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Welcome to Arnot Manderson

Arnot Manderson was formed in January 2008 by the merger of two of the oldest and best respected stables within the Faculty of Advocates.

As well as being the largest stable at the Scottish Bar, its 10 senior and 61 junior Counsel also represent an unparalleled depth of experience across the civil and criminal business of the Scottish courts.

The new Stable is absolutely committed to maintaining the highest standards of legal work, whilst continuing the very best traditions of the Bar in Scotland.

Our aim is to continue providing solicitors and other organisations with a source of first class legal expertise which can provide a cost-effective solution to their litigation and dispute resolution needs. We hope that this website will demonstrate some of the ways in which instructing our advocates can assist you in providing an excellent service to your clients.

A personal welcome from Colin MacAulay Q.C.

My name is Colin MacAulay QC. I came to the Bar in 1977. I have therefore seen more change in my time here than most. Nevertheless, if you had told me in 1977 that as a Member of Faculty I would be making a webcast I would have thought you insane. But, in truth, the Faculty of Advocates is changing.

So let me be clear - Arnot Manderson Advocates is about a continuing belief in all that is best about the Faculty of Advocates. Being an Advocate is a vocation, and being part of a collegiate body of legal practitioners where the pursuit of excellence has been the traditional goal, and must remain so. But we also know that reliance on the traditional excellence of Faculty is not enough.

We need to change, to meet changing demands, and to work harder to offer the services you want, and present them in the way you want them. As many of you will know, in Lorna Arnot and Liz Manderson we are fortunate to have two highly experienced and trustworthy clerks. By joining forces we become the largest stable in the Faculty, but far more importantly, because of who our members are, Arnot Manderson as a group can offer legal services across the full spectrum of specialisms.

This website is designed to assist you discover the counsel who have joined together to create Arnot Manderson Advocates and the range of services we offer. There are useful legal links, news updates, full CVs for the advocates you want to instruct and the facility to search our membership by name or specialism. The site is there for you to use, I hope you will do so.

We intend to be an identifiable group of advocates, dedicated to providing a first class service, but we wish to do so within the Faculty of Advocates as a whole. We remain entirely open to working with senior or junior counsel whether they are members of Arnot Manderson or not. Put simply, we don’t see it as our job to restrict your choice.

So we know we are already the biggest - and we like to think that within our ranks we have some of the best. Our challenge now is to continue to work with you to combine the best traditions of the Faculty with a modern business focus.

On behalf of Arnot Manderson Advocates, let me say that it is a challenge we have every intention of meeting.