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Rory Mellis

An Associate in the Commercial Litigation team, Rory works alongside Partners Mike Kemp and Anne Miller.  

Rory acts for a range of clients including individuals and SME’s, and advises on commercial dispute resolution and litigation matters, including; contract disputes, consumer rights, contentious matters, insolvency applications, and property dispute issues.

Rory prides himself on his personal, pragmatic, and commercially focused advice which his clients appreciate.

Michael Wells

Michael is a Partner in DR&C in our Edinburgh office. With over 30 years’ experience in dispute resolution in the Sheriff Court, Court of Session and regulatory tribunals, he has extensive knowledge of debt recovery, insolvency, professional negligence, contractual and property disputes. including neighbour and landlord and tenant disputes. He also deals with alternative dispute resolution, including mediation.

Baktosch Gillan

An Associate in Thorntons’ Commercial Litigation team, Baktosch works alongside Partners, Scott Milne and Mike Kemp. He acts for a broad range of clients including media organisations, universities, SME’s and individuals.

Baktosch advises clients on contract disputes, professional negligence, consumer rights, contentious IP matters, and property and title issues. He has a particular interest in media law and related matters of defamation, reporting restrictions, privacy and data protection, intellectual property rights and brand and reputation management.

Claire Richardson

Claire is a Senior Solicitor in our Dispute Resolution and Claims team.

Working alongside Scott Milne, Claire advises individuals, partnerships, LLP’s, companies and local authorities on commercial dispute resolution and litigation matters.

Calvin Gordon

An Associate in the Commercial Litigation team, Calvin acts for a wide variety of clients from SMEs and family businesses to corporate creditors, insolvency practitioners and individuals.

Iain Boyd

Iain is an Associate in our Glasgow Commercial Litigation team.

Iain advises both individuals and companies on a broad range of commercial litigation and general dispute resolution matters including debt recovery, contract disputes, neighbour disputes, landlord and tenant disputes, and corporate insolvency.   He has a particular interest in insolvency and commercial debt recovery.

Iain is well known for his carefully considered responses to clients which take larger commercial concerns into account.

Scott Milne

Following a seven-year term as Joint Managing Partner, Scott returned to mainstream client work in 2019. Over more than 30 years, he has developed a broad dispute resolution and regulatory advice practice, advising clients of all sizes on how to resolve a wide range of issues in a practical, efficient and cost-conscious way.

Mike Kemp

Mike is a Partner in our Dispute Resolution team, with extensive experience in both litigation and mediation. Since qualifying as a Solicitor in 2005, he has built a broad civil litigation practice, including commercial real estate, and is a member of the property litigation association. 

Gillian Buchanan

Gillian is a hugely experienced and prominent court lawyer. She advises a broad range of businesses, public sector bodies and individuals on diverse disputes but specialises in contractual disputes, professional negligence, property litigation (both residential and commercial), insolvency, and in proceedings before regulatory bodies such as the Lands Tribunal, Licensing Boards and fitness to practice committees.

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