This year has singularly demonstrated to Paman Singh that a lawyer’s life can change dramatically in the space of a few short months.
In March, the solicitor advocate who specialises in employment law at Weightmans in Glasgow was appointed by the The Lord President, Lord Pentland, as one of three new fee-paid employment judges in Scotland.
In April, after just three years with the firm he was made a partner, while last month these professional achievements were complemented by a significant personal occasion when he was married in London, surrounded by friends and family.
“I thought it was a small wedding but was told that with 300 people on the day, it couldn’t really be described as such,” Mr Singh laughs.
For most lawyers, any one of those events would stand as a defining moment of the year. For Mr Singh, they came in rapid succession, transforming the first half of 2026 into a period of extraordinary change.
The year marks, he says “a significant milestone in a career that began with me turning up to my first ever hearing as a first-year trainee in 2015 with the right pen, the right selection of highlighters and entirely the wrong level of confidence”.
At Weightmans he has gained a reputation for his knowledge of employer and public liability, advising on matters that include unfair dismissal, discrimination, whistleblowing and TUPE, while also supporting clients with day-to-day advisory and strategic planning.
Mr Singh is dual accredited in employment law and...
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