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Mark Gibson

Mark Gibson

Digby Brown LLP, Scotland

Work Department

Network department.

Position

Mark graduated from Glasgow University in 2002 with an LLB (Hons) degree with Spanish Language.

He is now a Partner based in Digby Brown's Glasgow and Edinburgh offices. He is the head of Digby Brown's Travel and Product Liability litigation teams. He specialises in product liability, personal injury litigation with a foreign element, aviation, offshore accidents, employers’ liability, road traffic and occupier's liability. He is very experienced in pursuing damages for the relatives of fatal accident victims and has represented families at several Fatal Accident Inquiries. Mark has a particular interest and specialism in product liability, food product liability and defective medical product claims.

He is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in Personal Injury Law. He is accredited as a Senior Litigator by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) and is the only APIL accredited Accident and Illnesses Abroad Specialist in Scotland. Mark is a Board Member of the Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers (PEOPIL) and is a former Revitalization Governor of the American Association for Justice. He regularly delivers legal education seminars to other members of the profession.

He spent a year studying at the University of Granada and has previously worked for law firms in Australia and Hong Kong. Mark is also a former tutor of private, company, commercial and mercantile law at the University of Glasgow. He is a former director of a charitable company limited by guarantee.

Career

Trained Digby Brown 2003; qualified 2005; Digby Brown, Glasgow 2003 to-date, partner 2012.

Memberships

Association of Personal Injury Lawyers.

Education

St Andrew’s Academy, Saltcoats; University of Glasgow and University of Granada.

Leisure

Rugby, golf and football.

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