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Personal tax, trusts and executries
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- Turcan Connell (Edinburgh)
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- Anderson Strathern (Edinburgh)
- Brodies LLP (Edinburgh)
- Maclay Murray & Spens LLP (Glasgow)
- MacRoberts LLP (Glasgow)
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Morton Fraser (Edinburgh)
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- Balfour+Manson LLP (Edinburgh)
- Gillespie Macandrew LLP (Edinburgh)
- HBJ Gateley (Edinburgh, Glasgow)
- Lindsays (Edinburgh, Glasgow)
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Murray Beith Murray WS (Edinburgh) - Shepherd and Wedderburn (Edinburgh)
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Tods Murray LLP (Edinburgh)
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Archibald Campbell & Harley WS (Edinburgh) - Blackadders LLP (Dundee)
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DWF Biggart Baillie (Glasgow, Edinburgh)
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Thorntons Law LLP (Dundee)
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Burnett & Reid (Aberdeen) - Ledingham Chalmers LLP (Aberdeen)
- McClure Naismith LLP (Glasgow)
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Mitchells Roberton (Glasgow) -
Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (Glasgow)
Turcan Connell remains a leader in the field, and demonstrates ‘in-depth knowledge of the industry, excellent customer service, and a strong team’. Douglas Connell is ‘a first-class private client lawyer’ with ‘a client-friendly approach’, and Robin Fulton is ‘attentive and informed’.
Anderson Strathern’s ‘extremely knowledgeable and efficient’ group has recently been strengthening its Italian connections through an association with a local firm in Rome. Practice head Colin Henderson is ‘very experienced’ and ‘extremely adept at asking appropriate questions and assessing the situation’.
Alan Barr now leads Brodies LLP’s ‘strong’ team, following Hugh Stevens’ retirement. The group, which adopts ‘a sensible and commercial approach’, includes accredited specialist in trust law Susanne Beveridge, who is ‘personable and professional’ and ‘leads well’.
Maclay Murray & Spens LLP has a ‘good-quality client base’ and, ‘a breadth of experience that is unrivalled locally’. Andrew Biggart leads a ‘strong and reliable’ team, in which Norman Kennedy is ‘excellent’ and Eleanor Kerr is ‘very knowledgeable’.
MacRoberts LLP advises on private and public trusts, and has experience in tax planning, particularly in relation to inheritance tax and capital gains tax mitigation, as well as executry work concerning high-value estates with IHT issues. David MacRobert leads the team.
Morton Fraser’s ‘well-resourced and knowledgeable’ group is ‘highly responsive and client focused’. Team head Sue Hunter is recommended, as is the ‘highly professional’ Sarah McKinlay, who has an ‘impeccable client manner and progressive approach’.
Robin Hill now leads Balfour+Manson LLP’s team, following Brenda Rennie’s retirement. The group, which provides ‘exceptionally good’ service and has ‘a solid reputation’, recently recruited Nicola Dundas and her team from Bonar Mackenzie.
Tom Murray leads Gillespie Macandrew LLP’s private client department, which is expert in elderly client matters. John McArthur leads the tax and trust advisory department.
Glen Gilson leads HBJ Gateley’s team, which completed a number of high-value, complex executries in 2011, and also won various new clients.
Lindsays’ private client lawyers provide ‘a high standard of service’ and ‘work very much as a team’. The practice expanded in 2011 when the firm hired Dorothy Kellas from Morton Fraser. Practice head David Reith is recommended, and Alison Boyd is noted for her ‘expertise and experience’.
John Scott Moncrieff leads Murray Beith Murray WS’ well-regarded personal tax practice. Carole Hope leads the executries team and has particular experience in cross-border succession issues.
The team at Shepherd and Wedderburn has seen an increase in instructions from financial institutions and other major companies, and has ‘an eye for detail’. Malcolm Rust is ‘reliable, approachable and caring’, and department head Brian Robertson is also recommended.
Tods Murray LLP’s private client team is ‘excellent, and shows good communication skills’. The group recently expanded when the firm absorbed Fyfe Ireland. Gordon Cunningham heads the group, which includes Robert Muir, who is ‘approachable and helpful’ and displays ‘a high degree of professionalism’.
Archibald Campbell & Harley WS provides ‘exemplary’ service in ‘a client-focused manner’, and shows ‘fantastic attention to detail’.
Scott Williamson, Donald Gordon and Douglas Sneddon lead Blackadders LLP’s private client team, alongside managing partner Johnston Clark.
