Richard McMeeken

Partner & Solicitor Advocate
Morton Fraser Lawyers
The core of Richard's work is commercial litigation with a focus on contractual disputes, commercial real estate, restructuring and insolvency, banking & commercial finance and tax. He is an experienced professional liability practitioner, a member of the Professional Negligence Lawyers' Association and is instructed as an expert in professional liability cases. He also regularly acts for the firm's private clients in cases involving wills, trusts and succession matters. His team are ranked Band 1 in Legal 500 for contentious trusts and probate work. 

Richard works closely with the firm's corporate, commercial real estate, public sector and private client teams to provide advice on risk management and the resolution or litigation of disputes. As a Solicitor-Advocate he litigates in both the Court of Session, Sheriff Courts. Richard is dual-qualified in Scotland, England & Wales (although he only holds a practising certificate in Scotland). He is regularly instructed in cross-border commercial and insolvency disputes and on the enforcement of foreign judgements in Scotland.

Richard teaches commercial litigation on the Diploma in Legal Practice at the University of Edinburgh and is regularly asked to speak on his areas of expertise for training providers such as the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, CLT Scotland and MBL. He is a member of the Lexis Nexis panel of civil litigation experts in Scotland and the editor of Greens Civil Practice Bulletin. Richard also leads the firm's More for Lawyers offering which focusses on providing specialist guidance to other solicitors.

CPD & Training with Richard McMeeken:

Commercial Contract Law Conference 2023 On-demand

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Watch our expert speakers guide you through the different stages of a commercial contract.