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Highly experienced partner dealing with extensive and varied commercial property workload including acquisitions and disposals for owner/occupiers, investors and house builders, commercial leasing and securities. Major clients include Wood Group, Kirkwood Homes, Skene Group and ANM Group.
Partner in commercial property. Undertakes a broad range of commercial property work with emphasis on leasing (acting for both landlord and tenant)..
Partner mainly specialising in the administration of estates, drafting of wills and advising in the use of powers of attorney/guardianships. Along with this, Craig advises on elderly client care together with care costs as well as tax planning and also deals with the purchase and sale of property.
Partner in the private client services department providing advice on all aspects of inheritance tax planning, Wills, Trusts including Charitable Trusts, and executries; residential property purchase and sale transactions, and land development option agreements from the private client perspective
Solicitor-advocate with extended rights of audience to appear in the Court of Session and the Supreme Court. Accredited by The Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in personal injury law and specialises in defending personal injury claims in both the Court of Session and in Sheriff Courts throughout Scotland. Advises some of the UK’s largest general insurers as well as local authorities, public sector bodies, loss adjusters and other insurance intermediaries. Main areas of expertise are employer’s liability, public liability, industrial disease, professional negligence and motor claims. Also experienced in health and safety law providing advice to clients on health and safety issues and representing companies and public bodies following criminal prosecution under health and safety legislation and at fatal accident inquiries.
Jody has significant experience advising on corporate transactions, including acquisitions, disposals, equity investments, and restructures. He also advises on commercial contracts, including framework agreements, distribution and agency. Additionally handles work for corporate lenders and borrowers on a range of structured and general finance transactions. Clients include TUV Nord, Neptune Marine Services, Harbro and Atlantic Offshore.
Partner in commercial property with an emphasis on development work and leasing.
John obtained extended rights of audience (solicitor advocate) in 2008 and is the partner in charge of the firm’s Edinburgh office which undertakes exclusively litigation and dispute resolution work with an emphasis on work in Scotland’s higher civil court, the Court of Session. His team also deal with referral work in the Court of Session for solicitors outside Edinburgh. His practice is principally in the public sector and insurance fields and includes casualty – representing insurers, claim handlers, local authorities and other self-insured organisations in defending claims. He has acted in a number of high-value claims involving serious injuries. He also acts for insurers in recovery actions against third parties including fire and other serious damage claims. He has expertise in insurance law (advises insurers on issues affecting validity of insurance contracts, fraudulent claims and disputes with policyholders); health and safety prosecutions/fatal accident inquiries (has acted in a number of prosecutions arising under health and safety legislation); conducting FAIs for insured entities and local authorities; judicial review, principally for local authorities; and media law (acted as Edinburgh correspondent on behalf of News Group in the Sheridan v News of the World defamation action, currently under appeal). Advises media organisations on defamation and contempt of court issues. Deals with commercial litigation in the Court of Session and Sheriff Court in matters such as contractual disputes, high value performance bond enforcement, interdict/interim interdict applications and reduction actions. Carries out presentations to clients principally in the public sector and insurance fields. Principal clients include Direct Line Group, NIG, Gallagher Bassett, North Lanarkshire Council; referring solicitors. Notable cases include Sidey v Clackmannanshire Council (procurement/damages), United Central Bakeries v Spooner Industries (factory fire – sale of goods, misrepresentation), Cunningham v Cameron/British Gas (house fire-fault by neighbour and utility company), Liquidators of Scottish Coal Company for Directions (environmental liabilities, insolvency, property law). South Lanarkshire Council v Coface (performance bond enforcement).