Law Society of Scotland Profiles
Richard Henderson, President
Richard Henderson is President of the Law Society of Scotland. He recently retired as Solicitor to the Scottish Executive and was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the New Year's Honours List. Richard joined the then Scottish Office Solicitor's Office in 1972 on qualifying as a solicitor. During his career there he dealt variously with agriculture, education, public local inquiries and employment law, and undertook a three-year secondment to the Scottish Law Commission. He was appointed a divisional solicitor in 1987, Deputy Solicitor in 1996 and Solicitor to the Secretary of State for Scotland in 1998 before becoming Solicitor to the Scottish Executive on devolution in 1999. He has also served for the past eight years as a co-opted member of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland.
