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committed to injured people

Executive committee members

Gordon Dalyell

Treasurer

Firm: DIGBY BROWN LLP

Further details for Gordon Dalyell are displayed below.

Role	Name
President	Matthew Tuff
Vice President	Guy Forster
Treasurer	Gordon Dalyell
Secretary	Brett Dixon
Immediate Past President	Kim Harrison
Committee members	James Byrne Erin Darling-Finan Nikki Ealey Daniel Easton Sabrina Lawlor John McQuater Pauline Roberts Jonathan Scarsbrook Suzanne White
Lay EC members	Musa Garba Victoria Lebrec
Past Officers and EC members

Gordon Dalyell is a partner with Digby Brown, having joined them in 1998. He has specialised in personal injury work for over twenty years both in the Court of Session and Sheriff Court.

Gordon qualified as a Solicitor-Advocate in 2003. He has been accredited as a specialist in Personal Injury Law by the Law Society of Scotland.

He is a Fellow of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) and has been the Executive Committee member for Scotland since 2010, serving as Vice-President and President of the Association between 2017 and 2020.

The treasurer shall:

oversee the financial affairs of the association, in conjunction with the chief executive and APIL’s accountants
oversee the preparation of APIL’s annual budget, in liaison with the chief executive and APIL’s accountant
be required to present a report on the year-end accounts at the annual general meeting
present a financial report at each EC meeting.

Shareholdings/directorships/partners or otherwise engaged in the management or control of claims management services, medical agencies and other organisations related to providing a service to the injured person, or in the field of personal injury

Member of Digby Brown LLP
Director of Compensation Claims Funding Limited

Consultancies related to providing a service to the injured person, or in the field of personal injury

None

Political organisations/societies/pressure groups/charities/trade unions

Member of Labour Party
Member of the Fabians
Member of GMB
Member of JUSTICE
Trustee of CSPP 21
Trustee of Carmont Trust

How to become an EC member

APIL elections take place on an annually basis and members who are elected to APIL’s Executive Committee volunteer to work as Directors of the Board.

The board and an experienced staff team work on a range of issues affecting our sector. Board members attend four meetings a year with the option of face to face or virtual attendance. The meetings usually last around 5 hours and cover a range of issues including legal reform, finance, and campaigns. It is an opportunity to be at the forefront of what is happening in the personal injury sector.

Election process:

APIL members may stand for election for the following:

Executive Committee (officers and additional officers)
Special Interest Group Co-ordinators
Regional Group Co-ordinators

Annual elections commence in early January for Officer and Additional Officer seats, notification of the election and the nomination process will be sent to members by e-mail.

An APIL member becomes a candidate as soon as they have completed the nomination pack and the nomination is supported by the proposer and seconder. The proposer and seconder will need to confirm their details online for the nomination to be valid. Candidates will be asked to complete four set questions in support of their candidature (APIL's chief executive shall have the power to edit or refuse to accept unlawful or factually incorrect details).

Each APIL member (fully paid up and eligible to vote) may nominate – one candidate and/or second one candidate, in each election. APIL’s secretary will not nominate or second candidates, but will remain eligible to vote.

The details of all candidates will be circulated together, by the APIL office, to either the full membership (for EC elections) or to the relevant membership sections (for SIG and Regional Group elections).

No additional written material, or electronic communications may be circulated and/or distributed by, and/or in support of, a candidate in any election.

Canvassing of any nature is not permitted. If additional material is found to be in circulation or, direct or indirect canvassing identified, APIL's Executive Committee reserves the right to withdraw the candidate from the elections.

* Members who are eligible to vote:

Legal Practitioner Members, Honorary Life Members or Academic Associates as defined in APIL's Articles of Association, article 30.1.1 and clause 4.5 of the APIL Membership Policy

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