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Our Specialist Litigation Team was instructed to act for the pursuers in the first defamation case in Scotland to be heard since the introduction of the Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Act 2021: James Gillespie and Mark MacMillan v Alan Wardrop [2025] CSOH 46. The team was successful in establishing that the statements were untrue and defamatory (which, in turn, restored some of the reputational damage which had been suffered by the pursuers), but the defender avoided liability for the losses suffered by the pursuers by establishing the defence of reasonable publication.
Livingstone Brown is a leading firm of Scottish solicitors. Based in Glasgow, but dealing with cases around the country, the firm has been at the forefront of legal service provision for over thirty years.
If you have a legal problem, getting good quality legal information at the earliest stage can be invaluable. The firm offers a free initial enquiry service; all you have to do is call in, telephone, or e-mail. You won't be charged for your enquiry; we'll let you know by return whether we can help, what we can do, and how much it's likely to cost. We can also offer legal aid where available.
Led by former senior partner Gerard Brown CBE, who continues as a consultant, the firm has built up an enviable reputation for quality of service and client care.
The firm has won various awards over the years. In the 2019 edition of the prestigious Legal 500 rankings Livingstone Brown was ranked as a 'top-tier' firm for general criminal work, and is also recommended for fraud cases. Stuart Munro and Gerard Brown were named as 'Recommended Lawyers'. In the Chambers directory the firm has a Band 1 ranking for criminal work, and Stuart Munro is a ranked financial crime lawyer. The firm was named Criminal Defence Firm of the Year and Family Law Team of the Year at the Scottish Legal Awards 2019.
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