He will never be forgotten.” Defence lawyer Aamer Anwar said: “Joe Beltrami was probably the last of the legends in Scots Law. “Over half a century of work and 300 murder cases, Joe Beltrami ...

Joe was, as Scottish lawyers might say, ‘Very good on his feet’.” Joseph (known to colleagues and friends affectionately as Joe) Beltrami came from a Scottish Italian family. His father ...

TRIBUTES have been paid to Joe Beltrami, one of Scotland’s most high-profile defence lawyers, who has died at the age of 83. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get ...

One of Scotland's best-known criminal defence lawyers Joe Beltrami has died aged 83. In a career spanning almost 50 years, he successfully defended clients who faced the death penalty and helped ...

His law firm, Beltrami & Co, said today: ‘It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our founder, the legendary Mr Joseph Beltrami. Sincere condolences to his family.’ ...

From the worst murder to the simplest breach of the peace, thousands of accused have called upon the services of the criminal defence lawyer. Now 73, and still working in Glasgow, Joe Beltrami ...

JOSEPH Beltrami, always known as Joe, who has died aged 82, was a Glasgow defence lawyer for 50 years, probably Scotland's most-famous solicitor-advocate of the latter half of the 20th Century and ...

One of Scotland’s leading law firms has been barred for life from a professional body after refusing to join a Cop26 boycott. Beltrami and Company – whose late founder Joe Beltrami defended ...