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& Ince, in any case

10-02-2023 /

Following the Grenfell Tower tragedy, major changes had to be made to the law and practice of building safety in the UK. The Building Safety Act 2022 (the “BSA”) is one of the biggest reforms to building and construction law in decades. The BSA creates a new safety regime for the construction of residential buildings, ushering in a significant revamp of building and fire safety regulations and making provision for an ambitious toolkit of measures that are intended to ensure that those responsible for building safety defects can be held to account.

01-12-2022 / Real Estate

We are delighted to announce that Greg Smith and Ross Cameron have joined our team in Scotland.

23-11-2022 / Insurance, Maritime, Real Estate

We are pleased to be celebrating one year since opening our first Scottish office in the city of Glasgow. Stefanie Johnston, dual-qualified Partner and Head of Scotland, has worked tirelessly over the last year to develop our offering through the opening of an Ince office in what is arguably an established Scottish market. Starting from the ground up, Stefanie and her team have successfully gained an admirable reputation in the region and further afield in the maritime, insurance, real estate and regulatory sectors.

02-09-2022 / Maritime

Dual-Qualified Partner, Stefanie Johnston, led the team from Ince, assisted by Iain Franklin, Senior Associate, following a Scottish instruction to act on behalf of Mr. Steven Davie, who was being prosecuted for alleged breaches of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 and The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 (“COLREGS”). The defence at trial was conducted by David Nicolson, advocate from Compass Chambers. Mr. Davie’s legal team successfully secured his acquittal at Inverness Sheriff Court.

23-08-2022 /

In December 2019 the Scottish Ministers announced the terms of reference and a chair for a public inquiry into the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in Scotland (the “Inquiry”).

10-08-2022 / Maritime

Kirkwood v. Thélem Assurances [2022] CSOH 53 A recent Outer House Opinion has provided welcome clarity on the recovery of English solicitors’ fees in the Scottish Courts.