Irwin Mitchell Scotland staff have moved into Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie’s (WJM) Glasgow and Edinburgh offices following the firm’s strategic investment in WJM last year.
The Scottish Land Commission has published its response to the Call for Views on the Land Reform Bill issued by the Scottish Parliament’s Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee.
The Scottish government’s Land Reform Bill is “gambling” with the future of communities in rural Scotland and investment in the transition to net zero.
The delivery of justice in civil cases and the support for vulnerable witnesses will be “transformed” when the new Dundee Justice Hub becomes operational on 3 June 2024.
Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee will launch their city centre Low Emission Zones (LEZ) shortly, joining Glasgow whose zone has already been operating for a year.
Legislation giving Scottish Ministers powers to assess and remediate buildings which have unsafe cladding, where consent of the owners cannot be provided, has been unanimously approved in the Scottish Parliament.
Brodies LLP has advised on a £100 million joint credit facility to transform Ardersier Port in Inverness-shire into a major energy transition facility.
An opportunity exists to build on the “continuity of the commitment and policy of Land Reform” that is shared by a majority of Scotland including a majority in the Scottish Parliament, Michael Russell, chair of the Scottish Land Commission has said.
The Law Society of Scotland has increased its recommended minimum pay rates for trainee solicitors, in recognition of persistent inflation and cost-of-living pressures.
Since opening its Edinburgh office in Atria One on Morrison Street in May 2019, law firm Burges Salmon celebrates its five-year anniversary in Scotland.