Sheriff Principal James Taylor

Career: apprentice to Brander & Cruickshank and Lefevre & Co Aberdeen 1975-77, asst then ptnr A C Morrison & Richards Aberdeen 1978-86; McGrigor Donald: joined 1987, ptnr 1988-98, head Litigation Dept 1992-98; slr advocate (practising in Court of Session) 1993-98; appointed all Scotland floating sheriff based in the Sheriffdom of Lothian & Borders 1998-99, sheriff of Glasgow and Strathkelvin 1999-2005, sheriff princ of Glasgow and Strathkelvin 2005-11; chm Disciplinary Ctee Inst of Chartered Accountants in Scotland 2001-, memb Bd Civil Courts Review 2007-10, chm Review of the Expenses and Funding of Civil Litigation in Scotland 2011-; dir Lodging House Mission 2002-

Books and Publications: International Intellectual Property Litigation (contrib), Sentencing Practice (contrib), Macphail, Sheriff Court Practice (contrib 3 edn)