Lindsays

Lindsays has recorded its busiest ever month in the property market with sales topping £31 million in August. The firm reported that home sales in August were up by 80 per cent compared with the same month last year.

Employers should prepare for a wave of personal injury claims from people working from home, The Times reports. Ben Doherty, head of employment law at Lindsays, said that companies risk lawsuits if they fail to support staff wellbeing.

Investors remain interested in the Scottish commercial property market despite the coronavirus crisis, a lawyer has said. Derek Nash, partner at Lindsays, said that demand was “robust” throughout the crisis and that the trend towards working from home did not mean the end of the office.

Lindsays has announced that David Rose has joined its commercial property team as a partner from Dentons. Mr Rose has decades of experience at the forefront of the commercial property market in Scotland.

Property developers and their contractors could find themselves at legal loggerheads unless Scottish government guidance and legislation on construction work during the coronavirus crisis is made clearer, an expert has warned. Andrew Boccoli, who leads on advice to the construction sector at Li

Katherine McAlpine and Rhian Griffiths have joined Lindsays. Ms McAlpine, who joins the firm’s Dundee team as a senior solicitor, will be providing advice on a wide variety of commercial litigation matters including debt recovery, insolvency issues, contractual disputes as well as landlord and

Lindsays has rewarded five rising stars with promotion. Two new partners have been appointed, along with a senior associate and two associates.

A £30 million pledge to support Scottish charities through the coronavirus crisis is welcome but will not tackle the immediate cash flow problems leaving many in a fight for survival, lawyers have warned. Alastair Keatinge and David Dunsire, of Lindsays, are advising a string of organisations

A church is suing Edinburgh Council after a conference featuring an American pastor was cancelled due to complaints made about his views. Destiny Church, based in Glasgow, was due to host its three-day 'Surge Conference' in June at the Usher Hall.

More than 100 guests representing 80 organisations attended Lindsays' annual Third Sector Drinks Reception, held at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on Wednesday, to discuss issues emerging for this year and beyond. Attendees heard from some of the most important figures in the field, wi

Lindsays' private client team in Dundee has welcomed Harriet Grant, who has recently joined the firm as a solicitor from Burness Paull. Ms Grant deals with a wide variety of private client matters including the administration of executries and the drafting of wills and powers of attorney.

Katherine Irvine has joined Lindsays’ employment team in Edinburgh. Ms Irvine has a wealth of both advisory and advocacy experience, advising a variety of clients involved in sectors from hospitality and leisure, third sector and technology to transport, construction and education.

Lindsays has seen a rise in the number of employee ownership deals it completed in 2019 and said that it expects the trend to continue in 2020. Employee ownership is the process of over 50 per cent of a company’s shares being transferred to the staff of that company, and it is typically done b

Lindsays has outlined a series of measures it says can give small businesses a fighting chance of success, ahead of Small Business Saturday. Kenny Gray, a commercial property partner at the firm with expertise in advising SMEs, has commented on the simple steps that small businesses can take to

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