Richard Aird

Year Of Call

1979

Devil Masters

The Hon. Lord Johnston, The Rt.Hon. Sir Menzies Campbell CBE QC MP

Qualifications

LLB (Hons.) ACII

Biography

Richard Aird is one of the few Counsel jointly in practice at the Scottish and English Bars. He provides advice and advocacy in the Commercial, Insolvency and Cross Border fields and is a Contributing Editor of Commercial Litigation: Pre-emptive remedies (Sweet & Maxwell). He has appeared in House of Lords (on two occasions), Inner and Outer House of Court Of Session, most Sheriff Courts, in arbitrations and inquiries. For typical cases see attached CV.

Cases

Clydesdale Bank v Davidson (House of Lords: Insolvency Joint Property)
Neilson v Stewart (House of Lords: Company Contract)
Marblehead v Stroh Brewery (Inner House: Copyright )
Southern Cross v Martin (Outer House: Cross Border recovery)
Galloway Seafoods v Scotprime Seafoods (Outer House: Commercial)
The Gratitude & The Adenia (Arbitration on Ship Construction)

Publications

The Scots Dimension to Cross Border Litigation (G:S& M)
Cross Border Aspects of Arbitration (Bus. L.R)
The Liquidator, the Permanent Trustee and the Complicated Claim (J of L.S of S)
Winding up across the Legal Borders of UK (S.L.T.)
Comparison of UK Security Measures (ICLQ)
Interim Protective Measures :Towards a Common Security Measure(CQJ)
Commercial Litigation : Pre-emptive Remedies (S& M)

Appointments

Non Executive Directorships

Further Information

Richard Aird chaired a conference for Central Law Training on 7 November 2006 entitled "Insolvency, Bankruptcy and Diligence - the New Changes" and Chaired the CLT's 2007 Insolvancy Conference, entitled "Understanding the implications of the new legislation", on 31 October 2007 (for details visit Murray Stable News).

He also spoke at the CLT's seminar "Insolvency 2007- What is New?" in Glasgow on 1st October 2007 and in Edinburgh on 8th October 2007, along with Desmond Cheyne, Advocate.