Mark Gibson > Digby Brown LLP > Glasgow, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile
Digby Brown LLP Offices
2 WEST REGENT STREET
GLASGOW
G2 1RW
United Kingdom
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Mark Gibson
Work Department
Network department.
Position
Mark graduated from Glasgow University in 2002 with an LLB (Hons) degree with Spanish Language.
He is now a Partner based in Digby Brown’s Glasgow and Edinburgh offices. He is the head of Digby Brown’s Travel and Product Liability litigation teams. He specialises in product liability, personal injury litigation with a foreign element, aviation, offshore accidents, employers’ liability, road traffic and occupier’s liability. He is very experienced in pursuing damages for the relatives of fatal accident victims and has represented families at several Fatal Accident Inquiries. Mark has a particular interest and specialism in product liability, food product liability and defective medical product claims.
He is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in Personal Injury Law. He is accredited as a Senior Litigator by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) and is the only APIL accredited Accident and Illnesses Abroad Specialist in Scotland. Mark is a Board Member of the Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers (PEOPIL) and is a former Revitalization Governor of the American Association for Justice. He regularly delivers legal education seminars to other members of the profession.
He spent a year studying at the University of Granada and has previously worked for law firms in Australia and Hong Kong. Mark is also a former tutor of private, company, commercial and mercantile law at the University of Glasgow. He is a former director of a charitable company limited by guarantee.
Career
Trained Digby Brown 2003; qualified 2005; Digby Brown, Glasgow 2003 to-date, partner 2012.
Memberships
Association of Personal Injury Lawyers.
Education
St Andrew’s Academy, Saltcoats; University of Glasgow and University of Granada.
Leisure
Rugby, golf and football.
Lawyer Rankings
Scotland > Insurance > Personal injury: pursuer
(Leading individuals)With an impressive track record and significant experience acting for claimants, Digby Brown LLP handles the gamut of personal injury claims. The practice fields a large and experienced team across seven offices throughout Scotland and includes several accredited personal injury specialists. In Edinburgh, the ‘superb’ Gordon Dalyell has a broad practice that includes fatal claims and claims for miscarriages of justice, while Kim Leslie is frequently instructed to act on historic institutional abuse claims. In Glasgow, the core team includes Chris Stewart and Moira Kay, who handle catastrophic and serious injury claims, as well as Fraser Simpson, who takes point on industrial disease matters. Mark Gibson, Stuart Barton and Fraser Oliver are other key members of the team.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals Scotland > Insurance > Personal injury: pursuer
- Personal injury: pursuer Scotland > Insurance