'Suspicions' Raised Over Law Society's Abandoned Office Move

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AN ABORTIVE office relocation project that cost the Law Society of Scotland GBP 98,000 has been described as "suspicious" by members after the society put forward plans to refer it to external auditors.

In an open letter to the Scottish legal profession, former BBC lawyer Alistair Bonnington questioned the handling of the society's move away from its current Drumsheugh Gardens base, which was abandoned last year after the owner of proposed new premises refused to drop the agreed purchase price.

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'Suspicions' Raised Over Law Society's Abandoned Office Move

This cost the society GBP 97,688, including GBP 32,644 to Brodies in legal fees and GBP 39,818 to Jones Lang Lasalle for valua...

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