Livingstone Brown

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. 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.

In the 2021 edition of the prestigious Legal 500 rankings, Livingstone Brown is recommended for general criminal work and fraud cases. Managing director Stuart Munro and Gerard Brown are 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, and is a finalist in the Criminal Defence Team of the Year and Lawyer of the Year (Stuart Munro) in this year’s Scottish Legal Awards, with winners to be announced in September 2021. Livingstone Brown is listed in The Times as one of the Best Law Firms 2021, and is commended for financial crime and fraud and regulatory.

Livingstone Brown is committed to using technology to improve its service to clients. The firm has pioneered the use of videoconferencing, allowing clients to meet their solicitor without having to travel. FaceTime and Skype meetings can be arranged on request.

Stuart Munro is a member of the Law Society of Scotland’s Criminal Law and Technology Committees, and has worked to develop the use of electronic evidence in the courts. He is also a member of a number of working parties tasked with considering how courts can cope with maintaining the criminal justice system during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a member of the Lord Justice Clerk Working Group on Restarting Solemn Trials, Stuart was instrumental in the idea of hosting remote juries in cinemas which had the dramatic effect of getting Scotland to the point of running more jury trials than before the pandemic. For the next three years, Stuart will be a solicitor representative appointed to the Criminal Court Rules Council.