Following recent law firm ‘merger’ and administration announcements north of the border, well-kent names such as Maclay Murray & Spens, Pagan Osborne and Hamilton Burns will cease to be a part of the Scottish Legal firmament. Sad news for the individuals negatively affected and for the Scottish legal sector in general. News, I’m sure, that has led to deep r
Guest contribution from Alasdair Thomson, former Partner at The Glasgow Law Practice, Co-Founder of Peloton Communications Group, Director at Curated Media and Phase 2 Legal. “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change. In the struggle for survival, the fittest w
The introduction of Alternative Business Structures (ABS); through the Legal Services Act 2007 and the Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010, paved the way for a potential reshape of the legal market by enabling non-lawyers to have a stake in, or to even own, a law firm. Since then, a total of 950 licences have been given, with 892 of these still in use as of March 2
