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Macnabs are delighted to announce that after a rigorous training process and series of exams, Partner Garry Sutherland has recently been appointed as a Solicitor Advocate. Garry, who has focused on court and tribunal work for over 20 years, is now one of a select number of lawyers who are able to represent clients in the higher courts in Scotland and the UK, including the Court of Session, the Supreme Court and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Garry is the only Perth based solicitor to hold the qualification.

Due to continued growth, we are looking for an experienced Paralegal to join our busy Court team. If you have 5+ years’ experience of assisting in the preparation and lodging of documentation in Court of Session Matters, and / or Sheriff Court experience, then please get in touch.

In these unprecedented times, everyone is working under so much more pressure than they were before. These are challenging circumstances for everyone, and no-one more so than those working in the medical profession. As heartening as it may have been to see the population standing in the street, ringing bells and banging drums for the NHS, it didn’t make the job any easier.

Moving into a new home can be stressful. And with a new home comes new quirks to get your head round. The way you have to twist the front door key in a specific angle to release the snib; the way the boiler hums and gurgles at night; the back left gas hob that never seems to catch first time. Most of these things we grow to live with, even loving them for their oddities. But sometimes, no matter how thorough our survey has been, there’s something that hits us out of the blue that we can’t learn to live with. Whether it’s an issue with the central heating, a security concern, or perhaps it’s a drainage problem that hadn’t been spotted as the property had been sitting empty.