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Pinsent Masons pilots burnout alerts for overworked lawyers

Published 1 year ago

Pinsent Masons is piloting burnout alerts for overworked staff after the death of a partner last year.

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Failing Serious Fraud Office ‘should be replaced’

Published 1 year ago

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) should be replaced with a new body to tackle economic crime, focusing more on prevention, according the Institute of Economic Affairs.

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UK government explores “right to switch off”

Published 1 year ago

The UK government has revealed it is considering introducing a ‘right to switch off’ for workers, allowing them to ignore work-related communication outside of working hours.

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Garden Stirling Burnet opens Leith office

Published 1 year ago

Garden Stirling Burnet has opened an office in Leith.

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Morton Fraser MacRoberts recognised for diversity and inclusion efforts

Published 1 year ago

Morton Fraser MacRoberts has been awarded bronze in the TIDE Awards, which evaluates an organisation’s performance in diversity and inclusion.

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Solicitor who was jailed for embezzling from Grangemouth firm struck off

Published 1 year ago

A solicitor who embezzled from a Grangemouth law firm has been struck from the roll.

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Aberdein Considine receives royal award for mortgage training programme

Published 1 year ago

Aberdein Considine has been recognised with a Princess Royal Training Award for its mortgages induction programme.

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BBC investigates allegations men were trafficked to work for Scottish fishing firm

Published 1 year ago

A joint investigation by BBC Scotland’s Disclosure and Radio 4’s File on 4 programmes will reveal allegations that workers from around the world may have been trafficked to work for a trawler fishing business based on Scotland’s south coast.

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Addleshaw Goddard reports 17 per cent revenue growth in Scotland

Published 1 year ago

Addleshaw Goddard, which has offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen, has announced revenue of £496 million for the past financial year, representing growth of 12 per cent.

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Appointments at Gibson Kerr as turnover reaches £3m

Published 1 year ago

Gibson Kerr has made four new appointments and three promotions after it recorded a 25 per cent increase in turnover to £3 million.

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Macdonald Henderson advises on investment in Turnkey IPS

Published 1 year ago

Macdonald Henderson has advised Turnkey IPS, a provider of software solutions to the insolvency industry, on an investment by Bowmark Capital, a private equity firm.

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Stronachs’ Jaclyn Russell gains rare dual accreditation

Published 1 year ago

Stronachs has announced that partner and head of private client, Jaclyn Russell, has been awarded a dual accreditation from the Law Society of Scotland.

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Firm-wide bonus at Gillespie Macandrew as profits rise to £5.25m

Published 1 year ago

Turnover at Gillespie Macandrew has increased 5.5 per cent to £17.7 million as profits reached £5.25m, its latest financial results show.

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Watermans acquires Cooper Johnson Law

Published 1 year ago

Watermans has completed the acquisition of Edinburgh law firm Cooper Johnson Law.

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Glasgow landlords refused eviction based on their financial hardship lose appeal to Upper Tribunal

Published 1 year ago

The Upper Tribunal for Scotland has refused an appeal by two landlords against the First-tier Tribunal’s decision not to grant them an eviction order to remove the long-term tenant of their property on the basis of financial hardship.

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