Harper Macleod Assistant Becomes Solicitor Advocate

Harper Macleod LLP, one of Scotlands leading commercial law firms, is celebrating this week after Glasgow-based Assistant Solicitor Arlene McDaid qualified as the firms second in-house Solicitor Advocate.

Arlene joins an elite band of 200 Solicitor Advocates in Scotland, who have been granted rights of audience in the supreme courts.  There are currently nearly 9,500 lawyers practising in Scotland. As a Solicitor Advocate qualified in civil disputes resolution, Arlene McDaid is entitled to appear in the Court of Session, the Privy Council and the House of Lords. She also has a certificate in further advanced advocacy, having completed a training course hosted by the Law Societies of Scotland, England and Ireland and in conjunction with the American National Institute of Trial Advocacy.

Qualification as a Solicitor Advocate requires the completion of a rigorous course of seminars, exams and a practical training weekend as part of the continuous assessment program, ensuring that they maintain the highest standards of expertise and professionalism.

Harper Macleod Managing Partner, Professor Lorne Crerar commented; "We are delighted with Arlenes considerable achievement, which puts her in an elite group of only 2% of practising lawyers in Scotland.   Solicitor Advocates must demonstrate the highest levels of competence and Arlenes in-house role means that the firm can offer its clients a continuity of service which we always seek to achieve."

Arlene is a member of the firms Insurance Practice Group and specialises in reparation law with particular emphasis on defender reparation.