Your Law Society of Scotland Council members
Sheriff Court Districts of Aberdeen, Banff, Peterhead & Stonehaven
Jane Dickers
Gray & Gray LLP, Peterhead
e: jane@graygraylaw.com
Debbie Wilson-McCuish
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 (Vice President)
(see ex officio members, below)
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
JHS-LAW, Dumfries
e: paul.matthews@jhslaw.co.uk
Sheriff Court Districts of Campbeltown, Dumbarton, Dunoon, Fort William, Oban & Rothesay
Philip Lafferty
Clyde Defence Lawyers Ltd, Clydebank
e: plafferty@clydedefencelawyers.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
WilliamsGray Williams, Cupar
e: swilliams@williamsgraywilliams.co.uk
Sheriff Court Districts of Dingwall, Dornoch, Elgin, Inverness, Kirkwall, Lerwick, Lochmaddy, Portree, Stornoway, Tain & Wick
Sheekha Saha
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, Stornoway
e: s.saha@cne-siar.gov.uk
Serena Sutherland
Drever & Heddle LLP, Kirkwall
e: sks@dandhlaw.co.uk
Sheriff Court Districts of Duns, Haddington, Jedburgh, Peebles & Selkirk
Struan Ferguson
Blackwood & Smith WS, Peebles
e: struan@blackwoodsmith.com
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@thorleystephenson.com
Sheila Webster
Davidson Chalmers LLP
e: sheila.webster@davidsonchalmers.com
England & Wales
Naomi Pryde
Dentons UKMEA LLP, London
e: naomi.pryde@dentons.com
Sheriffdom of Glasgow & Strathkelvin
Alison Atack (President)
(see ex officio members, right)
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@theglasgowlawpractice.co.uk
Sheriff Court Districts of Greenock, Kilmarnock & Paisley
Waqqas Ashraf
Paisley Defence Lawyers (Scotland) Ltd, Paisley
e: waqqaslegal@googlemail.com
Simon Brown
Matthew Brown, Irvine
e: simon@matthewbrownsolicitors.co.uk
Sheriff Court District of Perth
Amanda Millar
McCash & Hunter LLP
e: amandamillar@mccash.co.uk
Ex officio
Alison Atack (President)
Lindsays
e: president@lawscot.org.uk
John Mulholland (Vice President)
Marshall Wilson Law Group Ltd, Falkirk
e: vicepresident@lawscot.org.uk
Graham Matthews (Past President)
Peterkins, Inverurie
e: pastpresident@lawscot.org.uk
Christine McLintock
Convener, Public Policy Committee
e: christinegibb26@gmail.com
Co-opted
Amanda Davy
Burness Paull LLP, Aberdeen (new lawyers’ representative)
e: amanda.davy@burnesspaull.com
John Forsyth
Lloyds Banking Group plc, Edinburgh
e: john.forsyth@lloydsbanking.com
Siobhan Kahmann (representative for Scottish solicitors outside Great Britain)
Covington & Burling LLP, Brussels
e: skahmann@cov.com
Stephen McGowan
Procurator Fiscal Service, Edinburgh
e: stephen.mcgowan@copfs.gsi.gov.uk
Graeme McWilliams (Convener, In-house Lawyers’ Committee)
Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Edinburgh
e: graeme.mcwilliams@aberdeenstandard.com
Tom Marshall
Tom Marshall Law Ltd, Aberdour (representative for solicitor advocates)
e: tom@tommarshalllaw.co.uk
Murray Sinclair
Scottish Government Legal Service
e: murray.sinclair@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
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 (Earlsferry)
See the full list with pictures in this month's issue, or click here to download a PDF
In this issue
- Confidence restored: internal investigations and legal privilege
- Court reforms: still an unknown quantity
- Ruled out of court?
- Uncovering the environment (1)
- Medical death: a case to answer
- Reading for pleasure
- Opinion: Kerry Trewern and Rhona McNair
- Book reviews
- Profile: Ryan McCuaig
- President's column
- Developing digital services
- People on the move
- Leading judgment
- Health check
- Open to attack
- Claims: beating the trigger
- Storage: time for digital
- GSPC: eulogy for a friend
- Relevant persons: a challenge
- New specialist land registration practice launches
- Good enough reason?
- Copyright: underpinning control
- Writing means writing
- Rent moves: two crucial hoops
- Debtor wins in policy decision
- Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal
- KIR: the time bomb explodes
- The guideline goal
- GC NextGen: a network for you?
- Your Law Society of Scotland Council members
- Public policy highlights
- Double boost for Society's AML team
- Ask Ash
- Practice rights and the impact of Brexit: working in the EU
- Acting as notary: what do I need to know?
- Engagement letters: a practical approach
- Uncovering the environment
- Paralegal pointers