
12 King's Bench Walk
Barristers

Craig Murray KC (Scot)
- Phone020 7583 0811
- Email[email protected]
- Profilewww.12kbw.co.uk
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.