McSparran McCormick has been involved in a number of the most important and high profile cases in Scotland in recent years. These include cases in the Sheriff Court and in the Court of Session, Edinburgh. Many cases have been reported in both legal journals and wider media.

In any litigation, both the preparation for the case and the presentation of the case in Court are of vital importance. 

John McCormick was the first Scottish Solicitor to achieve an LL.M. in Advanced Litigation (with distinction) from the Nottingham Law School. This course attracts Senior Litigators from many parts of the world including America, Australia, Europe and the British Isles.

In 1998 he completed a course organised by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) at the Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Understandably, therefore, clients can be confident that the litigation entrusted to McSparran McCormick will be handled appropriately by John McCormick who possesses both the experience and the qualifications to deal with a heavy case load of civil litigation, mediation, arbitration and adjudication.

John McCormick was the author of a thesis entitled  "Courting Commercial Litigation" which examined whether Commercial Court procedures of the Court of Session could be adapted to the Sheriff Court. 

He was subsequently appointed to a Working Party established to examine this further. 

New rules are now before the Sheriff Court Rules Council for approval and should be promulgated shortly.