Glasgow firm Bird Semple has lost its second department head this year following leading construction partner Lindy Patterson's decision to move to MacRoberts. Patterson (right) takes her team of two lawyers from the Edinburgh office of Bird Semple to Edinburgh-based MacRoberts, where she will take the role of partner alongside a team of five other construction lawyers. Patterson has been replaced as head of construction and engineering at Bird Semple by Fenella Mason, who has been a partner with the firm for two years. Patterson's move follows Graham Sibbald's, who left Bird Semple in May to join Dundas & Wilson.
In brief: Rough Justice reaches its quarter century
The BBC marked its landmark 25th programme of Rough Justice, which highlights miscarriages of justice, with a reception at The Reform Club last week. The guests included legal luminaries such as the legal team for the Bridgewater Three.