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Harper Macleod LLP Offices

Harper Macleod LLP
THE CA'D'ORO
45 GORDON STREET
GLASGOW
G1 3PE
United Kingdom
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Bruce Caldow

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0141 227 9339 [email protected]

Work Department

Employment; Sport

Position

Partner

Bruce specialises in employment law and heads the firm’s employment law practice.  As a Law Society of Scotland Accredited Specialist, Bruce advises in relation to both contentious and non-contentious matters, acting primarily for employers along with executive and senior-level employees, including in disputes before the Employment Tribunals and Employment Appeal Tribunal. 

Bruce advises on all aspects of employment law across each of the public, private and third sectors, with Bruce regularly working with clients to create and apply policy, to make decisions about risk management, with technically astute advice focussed on practical delivery of achieving objectives.  Bruce’s practice extends beyond Scotland with Bruce regularly advising our clients who have UK-wide operations and beyond. 

Equalities advice is also a key feature of Bruce’s practice, advising clients on compliance, culture and resolution of contentious issues, not only within the workplace but more widely, also in relation to property, goods and services.  Business immigration is an increasing area of Bruce’s practice with clients recently including businesses and individuals alike seeking Bruce’s guidance and support through planning and implementing recruitment or leave to remain issues.  Bruce edits sections on Employment Precedents for Sweet & Maxwell and authors Lexis Nexis PSL section on the Public Sector Equality Duty – Scotland.  

Bruce also leads the firm’s sports law practice. In this role Bruce advises the firm’s many sports clients in relation to regulatory, disciplinary and governance matters. Clients include Scottish Rugby, for whom Bruce is the national team’s lawyer, sportscotland, Scottish Swimming and Scottish Gymnastics Association. Bruce is a chairman for the SFA judicial panel and regularly chairs judicial and appellate panels further to the judicial protocol.  Bruce writes regularly on sport and the law in a number of publications and is member of the editorial board of the leading publication “Sports Law Administration and Practice”. Bruce has previously undertaken lengthy secondments assisting In-House Legal Counsel to World Rugby.

Bruce also coordinates the India country desk, part of Harper Macleod’s international offering.

Education

LLB (Hons) DIP LP NP

Lawyer Rankings

Scotland > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport

(Leading partners)

Bruce Caldow – Harper Macleod LLP

Boasting a broad commercial offering across the sports sector, ranging from employment to IP and data protection, the Harper Macleod LLP team is praised as ‘approachable’ and ‘responsive’ by the national governing bodies and sports clubs it represents. The practice’s expertise covers the contentious arena, frequently advising on unlawful discrimination, defamation, and financial breach claims. The ‘hugely impressive’ Glasgow-based head Bruce Caldow has considerable experience of handling matters in the football, rugby, and golf spaces; Lorne Crerar stands out for his work in sporting discipline issues; and Tom Thomas specialises in broadcasting and IP rights affairs. Carolyn Morgan primarily focuses on property-related disputes in a sports context, while both David Kerr and Edinburgh-based Jamie Watt concentrate on complex sponsorship agreement topics.

Scotland > Employment > Employment

The ‘comprehensive team of professionals’ at Harper Macleod LLP is notable for its significant public sector expertise, regularly supporting local authorities, central government departments, and government agencies. Department co-head Lorna Davis‘ practice includes advising on unfair dismissal, industrial relations, and TUPE, while fellow team leader Bruce Caldow represents clients in disputes and advises on the employment aspects of transactions. Ewan Stafford was elevated to partner in April 2023, strengthening the firm’s offering in Inverness.

Scotland > Employment > Immigration

Harper Macleod LLP assists private individuals through their immigration journey, from first entry to British citizenship, and supports corporations with sponsor licensing permissions and compliance. Bruce Caldow oversees the immigration practice, where Ashley Fleming is the main point of contact, an ‘innovative and pragmatic’ senior associate whose practice encompasses all aspects of immigration, nationality, and asylum law. Fleming collaborates closely with the firm’s dispute resolution department to defend judicial review claims for public sector clients and works with the family law practice on matters such as divorce and prenuptial agreements that involve immigration considerations.

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