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Law firm gunnercooke expands in Scotland

31st March 2023 | careers
Katy Wedderburn and Alex Innes join business

Turcan Connell promotes 23 members of staff

31st March 2023 | careers
Legal professionals awarded new senior roles

Blackadders names Neil Robb as Commercial Property head

30th March 2023 | careers
Partner takes on role succeeding Emma Gray

Thorntons takes on seven after traineeships

29th March 2023 | careers
NQ roles taken up in five Dundee and Edinburgh teams

Balfour+Manson adds to Aberdeen Private Client team

27th March 2023 | careers
Amy McKay promoted while Greg Lawson hired as senior associate

Scholarship applications open for intending 2024 devils

27th March 2023 | careers , education-training
Faculty invites applications for four separate support awards

Blackadders promotes six members of staff

24th March 2023 | careers
Law firm strengthens its senior team

Leanne Gordon returns to Lindsays as director

22nd March 2023 | careers
Rural law expert returns to firm she left last year

Burness Paull hires media and entertainment specialist

21st March 2023 | careers
Fraser MacKinven joins as partner from Abu Dhabi company

Bail and Release from Custody Bill passes stage 1

20th March 2023 | careers | Criminal legal aid
MSPs approve general principles by majority despite misgivings

Ross Nicol joins Addleshaw Goddard in partner hire

20th March 2023 | careers
Experienced IP and data protection lawyer moves from Dentons

Two hires for Gibson Kerr Personal Law team

20th March 2023 | careers
Sara Albizzati and Susie Alexander move to expanding practice

Two more partners for gunnercooke in Scotland

15th March 2023 | careers
Katy Wedderburn and Alex Innes bring team strength to six

Three in four Scots LLB applicants are women: new data

14th March 2023 | careers , education-training
Freedom of information request reveals recent decline in male applicants

Dean calls for culture change to support women at bar

13th March 2023 | careers
Conference address recognises need to remove career barriers

Four form new Garden Stirling Burnet Family Law team

13th March 2023 | practice management , careers
Appointments mean new division for recently merged practice

Burness Paull hires David Stewart as partner

13th March 2023 | careers
Real estate lawyer joins from Morton Fraser

Three partners lead 10 Gillespie Macandrew promotions

9th March 2023 | careers
Andrew Leslie, Ross MacRae and Sharon Murray all named as partners

Simon Mayberry to head Balfour+Manson Employment team

9th March 2023 | careers
Partner hired from Shoosmiths as Kenzie Howard also joins team

East coast sees growth as Thorntons appoints six

9th March 2023 | careers
Associate and five solicitors join four offices

Allan McDougall makes associate promotion

7th March 2023 | careers
Employment lawyer Alice Bowman recognised

Gilson Gray acquires Aberdeen practice

7th March 2023 | practice management , careers
The Law Practice team to move to Gilson Gray's offices

Report aims to advance women's equality at Holyrood

6th March 2023 | government-administration , careers | Discrimination
Cross party group publishes proposals to remove barriers

Five new legal experts join Morton Fraser

3rd March 2023 | agriculture-crofting , careers , commercial property
Law firm strengthens team to meet client demand
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