Kenneth Cumming of Shepherd & Wedderburn appointed as Auditor of the Court of Session

Shepperd & Wedderburn are doing well these days with the Scottish Government it seems, having former partners now appointed by Kenny MacAskill to the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission, and also attending its meetings and other functions …

Not to be outdone by that, another of Shepherd & Wedderburn’s partners has now been appointed by the Justice Secretary to the controversial role of Auditor of the Court of Session, formerly occupied by Neil Crichton for over a decade ..

Appointment of Kenneth Cumming of Shepherd & Wedderburn as Auditor of the Court of Session

Scottish Ministers have appointed Kenneth Macmillan Cumming to be Auditor of the Court of Session in place of Mr Neil Crichton who retires on September 25.

Mr Cumming is currently a partner and Head of Litigation at Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP, Solicitors in Edinburgh.

The Auditor of the Court of Session is a statutory appointment made by Scottish Ministers after open competition.

Mr Cumming is a graduate of Edinburgh University. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1982 and has been a partner of Shepherd and Wedderburn since 2001.

The principal duty of the Auditor is to determine the expenses payable following civil litigation in the Court of Session. The Auditor may also be called on to fix the remuneration of liquidators and receivers and, at the request of parties, to fix fees in a range of legal work.

Mr Crichton has been Auditor since April 1998.