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Mark Thorley, Scottish Solicitor & Part-Time Sheriff – Career, Publications & Media

Mark Thorley is a Scottish solicitor and part-time Sheriff.[1] He also co-founded the firm Blacklock Thorley in 1992 and then Thorley Stephenson in 2005,[2] before joining Anderson Strathern as a Director in 2023.

Mark Thorley Scottish Solicitor

Career

Upon completion of an LLB Honours degree and a Dip LP, Thorley spent six years with Balfour & Manson specialising in reparation, family, and criminal law.

In 1992, he co-founded Blacklock Thorley Solicitors specialising in debt recovery, family, criminal, and reparation law.

In 2005 he co-founded Thorley Stephenson where he was in charge of the family law and reparation department of the firm that started with one assistant and grew the team to nine lawyers and one trainee solicitor.

Mark is now a Director at Anderson Strathern in Edinburgh.

Publications & Media

  • The Journal of The Law Society of Scotland[3]
  • BBC Radio Scotland interview regarding the Legal Aid crisis currently in Scotland (see also The Times and Scottish Legal)[4][5][6]
  • Mark Thorley Insights on Children’s Views following LRK V AG [2021] SAC(CIV) 1 (CaseCheck)[7]
  • Seventy years of Legal Aid is worth celebrating – and updating (The Scotsman)[8]
  • Mark Thorley’s Legal Sector Insights – Trainee Retention in Legal Aid Law Firms in Scotland[9][10]
  • Mark Thorley, Solicitor Thorley Stephenson on Recruiting and Retaining Trainees in a Legal Aid Firm – Hey Legal Interview[11]

Mark Thorley on Legal Aid in Scotland

Watch Mark Thorley’s interview with Hey Legal in respect of Scottish legal aid here:-

References

  1. “Part-time Sheriffs”. scts_judiciary. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  2. “Mark Thorley”. www.thorleystephenson.com. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  3. “Vol-58 Issue-10”. Law Society of Scotland. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  4. “Mark Thorley, Director, speaks to BBC Radio Scotland about Legal Aid crisis”. www.thorleystephenson.com. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  5. “Legal aid in Scotland ‘confusing for lawyers and public'”. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  6. News, Scottish Legal. “Law Society of Scotland responds to consultation on legal aid reform”. Scottish Legal News. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  7. “Mark Thorley Solicitor Insights on Children’s Views Following LRK v AG [2021] SAC(CIV) 1”. www.casecheck.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  8. “Ian Moir and Mark Thorley: Seventy years of Legal Aid is worth celebrating – and updating”. www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  9. ScotsLawBlog (2021-04-26). “Mark Thorley’s Legal Sector Insights – Trainee Retention in Legal Aid Law Firms in Scotland”. ScotsLawBlog. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  10. “Mark Thorley’s Insights on Trainee Solicitors in Legal Aid Law Firms in Scotland”. www.thorleystephenson.com. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  11. Mark Thorley, Solicitor Thorley Stephenson on Recruiting and Retaining Trainees in a Legal Aid Firm.

See also: Mark Thorley, Solicitor Provides Expertise to Scottish Legal Aid Payment Review Panel

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