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David Doig
Partner

Professional experience

David is a Partner in Lindsays’ Litigation group and is based in our Glasgow office. He has considerable experience in commercial law disputes and has been an enthusiastic participant in the Commercial Court at Glasgow since its introduction in 2001.

David is the Partner responsible for our large debt collection department in Glasgow. He has many years experience in volume debt recovery, co-ordination of Glasgow Sheriff Court agency appearances and the conduct of Fatal Accident Inquiries on behalf of both employer organisations and bereaved families. He also assists clients offering advice in relation to tenancy and lease matters. He and his team have raised many actions for interdict and interim interdict for a wide variety of clients on various grounds ranging from harassment to breach of contract and has a unique insight when dealing with housing law and problem tenants. He and his team advise their clients on their repairing obligations (both in private and social sectors) and on a tenant’s right to retain and ingather rent as well as evicting tenants.

In addition to his commercial litigation and dispute resolution work, David also has considerable experience as a family law practitioner and advises on all aspects of family law including financial and child law issues and on separation and divorce. He has acted as a court reporter in Sheriff Court child law matters. He is a member of the Family Law Association and acts as a part time tutor in Civil Court Practice at Glasgow Graduate School of Law.

Credential highlights

• Significant involvement in commercial disputes between corporate entities and frequent litigation in specialist Commercial Court in Glasgow.
• Advising clients in relation to arbitration matters and consultations in alternative dispute forums including mediation.
• Acted as commissioner in civil disputes between litigants.
• Extensive experience in coordinating bulk debt collection, and supervision of operating systems and personnel to ensure throughput of volume recoveries and enforcement.
• Assisting clients in a wide range of separation and divorce matters including significant financial claims with both domestic and international features.
• Offering advice in relation to international child abduction situations, and Hague Convention recovery requirements achieving the return of children taken abroad.
• Acting in family actions where a parent seeks to remove a child from the UK, to reside abroad.
• Offering wide-ranging advice to landlords and Housing Associations on tenancy issues.