Edinburgh firm Dundas & Wilson, which is still in talks with Arthur Andersen to join its law firm network, has confirmed that its seven-partner private client department is being hived off. The new firm will practise as Turcan Connell with effect from 18 August, and will occupy a part of Saltire Court where Dundas & Wilson's offices are based. Dundas & Wilson chairman Neil Cochran said of the new firm: “The discussions have been entirely amicable and have concentrated on the benefits for clients.”
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The Law Society elections will give members the opportunity to decide on many matters of immediate and vital concern to lawyers. The profession needs to know where the candidates stand on: separation of functions; the future of the Solicitors Indemnity Fund and contributions to it; the Regis project; minimum salary for trainees; the future of […]