Retiral

After more than two decades in legal practice, private client partner Beth Hamilton has retired from her position at Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM). Ms Hamilton joined Bartys, then a branch of Borland, Montgomerie , Keyden, in 1999, initially as a part-time assistant specialising in will

Strathclyde Law School has announced the retirement of Professor Kenneth Norrie, and his appointment as professor emeritus. Professor Norrie has enjoyed a distinguished career over 40 years. Initially a lecturer at Dundee and then at Aberdeen, he has given 33 years’ service to Strathclyde. A S

Highlands solicitor advocate Roderick Urquhart is to retire after four decades in the law, The Press and Journal reports. Mr Urquhart was educated in Aberdeen – at Robert Gordon's College and thereafter at Aberdeen University.

Paul Brown, principal solicitor of Legal Services Agency, is to retire at the end of this month. Mr Brown, who has been a key figure in the law centre movement for over 40 years, will be familiar to many in the legal profession.

Terra Firma Chambers' Robert Skinner is to retire after a career spanning five decades at the Scottish bar. Today marks his last official day in practice before retiring with effect from 1 May. 

The Highlands’ first female sheriff is looking forward to retirement having presided over her last case, The Press and Journal reports. Sheriff Margaret Neilson has heard her last trial at the Inverness Justice Centre after almost 40 years in the law.

From dealing with the assorted miscreants at the notorious Marine Court in Glasgow to presiding over one of Scotland's oldest and most venerable law firms, Donald Bremner Reid has had a remarkable life at the heart of the UK legal profession. The specialist consultant at, and former chairman of, Gla

Shona Simon, President of Employment Tribunals (Scotland), is to retire at the end of April this year. Ms Simon said that while she had hoped to continue in her post through the process of the devolution of ET functions, "that project has been subject to significant delays" and that it will not occu

Lord Menzies is to retire after 20 years on the bench. He was appointed a judge of the Supreme Courts in 2001 and was appointed to the Inner House in February 2012.

One of Scotland’s longest-serving civil solicitor advocates, Tom Marshall, retired from practice yesterday. A graduate of Dundee University, he trained with Bishop & Company in Glasgow before becoming a partner in the firm, by then called Bishop and Robertson Chalmers, in Edinburgh in 1988

On 15 October 2021, Sheriff Martin Edington sat for the last time at Livingston Sheriff Court as its senior sheriff. After more than 20 years on the shrieval bench, Sheriff Edington will officially retire on 27 October. From 1999 until 2003, Sheriff Edington presided as a temporary sheriff, then an

Professor Donna McKenzie-Skene, of Aberdeen University's School of Law, has retired after 29 years of service. She joined the school as a lecturer in 1992 and was promoted first to senior lecturer in 1999 and to professor earlier this year. Before joining the university, she was a court lawyer for f

Staff and members of the legal profession gathered to say farewell to Sheriff Lindsay Foulis, who has retired after 20 years on the bench. Sheriff Principal Marysia Lewis paid tribute to the outgoing sheriff while the Society of Procurators and Solicitors in the City and County of Perth also th

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

A significant milestone will be reached for the Law Society of Scotland later this year when long-standing chief executive Lorna Jack steps down. The professional membership body for Scottish solicitors announced that Ms Jack will be retiring at the end of 2021. She has been in post for almost 13 ye