Law

Two of Scotland’s best-known legal names are coming together for this year’s Scottish Construction Summit, with Morton Fraser MacRoberts (MFMac) and Axiom Advocates confirmed as joint legal sponsors of the event, which moves this year to the SEC Campus in Glasgow. The decision to co-spon

Law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has appointed Keith Bishop as a legal director in its Edinburgh construction team. A highly experienced construction lawyer, Keith is dual qualified in Scotland and England and Wales, and has advised on both contentious and transactional construction matters thro

Law firm Addleshaw Goddard has recruited Gillian Woodward as a partner in its construction litigation team. Gillian joins the firm from Pinsent Masons, where she built a highly regarded UK-wide construction and infrastructure disputes practice over more than 20 years. She has extensive experience ad

The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) annual work-related injury report has revealed the number of workers killed in work-related incidents has declined year on year, but by a smaller rate than in previous terms, writes Kevin Bridges. The construction, agriculture, forestry and fishing secto

The Inner House of the Court of Session has refused a vehicle supplier’s appeal against a reporter’s decision that Historic Environment Scotland had been entitled to list a disused 1930s-style Glasgow cinema, despite having recently refused to interfere with its partial demolition.

A decision to reform an unjust law in Scotland so that victims of deadly cancers caused by asbestos can receive compensation is the "compassionate thing to do", a lawyer has said. “People with ‘pleural plaques’, caused by exposure to asbestos, have three years from diagnosis to mak

Independent Scottish law firm, Anderson Strathern, will provide advice for a landmark project at the historic Royal High School on Edinburgh’s Calton Hill. The firm’s specialist teams will work closely with the National Centre for Music, the charity that is set to be the future tenant of

Law firm W&AS Bruce has appointed Omar Mohammed as partner. Based in the firm’s Broxburn office, Mr Mohammed heads W&AS Bruce’s New Build Conveyancing team and has built a strong reputation for delivering expert advice and exceptional client service across all aspects of resident

Gilson Gray has promoted two senior lawyers to partner, strengthening its real estate and litigation offering. Real estate specialist Gregor Duthie and litigator Stephen Forsyth have both stepped up from legal director to partner.

The City of Edinburgh Council has reached an out-of-court settlement with DLA Piper over legal advice provided during the capital’s troubled tram project.

Liam McKay, an associate in Anderson Strathern’s contentious construction team, dissects the recent Court of Session decision in Ogilvie Construction Ltd v MR Re Glasgow Ltd and its implications for the construction industry. Like the titular children’s novel There and Back Again, the la

Dentons has appointed Gordon Anderson as a construction partner in its projects practice in Glasgow. Mr Anderson joins from Addleshaw Goddard, where he was a partner, to lead Dentons' non-contentious UK construction practice, which is strategically important and a key business driver for the firm's

Lindsays has strengthened its commercial property team with the appointment of Philip Sim as a consultant. Mr Sim has spent the past eight years running his own legal practice - Sim Legal - having previously been a partner at Ledingham Chalmers, McClure Naismith and Harper Macleod.

A global study of venture capital investors and tech developers active in the low-carbon space found that 99% of UK respondents have invested in or already developed a Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project, with 79% saying they plan to do so in the next year. The research conducted by Pinsent Mas

A new report offers an in‑depth analysis of how investors, developers and advisers are navigating the next phase of the global shift toward net zero. Drawing on research conducted in collaboration with Infralogic, with 100 UK‑based senior executives, financial sponsors, developers and general co