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Managing Partner: Stuart Munro

Number of partners: 5

Number of lawyers: 27 CONTACTS

Child Protection: Paul Sturdy

Criminal: Stuart Munro

Employment: Stephen Smith

Family Julia: Donnelly

Personal Injury: Kevin Pike

Private Client: Julia Donnelly

THE FIRM Livingstone Brown is a leading firm of Scottish solicitors. Based in Glasgow, but dealing with cases around the country, the firm has been at the forefront of legal service provision for over thirty years. Led by former senior partner Gerard Brown CBE, who continues as a consultant, the firm has built up an enviable reputation for quality of service and client care.

At the 2021 Scottish Legal Awards Stuart Munro was named Managing Partner of the Year and the firm took home the title of Criminal Defence Team of the Year for the second time, previously doing so in 2019. The firm was also named Family Law Team of the Year at the Scottish Legal Awards in 2021 and at the Herald Law Awards of Scotland in 2021, Stuart Munro was named Solicitor of the Year. Livingstone Brown is listed in The Times as one of the Best Law Firms 2022, and is commended for financial crime and fraud & regulatory work. Most recently, the firm has been nominated as finalists in the Scottish Legal Awards 2023 (in the following categories: Criminal Defence Team of the Year, Family/ Private Client Team of the Year, Rising Star of the Year (Dr Sarah Cunningham Munro) and Lawyer of the Year ( Stuart Munro) and in the Herald Law Awards of Scotland 2023 (as Law Firm of the Year; Criminal Law Firm of the Year, Family and Child Law Firm of the Year, Litigation Team of the Year, Employment and Pensions Team of the Year, Up and Coming Award (Dr Sarah Cunningham Munro) and Solicitor of the Year (Stuart Munro)).


PRINCIPAL AREAS OF WORK The firm’s main work areas include:


Criminal: 2 partners; 10 fee earners based in Glasgow. The firm has acted for the most prominent people in Scottish public life. It has unparalleled experience in white-collar crime and has engaged in complex financial crime prosecutions and extremely high-profile litigation and proto-litigation.


Stuart Munro, the practice head, was instrumental in overturning the decades’ old proposition that the Lord Advocate had absolute immunity from suit for malicious prosecution. This ultimately resulted in the unprecedented admission by the Crown that they had maliciously prosecuted the former administrators of Rangers Football Club and a multi-million pound settlement. The Whitehouse case has led to reforms within the Crown Office, demands in the Scottish Parliament and media for a public inquiry and questions about the future role of the position of Lord Advocate. The firm also has a strong general crime department, dealing with High Court trials and appeals.

Contact: Stuart Munro Tel: (0141) 429 8166 Email: [email protected]


Child Protection: 1 partner; 4 fee earners based in Glasgow. The leading provider of children’s legal aid in Scotland, work includes adoption and permanence orders; children’s hearings; emergency care orders; and associated child protection work at Sheriff Court, Sheriff Appeal Court and Court of Session.

Key Cases: S (Possible contempt of court by local authority, [2020] SC GLA 40); DM (Appellant, DM v Locality Reporter and Lord Advocate, [2018] CSIH 73]; RZ (Principal Reporter v LZ & RZ [2017] CSIH 51); JS (JS & CS v Children’s Reporter [2016] CSIH 74) K (Principal Reporter v K, [2010], UKSC 56)

Contact: Paul Sturdy Tel: (0141) 429 8166 Email: [email protected]


Employment: 3 fee earners based in Glasgow. All types of contentious advice and representation at Tribunal and court, including unfair and constructive dismissal; pay disputes; maternity rights; flexible working rights; and discrimination claims.

Contact: Stephen Smith Tel: (0141) 429 8166 Email: [email protected]


Family: 1 partner; 4 fee earners based in Glasgow Private law (divorce, residence, etc.) and public law (care proceedings, adoptions) work, including appeals to Court of Session and Supreme Court.

Contact: Julia Donnelly Tel: (0141) 429 8166 Email: [email protected]


Personal Injury: 1 partner; 5 fee earners based in Glasgow All types of negligence claims including slip and trip; road accidents; accidents at work; and medical negligence. Also undertake work related to fatal criminal injuries and applications to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority.

Contact: Kevin Pike Tel: (10141) 429 8166 Email: [email protected]


Private Client: 1 partner; 1 fee earners based in Glasgow Including wills; estate planning; executry; power of attorney; and guardianship and intervention orders.

Contact: Julia Donnelly Tel: (0141) 429 8166 Email: [email protected]

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