Judges deliver verdicts based on body of evidence

By JOHN FORSYTH

Published 17th Dec 2012, 00:00 BST

There was a 30 per cent increase in the number of submissions to the Scott+Co Scottish Legal Awards 2013, the tenth year of the programme.

The judging panel met last Wednesday to debate the merits of the 61 entries submitted by 28 firms, from sole practitioners to multipartner outfits, in a full-day conference. Proceedings were nudged along from the chair by Margo MacDonald MSP.

The judges included experts from business, law and politics including Sir Andrew Cubie, Lorna Jack, chief executive of the Law Society of Scotland, and Owen Kelly, chief executive of Scottish Financial Enterprise.