Greg Sanders

Greg called to the Bar in 2001 after 15 years as a solicitor and latterly as a partner with Levy & McRae, Glasgow.

Initially Greg had a mixed practice but he has concentrated exclusively on civil matters since 2007. He specialises in the fields of commercial, contentious property, reparation and professional negligence. He has also used his interest in both the technical and legal aspects of transport matters to represent clients before the Traffic Commissioner in relation to vehicle operators' licence issues.

Greg has particular recent experience in dealing with insurance matters including the interpretation of insurance contracts and property damage (flooding, fire, subsidence and structural). He has recognised knowledge in legionella cases having been asked to deliver talks on the legal issues in such cases.

He has used his Diploma in Forensic Medicine to good effect in representing parties at many Fatal Accident Inquiries and presenting clinical negligence actions in recent years. Greg is a guest lecturer at the University of Glasgow, where he also lectures on the Diploma in Legal Practice.

Recent cases in which Greg has appeared include:

• Cuthbertson v Friends' Provident Life Office 2006 SLT 567 - Outer House decision dealing with appropriate test of materiality and issues of disclosure in a life assurance (critical illness) contract.
• MRK 1 Ltd v Sakur   [2008] CSOH 176;  2009 GWD 2-26 - Warrants for diligence on the dependence under the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987, section 15k (attempt to secure protective property orders in respect of failure by purchasers to implement missives).
• Clegg v Rogerson 2008 SLT 345 - Inner House decision dealing with issues of duties of care owed by operators and users of railway level crossing (accident on railway crossing).
• Stewart v Malik  2009 SC 265 - Inner House decision on liability of an employer for the actings of an independent contractor carrying out inherently hazardous operations (contractors instructed to demolish wall in property).
• Morris Amusements Ltd v Glasgow City Council  2009 SLT 697 - Liability of local authority employer for work of independent contractor and whether the works were "inherently hazardous" (demolition of wall in a building).
• Greig v Middleton 2009 GWD 22-365 - Heritable action (servitudes, issues of prescription and possession).
• Creelman v Argyll & Bute Council  2009 SLT (Sh Ct) 165 - Application of Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003, sections 6(1) and 7(5) (one of the first reported cases on "right to roam" legislation and a challenge to Notices in terms of the 2003 Act).
• O'Carroll v Ryanair  2009 SCLR 125 - Interpretation and application of the Montreal Convention on air travel (related to stress and inconvenience claim arising from delayed baggage).
• Albert Bartlett & Sons (Airdrie) Ltd v Gilchrist & Lynn Ltd  [2009] CSOH 125 - Breach of Contract/Measure of Damages in construction contract (defective roof on commercial premises).
• Kodak Processing Companies Ltd v Shoredale Ltd  2010 SC 113 - Inner House decision on service of notice of irritancy by recorded delivery post - Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985, section 4(4) (irritancy notices served by Sheriff Officers whereas Act prescribed service by recorded delivery post).
• Lorimer Homes Pittodrie Ltd v Greig Sheriff Court (Grampian, Highlands and Islands: Peterhead) 28 September 2011 - Sheriff Court decision, reported in Westlaw, on authority of solicitors, as agents, to conclude missives.

Greg is described in the latest edition of Legal 500 under Property, Construction and Agriculture as "building a good reputation for property litigation."

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