Gordon Wyllie leads DWF Biggart Baillie’s private client group, in which Iain Talman and Ronnie Brown are also recommended.
Pagan Osborne Limited’s private client team is led by Alan Innes in
Edinburgh, and Fiona Shields in Fife.
Thorntons Law LLP’s Nick Barclay and consultant Sandy McDonald are accredited specialists in trust law.
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Legal Developments in Scotland for Personal tax, trusts and executries
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International shipment of waste: transporters beware
Burges Salmon LLP currently authors the Environment and Energy section of The In-House Lawyer magazine. For more information and articles from this author click here- Burges Salmon LLP
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Getting the breaks
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Product liability and dietary supplements
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The calm before the storm: are you prepared for a dawn raid?
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International shipment of waste: transporters beware
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Revisiting Bartoline
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Rent in administration proceedings: a headache for landlords
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It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day
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Court of Appeal provides useful guidance on the test for remoteness of damages for breach o
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Unsafe products: identifying serious risks and notifying the relevant authorities
Shook, Hardy & Bacon currently authors the Insurance section of The In-House Lawyer magazine. For more information and articles from this author click here . In the event that a safety problem is identified with one of your products, you will need to undertake a risk assessment to comply with the General Product Safety Directive. -
Supreme Court provides guidance on forum conveniens and piercing the corporate veil
Macfarlanes LLP currently authors the Litigation & Dispute Resolution section of The In-House Lawyer magazine. For more information and articles from this author click here . This article considers the Supreme Court decision in VTB Capital plc v Nutritek International Corp & or s [2013]. Perhaps the most striking aspect of the case is that it casts doubt on the notion that the Court has the power to pierce the corporate veil. The Supreme Court also held that, even if the power to pierce the corporate veil does exist, it does not enable a claimant to hold parties that control a company jointly and severally liable under contracts entered into by that company.
Press Releases in the UK
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Penningtons establishes pensions team with two senior lateral hires
Penningtons Solicitors LLP has recruited partner Maria Riccio and associate Rupert Graham-Evans to lead its newly established pensions law team. Working between the firm's Hampshire and London offices, they will also support Penningtons' regional offices across Cambridge and the South East, advising clients in the UK and internationally. -
III St. Petersburg International Legal Forum
Representatives of Lidings law firm, the leading legal advisor to foreign businesses in Russia, took part in the III St. Petersburg International Legal Forum on 15th – 18th of May, 2013. -
Bedell Trust appoints experienced Trust Practitioner in London
We are delighted to announce the appointment of William McGilivray , who joins our London office as a Director within Bedell Trust and adds further to our global expertise. -
Bedell advise AXA Real Estate on CISX listed UK REIT for £472m Ropemaker Place Acquisition
Bedell Channel Islands Limited and Bedell Cristin advised AXA Real Estate Investment Managers (AXA Real Estate) on the recently completed £472m acquisition of Ropemaker Place in the City of London from British Land. -
Clinical negligence 'rising star' joins Penningtons' Cambridge team
Penningtons Solicitors LLP is delighted to announce the appointment of Guy Forster as an associate in its nationally recognised specialist clinical negligence team. Guy has moved from Irwin Mitchell in Birmingham to head the clinical negligence team in Penningtons’ Cambridge office. -
Penningtons teams up with Innotech to support UK technology sector
Penningtons Solicitors LLP is sponsoring the Innotech Summit 2013, one of the UK’s leading technology business events. Taking place at Level39 in Canary Wharf on Friday 26 April, this year’s event aims to provide a platform to connect investors, tech entrepreneurs and game changing technologies in order to help develop tech start ups throughout the country. -
Penningtons named in Top 25 Most Admired Companies list
Penningtons Solicitors LLP has been recognised as one of an elite group of businesses in the private client profession by Private Client Practitioner magazine. -
Penningtons advises on sale of WG Healthcare to US market leader
Penningtons has acted for the shareholders of WG Healthcare UK Limited on the sale of part of the business to Wright Medical Technology, Inc, a US headquartered global orthopaedic medical device company listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. -
Penningtons secures further Solicitors Regulation Authority panel role
Penningtons Solicitors LLP's professional regulation team has been reappointed to the panel of law firms selected by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to advise on disciplinary proceedings and regulatory appeals following a formal tender process. -
Ex-Stringfellows dancer set to appeal Court of Appeal Judgment
Nadine Quashie, a former dancer with Stringfellow Restaurants Limited is set to appeal today’s Court of Appeal decision which reverses the Employment Appeal Tribunal finding where Ms Quashie had won her legal battle for employment rights.