Prof. John Murray QC

Year of Call 1962

Year of Silk 1974

Areas of Practice
Commercial, Damages, Land & Property, Public Law & Equality

General information

  • Part-time Member Scottish Law Commission (1979 – 1988)
  • Judge Court of Session, Scotland (title The Honourable Lord Dervaird) 1988 – 1990
  • Dickson Minto Professor of Company and Commercial Law, University of Edinburgh 1990 – 1999 (Professor Emeritus 2000)
  • Chairman, Scottish Lawyers European Group, 1979 – 1980
  • Chairman, Scottish Council of Law Reporting, 1979 – 1988
  • Chairman, Agricultural Law Association of UK, 1980 – 1986
  • UK Delegate to Comite European de Droit Rural, 1985 – 1994, Vice President 1989 – 1991
  • Chairman, Lord Advocate’s Committee on Arbitration Law Reform 1985 – 1996
  • Member Department Trade and Industry Committee on Arbitration Law Reform 1985 – 1995
  • Chairman Scottish Council International Arbitration 1990 – 2003
  • President Advocates Business Law Group, 1988 –
  • Trustee, David Hume Institute, 1992 –
  • Member, Electricity Arbitration Association (England and Wales) 1991 –
  • Corresponding Member ICC Committee on Business Law, 1993 –
  • Member City Disputes Panel, 1994 -