Society pays tribute to Kirk Murdoch

John Brannigan studied at the University of Glasgow and completed his traineeship at Gallen & Co Solicitors. He now works at Russels Gibson McCaffrey Solicitors in Glasgow, specialising in all criminal and civil litigation matters.

Society pays tribute to Kirk Murdoch

Our committees' work in relation to Bills and consultations including driving offences and penalties relating to causing death or serious injury, pension scams and the Commission on Parliamentary Reform.

Society pays tribute to Kirk Murdoch

Society comments on plans to reform summary court practice

Society pays tribute to Kirk Murdoch

Scott King, accelerated LLB student at Glasgow University, explains what to expect on the accelerated LLB and gives advice on how to get through it.

Society pays tribute to Kirk Murdoch

Street Law, an education programme for pupils at Scottish schools in disadvantaged areas, has taken home the title of Best Training Initiative at the prestigious European Association Awards.

Society pays tribute to Kirk Murdoch

In the first part of a two-part series, Vlad Valiente explains how Midlothian Council weighed up the potential pros and cons of bringing more legal work back in-house.

Society pays tribute to Kirk Murdoch

Lorna Stephen, a diploma graduate from the University of Edinburgh who will start a traineeship at Standard Life in September 2017, explains how any skill – in her case dancing – can be transferred and applied in a work context.

Society pays tribute to Kirk Murdoch

New report on legal aid shows some of the smallest firms are carrying out legal aid work at a loss

Society pays tribute to Kirk Murdoch

The Society has received an application to create a new category for accreditation of ‘regulation of professional conduct’ and we are keen to measure interest from potential applicants.

Society pays tribute to Kirk Murdoch

Stephen Parker from Tilney highlights the recent ruling from The Court of Appeal in relation to bankruptcy and pensions.

Society pays tribute to Kirk Murdoch

A law firm based in Inverness has received calls from a ‘Brian Johnston’ claiming to be from the ‘Bankline Fraud team’.

Society pays tribute to Kirk Murdoch

We’ve been made aware that Scottish law firms have recently been targeted by a new email scam.