Scottish Legal News
Nov 7, 2024 · Top legal aid earners remain same as last year. Tony Lenehan KC remains the top earner of legal aid fees, new figures from the Scottish Legal Aid Board show. In 2023-24, Mr Lenehan's fees were £450,000, an increase of £50,000 on the previous year. Read Full Article.
Outer House rejects attempt by family farmers to prevent removal …
Oct 10, 2024 · A lord ordinary has reduced a purported agricultural lease ope exceptionis under which a farming family claimed to occupy a farm subject to a defaulted secured loan and rejected a claim by the family seeking reduction of a sheriff court decree ordering the removal of the occupants of the farm. Dunca
Watermans acquires Edinburgh law firm Wright & Co
Nov 15, 2017 · Watermans Legal, a sister entity of Watermans Accident Claims and Care has acquired Edinburgh law firm Wright & Co. The six-figure deal will see Wright & Co rebrand as Watermans Legal and work alongside personal injury specialists Watermans Accident Claims and Care. It will also see Watermans increase its talent pool with all five employees at ...
Lawyer of the Month: Margaret Gribbon | Scottish Legal News
Jun 20, 2022 · She left there in 2009 and worked as a consultant for 10 years before establishing Bridge Employment Solicitors. And in terms of what comes next in her employment law career, Ms Gribbon says she plans to just “keep going”. Scottish solicitor Margaret Gribbon has dealt with many serious employment issues and cases over the years.
Scottish Lesbians to intervene in For Women Scotland’s Supreme …
Oct 11, 2024 · Scottish Lesbians, joined by The Lesbian Project, LGB Alliance and members of Lesbian Labour, have been granted permission to submit a written intervention in the forthcoming Supreme Court appeal brought by For Women Scotland on the Gender Recognition Act and its interplay with the Equality Act. The appeal is due to be heard on 26 and 27 November.
Settlement looms in Celtic Boys Club cases - Scottish Legal News
Apr 9, 2024 · There has been “significant progress” in the proposed settlement over claims of historical abuse at Celtic Boys Club. A judge allowed a group claim to proceed against Celtic last year over alleged abuse at Celtic Boys Club, which was established as a feeder to the senior side in 1966. Thompsons Solicitors said the valuation of all cases has ...
BTO acquires Carruthers Gemmill | Scottish Legal News
Mar 19, 2024 · BTO acquires Carruthers Gemmill. Carruthers Gemmill, a family-based law firm with a legacy spanning more than 150 years, will become part of BTO Solicitors LLP next month. Under the new arrangement, senior partner Tommy Gemmill, the fifth generation of the Gemmill family, and partner Stephen Watt, will join BTO as consultants in BTO’s Glasgow ...
Registers of Scotland case backlog exceeds 100,000 - Scottish …
May 16, 2022 · Registers of Scotland (RoS) has a backlog of more than 100,000 cases, it has revealed. RoS has 105,638 land registrations that have not yet been processed – some that date from January 2017. Keeper of the Registers, Jennifer Henderson, had apologised for delays when she took over in 2018 and had promised to turn the situation around.
Personal Injury Court issues guidance on motions for sanction for ...
Jan 10, 2020 · The All-Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court has issued a judgment to give some guidance on motions for certification of skilled persons and sanction for the employment of counsel made under new court rules introduced in 2019.. Sheriff Kenneth McGowan said the terms of motions should reflect “as closely as possible” the wording of the rule or law under which the application is being made ...
Commercial judge moves continually sisted dispute to ordinary roll ...
Jun 24, 2024 · A commercial judge has refused to dismiss a commercial action that was sisted pending the outcome of an English arbitration process, and instead granted a fresh sist and moved it to the ordinary roll. Briggs Marine Contractors Ltd raised the action against Bakkafrost Scotland Ltd in September 2022,