Millar & Bryce and DUAL Asset Underwriting to provide new gap insurance option

Published March 26, 2020

In a time of extreme uncertainty due to the ongoing changes imposed as a result of COVID-19, Millar & Bryce and DUAL Asset Underwriting have been working together to find a gap insurance solution to help support and de-risk some of the challenges that the conveyancing profession is facing. Further to communications from Registers of Scotland and The Law Society... View Article

A Message to our Customers in response to Coronavirus outbreak

Published March 17, 2020

To all our Customers Update 23 March 2020 We are continuing to focus on the health and safety of our employees and their families during this difficult time. With effect of Tuesday 24 March, all of our staff members will be working from home, to ensure everyone has the additional security of not mixing with people outside their own family... View Article

Paralegal Modern Apprenticeship Update

Published March 5, 2020

During our week-long activities to celebrate the Paralegal profession, we are also looking at aspiring paralegals, who are at the start of their career. Four of our employees commenced their Paralegal Modern Apprenticeship earlier in the year and we caught up with Ellie Wilson, Lauren Mole, Andrew Allison and Ailie Morrison as they are working through the course material to... View Article

Trainee Tour 2020 continues with S+W and DLA Piper

Published March 4, 2020

The Trainee Tour 2020 continued on Monday 2nd March with the visit of trainees from Shepherd and Wedderburn, as well as DLA Piper. Daniel Parcell, Harry Oliff, Emma Davidson, Justine McCluskey, Ross Gibson, Chris Glendinning and Jess Maskrey joined us from the S+W offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow. We also had the pleasure of welcoming Sonia Sandhu, Arian Nooshabadi and... View Article

Paralegal of the Year Finalist Debbie Beattie

Published March 3, 2020

The third Paralegal of the Year finalist is Debbie Beattie. On a sunny but blustery day in Dundee, Shona Smans, Senior Business Development Manager (Commercial), met up with Debbie to learn about her journey as a paralegal. ‘After meeting Debbie for the first time and spending a couple of hours in her company it is not difficult to understand why... View Article

Paralegal of the Year Finalist Emma MacKenzie

Published March 3, 2020

The second finalist for the Paralegal of the Year Award is Emma MacKenzie from Gilson Gray. Our own Louise Waddell (Business Development Manager for Edinburgh, East Lothian and Fife) caught up with Emma to find out more about her journey as a paralegal: Emma began her career in the 90’s when the role of the paralegal was still developing. At... View Article

Paralegal of the Year Finalist Donna Clark

Published March 2, 2020

The first finalist of the Paralegal of the Year Award is Donna Clark. Our Business Development Manager for the North-East, Barry Boyle, travelled to Inverness to catch up with Donna and hear her amazing stories… Donna started her journey in the legal sector in 1971 as an Office Junior at 15 years old. She originally wanted to be a typist... View Article