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Orkney solicitor Serena Sutherland, who has represented solicitors from Dingwall, Dornoch, Elgin, Inverness, Kirkwall, Lerwick, Lochmaddy, Portree, Stornoway, Tain, and Wick on the Society’s Council since her election in July 2018, has been nominated as president-elect for 2026-27.
At a recent seminar organised by Resolution, Justin Gray of Trinity Chambers shared his thoughts on matters related to this. Susan Oswald, Partner at SKO Family Law Specialists shares her thoughts.
The Society announced last week that Chief Executive Diane McGiffen will step down in April 2025 after more than three years in the role. During her tenure, Diane has been instrumental in advancing the Society’s efforts to support a modern and thriving solicitor profession.
For those who believed the legal profession could remain insulated from the transformative force of new technologies, the swift and widespread adoption of generative AI among UK lawyers has decisively proven them wrong, says Dr Corsino San Miguel PhD.
Would anyone holding or knowing of a will by Patricia Kathleen Murphy please contact Wright & Crawford.
The Scottish Human Rights Commission has laid its Annual Report for 2023-24 before the Scottish Parliament.
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