Your Law Society of Scotland Council members

The full list of current members, elected, ex officio, co-opted and non-solicitor

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Sheriff Court Districts of Aberdeen, Banff, Peterhead & Stonehaven

Jane Dickers 
Gray & Gray LLP, Peterhead.
e: jane@gray graylaw.com

Deborah Anne Wilson
Wilson Defence, Banff
e: debbie@wilsondefence.com

Sheriff Court Districts of Airdrie, Hamilton & Lanark

Paul Gostelow
Baker Gostelow Law Ltd, Blantyre
e: pgostelow@hotmail.co.uk

Paul Nicolson
Nicolson O’Brien, Airdrie
e: paul.nicolson@nicolsonobrien.co.uk

Sheriff Court Districts of Alloa, Falkirk, Linlithgow & Stirling

Ken Dalling
Dalling Solicitors, Stirling
e: kd@dallings.co.uk

John Mulholland
Marshall Wilson Law Group Ltd, Falkirk
e: jmulholland@marshallwilson.com 

Sheriff Court Districts of Arbroath, Dundee & Forfar

Murray Etherington
Thorntons Law, Dundee
e: metherington@thorntons-law.co.uk

Sheriff Court Districts of Ayr, Dumfries, Kirkcudbright & Stranraer

Lauren Fowler
Frazer Coogans Ltd, Ayr
e: lauren.fowler@frazercoogans.co.uk

Paul Matthews
Grieve, Grierson, Moodie & Walker, Dumfries
e: paul.matthews@ggmw.co.uk 

Sheriff Court Districts of Campbeltown, Dunoon, Oban, Rothesay & Fort William

Philip Lafferty
Clyde Defence Lawyers Ltd, Clydebank
e: plafferty@clydedefence lawyers.com

Campbell Read
Stewart, Balfour & Sutherland, Campbeltown
e: campbellr@sbslaw.co.uk 

Sheriff Court Districts of Cupar, Dunfermline & Kirkcaldy

Gwen Haggerty 
BSW Solicitors LLP, Dunfermline
e: gwen@bastensneddon.co.uk

Susan Williams
WilliamsGrayWilliams, Cupar
e: swilliams@williamsgraywilliams.co.uk

Sheriff Court Districts of Dingwall, Dornoch, Elgin, Inverness, Kirkwall, Lerwick, Lochmaddy, Portree, Stornoway, Tain & Wick

George MacWilliam
Wright Johnston & Mackenzie LLP, Inverness
e: gm@wjm.co.uk

Sheekha Saha
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, Stornoway
e: s.saha@cne-siar.gov.uk 

Sheriff Court Districts of Duns, Haddington, Jedburgh, Peebles & Selkirk

Iain Burke
Bannerman Burke, Selkirk
e: Iain.Burke@bannermanburke.co.uk

Patricia Thom
Patricia Thom & Co, Galashiels
e: pat@patriciathom.co.uk

Sheriff Court District of Edinburgh

Colin Anderson
e: cwa53@aol.com

Susan Murray 
National Health Service Scotland
e: susana.murray@nhs.net 

Susan Oswald
SKO Family Ltd
e: susan.oswald@sko-family.co.uk

Jim Stephenson
Thorley Stephenson
e: jps@thorley stephenson.com 

Sheila Webster
Davidson Chalmers LLP
e: sheila.webster@davidsonchalmers.com 

England & Wales

Naomi Pryde
Dentons UKMEA LLP, Watford
e: naomi.pryde@dentons.com

Sheriffdom of Glasgow & Strathkelvin

Alison Atack
(Vice President) Lindsays
e: vicepresident@lawscot.org.uk 

Austin Lafferty
Austin Lafferty Ltd
e: alafferty@laffertylaw.com 

Anne Macdonald
Harper Macleod LLP
e: anne.macdonald@harpermacleod.co.uk

David Mair
Glasgow City Council
e: david.mair@ced.glasgow.gov.uk

Ross Yuill
The Glasgow Law Practice
e: ry@theglasgow lawpractice.co.uk

Sheriff Court Districts of Greenock, Kilmarnock & Paisley

Simon Brown
Matthew Brown, Irvine
e: simon@matthewbrownsolicitors.co.uk 

Stuart Naismith
Stirling & Mair Ltd, Johnstone
e: snaismith@stirlingmair.com

Sheriff Court District of Perth

Amanda Millar
McCash & Hunter LLP
e: amandamillar@mccash.co.uk

Ex officio

Graham Matthews (President)
Peterkins, Inverurie
e: president@lawscot.org.uk

Alison Atack (Vice President)
Lindsays
e: vicepresident@lawscot.org.uk

Eilidh Wiseman (Past President)
e: pastpresident@lawscot.org.uk

Christine McLintock (Past President 2016-17)
e: christinemclintock@lawscot.org.uk 

Co-opted

John Forsyth
Lloyds Banking Group plc
e: johnforsyth@lloydsbanking.com 

Stephen McGowan
Procurator Fiscal Service, Edinburgh
e: stephen.mcgowan@copfs.gsi.gov.uk

Graeme McWilliams
Standard Life, Edinburgh
e: graeme_mcwilliams@standardlife.com

Murray Sinclair
Scottish Government Legal Service
e: murray.sinclair@scotland.gsi.gov.uk 

Ayla Skene
Pinsent Masons LLP, Glasgow
@ayla_skene 

Non-solicitor members

Susan Carter
(East Midlands) 

Christopher Fraser
(Inverness) 

Fiona Larg
(Inverness) 

Liam McCabe
(Stirling)  

Derek McIntyre
(Glasgow) 

Catriona Maclean
(Edinburgh) 

John Reid
(Stirling) 

Christine Walsh
(Glasgow) 

Graham Watson
(Earslferry)