointment of two new partners in the motor and disease teams at its Glasgow offices. Laurie Traynor and Zoe Strong, previously from Ince & Co and Weightmans respectively, will join Keoghs Scotland.

Keoghs Scotland along with Screwfix, a client of its corporate sector risks retail team, has been successful in the first reported decision on abandonment in the era of qualified one way cost shifting (QOCS) in Scotland in the case Alan McRae v Screwfix and Royal Mail. This is also the first reporte

Keoghs has expanded its footprint in Scotland with new appointments and promotions. In the Glasgow office, the firm welcomed two new partners, three associates, four claims handlers, and initiated its first-ever trainee programme. Among these, Joanne Farrell, previously of BTO Solicitors and Weightm

Keoghs has defended the first reported decision testing the parameters of the rules on QOCS exceptions in Scotland, in the case of Lennox v Iceland Foods Limited. The decision provides clarification on how courts may define ‘manifestly unreasonable’ when deciding whether to apply QOCS in