David Forrester
Senior SolicitorDavid is a senior solicitor in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution team.
David is involved in a wide range of commercial litigation with a focus on property litigation and planning.
David graduated from the LLB at The University of Edinburgh in 2011 and went on to complete an LLM at The University of Edinburgh in 2012. He then spent several years living abroad. He returned to The University of Edinburgh and completed the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice in 2017.
David acts for a wide range of public and private sector clients including large scale, high value and high profile projects.
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Proceeds of Crime and Cryptoassets - Catching up with the Criminals
The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 ("the 2002 Act") and its predecessor, the Proceeds of Crime (Scotland) Act 1995, have for decades provided regimes for the criminal confiscation - and, introduced by the 2002 Act, civil recovery - of the financial benefit of unlawful conduct in Scotland. Such regimes, as with most things, require freshening up every now and again. In particular, the 2002 Act requires to keep up to date with new and emerging forms of unlawfulness, criminality and methodologies of money laundering.
