Mark Thorley is a Scottish solicitor and part-time Sheriff.[1] He also co-founded the firm Blacklock Thorley in 1992 and then Thorley Stephenson in 2005.[2]

Career
Upon completion of an LLB Honours degree and a Dip LP, Thorley spent six years with Balfour & Manson specialising in reparation, family, and criminal law.
In 1992, he co-founded Blacklock Thorley Solicitors specialising in debt recovery, family, criminal, and reparation law.
In 2005 he co-founded Thorley Stephenson.
Recently he has been in charge of the family law and reparation department of the firm that started with one assistant and now has grown into a team of nine lawyers and one trainee solicitor.
Publications & Media
- The Journal of The Law Society of Scotland[3]
- BBC Radio Scotland interview regarding the Legal Aid crisis currently in Scotland (see also The Times and Scottish Legal)[4][5][6]
- Mark Thorley Insights on Children’s Views following LRK V AG [2021] SAC(CIV) 1 (CaseCheck)[7]
- Seventy years of Legal Aid is worth celebrating – and updating (The Scotsman)[8]
- Mark Thorley’s Legal Sector Insights – Trainee Retention in Legal Aid Law Firms in Scotland[9][10]
- Mark Thorley, Solicitor Thorley Stephenson on Recruiting and Retaining Trainees in a Legal Aid Firm – Hey Legal Interview[11]
Mark Thorley on Legal Aid in Scotland
Watch Mark Thorley’s interview with Hey Legal in respect of Scottish legal aid here:-
References
- “Part-time Sheriffs”. scts_judiciary. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
- “Mark Thorley”. www.thorleystephenson.com. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- “Vol-58 Issue-10”. Law Society of Scotland. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- “Mark Thorley, Director, speaks to BBC Radio Scotland about Legal Aid crisis”. www.thorleystephenson.com. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- “Legal aid in Scotland ‘confusing for lawyers and public'”. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- News, Scottish Legal. “Law Society of Scotland responds to consultation on legal aid reform”. Scottish Legal News. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- “Mark Thorley Solicitor Insights on Children’s Views Following LRK v AG [2021] SAC(CIV) 1”. www.casecheck.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- “Ian Moir and Mark Thorley: Seventy years of Legal Aid is worth celebrating – and updating”. www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- ScotsLawBlog (2021-04-26). “Mark Thorley’s Legal Sector Insights – Trainee Retention in Legal Aid Law Firms in Scotland”. ScotsLawBlog. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- “Mark Thorley’s Insights on Trainee Solicitors in Legal Aid Law Firms in Scotland”. www.thorleystephenson.com. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- Mark Thorley, Solicitor Thorley Stephenson on Recruiting and Retaining Trainees in a Legal Aid Firm.
See also: Mark Thorley, Solicitor Provides Expertise to Scottish Legal Aid Payment Review Panel