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Craig Murray KC (Scot)

Craig Murray KC (Scot)

Position

Craig is a Scottish silk and a barrister in England. He has considerable experience in a full range of personal injury work.

Craig has appeared in the Supreme Court on a novel insurance point (Campbell v. Peter Gordon Joiners Ltd [2016] UKSC 38), he conducted a civil jury trial in the Court of Session without a leader (Bridges v. Alpha Insurance 2016 SLT 859) and has conducted numerous multi-week trials as sole counsel.

Craig is regularly instructed in high-value RTA claims involving fatalities or catastrophic and brain injury.

Craig has substantial experience in dealing with cross-border issues.

Craig has recently returned to civil practice after a 3-year appointment as Crown Counsel in Scotland. In that capacity, he prosecuted serious crime including murder, drugs trafficking and serious sexual offending.

Craig is available to accept instructions throughout the jurisdiction. He maintains a practice at Compass Chambers in Edinburgh.

Career

Silk: 2024 (Scottish Bar)

Call: 2017 – Bar of England and Wales

2008 – Scottish Bar

Education

LLB (Hons), University of Edinburgh

LLM (DIst), Commercial Law, University of Edinburgh

LLM, Human Rights Law, University of Strathclyde

Dip Legal Practice, University of Edinburgh

Dip Forensic Medical Sciences, Worshipful Society of Apothecaries

Member Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Leisure

In his spare time, Craig is a marathon swimmer.

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