Robert is a Scottish lawyer who was admitted to the legal profession in Scotland in 1969 and later worked as a partner of the Edinburgh firm Dundas & Wilson, C.S. He holds a Master of Arts from the University of Oxford and a Bachelor of Laws with honours from the University of Edinburgh.
Education
Robert's documented education combines study at the University of Oxford with a law degree from the University of Edinburgh. At Oxford, the Master of Arts is a mark of seniority conferred on holders of a first degree after a set period of membership, not a separate postgraduate qualification. The university is one of the oldest in the English-speaking world, and its collegiate structure has shaped its traditions of study and graduation.
His Bachelor of Laws with honours was taken at the University of Edinburgh, founded by the Edinburgh Town Council. The institution began as a college of law, financed by a bequest from Bishop Robert Reid, and King James VI granted it a royal charter on 14 April 1582. Teaching began in 1583, and the university later became one of Scotland's ancient universities and a major centre of the Scottish Enlightenment.
Career
Robert was admitted to the legal profession in Scotland in 1969, the jurisdiction in which his documented education and practice are based. He later worked as a partner of Dundas & Wilson, C.S., a Scottish law firm based in Edinburgh.
Dundas & Wilson traced its origins to 1759, when David Erskine founded a legal practice in Edinburgh. Sir James Dundas of Ochtertyre, a Clerk to the Signet, later joined the practice, and William Wilson became a partner, giving the firm its name. From at least 1841 the firm had offices at 16 Charlotte Square, and it remained on the square until 1991. The firm became a limited liability partnership in 2004, and in May 2014 it combined with the international firm CMS, after which it operated under the CMS banner.
