Robert Swindell is a British lawyer born in Glasgow, Scotland, on 20 September 1958. He worked as a partner of Bermans, a Glasgow solicitors' practice, and served as a director of Bermans (Solicitors) Limited from 2004 until the company was dissolved in 2013.
Background
Robert Swindell was born on 20 September 1958 in Glasgow, Scotland, a major industrial and commercial centre on the River Clyde. In the mid-twentieth century the city's economy relied heavily on shipbuilding, engineering, and other heavy industry along the river.
Scotland has its own legal system, Scots law, which is distinct from the law of England and Wales. Scottish solicitors are regulated by the Law Society of Scotland, and the Scottish legal profession has its own qualification and training structure, which shaped the legal environment in which Swindell later worked.
Career
Swindell's professional work in Glasgow is documented through his directorship of Bermans (Solicitors) Limited, a Scottish company classified under solicitors' activities. Companies House records show that he was appointed a director of the company on 5 January 2004. The company was incorporated on 6 June 1989 and had its registered office in central Glasgow. He worked as a partner of Bermans, the practice known by that name in Glasgow.
Scottish solicitors normally qualify through a Scots law degree, a one-year Diploma in Professional Legal Practice, and a two-year traineeship under a practising solicitor. This training route defined the professional setting in which a Glasgow solicitors' company such as Bermans operated.
The name Bermans is also used by a commercial law firm founded in Liverpool in 1970 by Keith Berman, which describes its offices as being in Manchester and Liverpool. The Glasgow company was registered in Scotland under its own company number and should not be confused with that firm.
Swindell also held directorships of other Glasgow companies, with appointments dated 2004, 2010, and 2012. Bermans (Solicitors) Limited applied for voluntary strike-off in January 2013 and was dissolved on 31 May 2013.
