Edinburgh’s leading family-run law firm Gibson Kerr has been celebrating after a story about its work with the BBC1 show Heir Hunters was featured in The Scotsman.

The influential daily broadsheet reported how the firm has provided behind-the-scenes work on the BBC1 show – which showcases the work of companies who track down the heirs to unclaimed fortunes.

Gibson Kerr, which has more than 100 years experience in Edinburgh’s legal sector, has worked with English company Celtic Research on recent episodes of the hit TV show. Fiona Rasmusen, Partner with Gibson Kerr, said that in one case the firm had arranged all of the necessary legal proceedings to ensure a fortunes left in Scotland was able to be claimed by its rightful heir in England.

Gibson Kerr receives a high media profile and positive headlines thanks to a Scottish PR strategy maintained by Edinburgh public relations agency the Holyrood PR.