The Stable at a glance

Formed in 1991 and reorganised in 2003 following a merger.

These are the clerks who “oil the legal machine” in the Murray stable :

The stable currently has:

  • 35 members
  • 6 QCs
  • 29 junior counsel

who specialise in:

  • Commercial Law
  • Public Administrative Law
  • Employment Law
  • Planning & Construction Law
  • Reparation and professional negligence
  • Family Law

Several members have been, or are presently, standing junior counsel to various government departments

Emma PhilipEmma Philip

"Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but she did it backwards and in high heels."

Tel: 0131 260 5739
Email: emma.philip@murraystable.com

Emma has been at the Faculty since February 2002.

At first she worked in the Dean’s Secretariat where she was involved in Faculty responses to Parliamentary Bills and Government consultation documents.

Emma became a Deputy Advocates' Clerk in December 2002. She is a qualified Paralegal and is currently studying for her BSc Honours degree with the Open University.

Emma, one of seven children, with six nieces and two nephews, enjoys spending her spare time with her large family, reading and going to the cinema.

She lives on what she describes as a "mainly non-working farm" where she caters for the needs of "Penelope Pigstop", her pet pig.

At some point she would like to grow vegetables but for the time being the land is in a bit of a mess because of her trials bike activities.