PLUG
Inksters have created the law practice infrastructure for you to plug into. All the technological and personnel support you need to just do the law is at hand and at your disposal.
PLAY
When you join Inksters as a Consultant Solicitor you will be immediately up and running your own legal practice under the Inksters brand and all the extra benefits that will bring to you.
LAW
You can concentrate on just doing the law and leave the red tape of running the business to Inksters. As a result you can maximise your fee income by just doing the work you love to do.
ABOUT PLUG & PLAY LAW
Plug & Play is a term for Law Firms coined by Mitch Kowalski in his book âThe Great Legal Reformation: Notes from the Fieldâ that features Inksters
Mitch Kowalski refers to Plug & Play Platforms when describing law firms such as Inksters who have developed a model where senior lawyers can work as a collective, with enhanced technology and back-office support. Where a hub-and-spoke model exists with a back office âhubâ (Inksters have that in the Inksterplex in Glasgow) and âspokesâ elsewhere (Inkstersâ spokes are currently in Aberdeen, Dunkeld, Edinburgh, Forfar, Inverness, Lerwick, Linlithgow, London, Portree, Renfrew, Thurso and Wick). These spokes grow depending on where new consultant solicitors are geographically based.

9 Benefits of Joining Inksters
The nine benefits of joining Inksters as a self employed consultant rather than setting up on your own or with others or, indeed, being employed by or in partnership with other solicitors:-
YOU CAN JUST DO LAW
YOU HAVE COMPLETE FLEXIBILITY ON YOUR OWN TERMS
YOU ARE REWARDED FOR WHAT YOU DO
YOUR COSTS WILL BE REDUCED
YOU GET ALL THE BENEFITS THAT A LARGER ORGANISATION CAN OFFER
YOU BECOME PART OF AN AWARD WINNING LAW FIRM
YOU HAVE ACCESS TO A DIVERSE RANGE OF CLIENTS
YOU HAVE THE BEST TECHNOLOGY TO ASSIST YOU
YOU GET BRIAN INKSTER
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Awards
Inksters are award winners for the Plug & Play Law model that allows self-employed / sole trader lawyers to flourish
Scottish Federation of Small Businesses Award 2022
Inksters were the Scotland Winner of the FSB Self-employed / Sole Trader of the Year Award 2022 for Plug & Play Law.
UK Federation of Small Businesses Award 2022
Inksters were the UK Final Winner of the FSB Self-employed / Sole Trader of the Year Award 2022 for Plug & Play Law.
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You have nothing to lose and everything to potentially gain by arranging an initial informal chat with Brian Inkster to hear more about the unique proposition that is Plug & Play Law.
Contact Brian InksterConsultant Testimonials
Donât take our word for it â hereâs what our consultant solicitors say:
The Inkstersâ model is excellent.
Firms who offer flexible working like Inksters show faith and trust in their people by allowing this model. This is why they are Forward Thinking Lawyers.
The flexible working model gives me and Inksters, the edge in being there when the client needs us. I can, at my choice, work into the wee small hours, then regather strength after rest-time of choice, and serve the clientâs and Inkstersâ requirements, and get a job done.â
Iâm able to be more available to clients as Iâm not tied up in administration.
Inksters, demonstrably, is a practice where a single practitioner can have an office established for them.
Iâm much more confident to represent Inksters than my previous firm. Inksters is more modern in approach and ethos.
I was âcredentialisedâ by meeting the requirements of the Inksters brand, and given access to products established in the market. Entering networking situations, I confidently brandished the Inkstersâ reputation I had been allowed to buy into.
With satisfaction I listed the achievements of the firm, and was often pleased to find positive opinion of the firm already present in fora I visited. At networking events I was a happy salesman who held a product that was an âeasy sellâ to potential clients, a product which, moreover, allowed me to unsettle even the largest competitors.
A big difference to other firms I have worked in is that Inksters has no hierarchical structure (before or beyond Brian Inkster), and that Brian is willing to consider and build upon ideas of worth that are presented to him.
I have inhabited offices where employee achievement, out of turn, was dangerous folly, and where partnership itself promised only to lock ambition and initiative in a firmer a stalemate than employment. At Inksters there is a general culture of respect and encouragement and a free potential for Brian to effect change.
What is apparent and quantifiable is the amount of effort that Brian puts into a project when he sees merit in it.
The culture here makes me feel more valued. I donât have to justify to anyone why Iâm going to my kidsâ events. Thereâs also autonomy and mutual respect here. Brian is key to what is happening. He has a very clear vision.
I see how much time it would take me to do the things that Inksters is doing for me and thereâs value in that.
It has genuinely been the first law firm setting where there is a lack of competition between the solicitors as we are all collaborating towards the common goal of servicing our clients to a high standard and making sure we can all eat at the end of the month. It is a truly unique trait of the firm which is worth its weight in gold.
I have two young children and had reached a point in my life where I thought I might have to make a choice between my family and my career. However, the freedom and flexibility afforded by Inkstersâ fee-sharing model means that I can now excel not only as a lawyer, but also as a mother.
Team Inksters
Be part of a growing team of forward thinking lawyers doing law just that little bit differently
Brian Inkster
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Founder & CEO
Diane Ireland
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Chief Operating Officer
David Flint
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Legal Advisor
Alan Stewart
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Legal Advisor
Rory Cradock
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Solicitor & Notary Public
Steven Aitken
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Legal Advisor
Peter McLean-Buechel
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Solicitor & Notary Public
Joanne Romanis
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Legal Advisor
Bryden Crearie
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Solicitor & Notary Public
Robert Wild
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Solicitor & Notary Public
Martin Burns
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Solicitor & Notary Public
Kevin Davidson
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Solicitor & Notary Public
Jacqueline Harkins
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Solicitor & Notary Public
Jane Clemetson
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Solicitor (England & Wales)
Steven McDonald
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Solicitor & Notary Public
Sylvia MacLennan
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Solicitor & Notary Public
Karima Higgins
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Solicitor
Laura King
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Legal Advisor
Gerald Segal
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Solicitor & Notary Public
Gillian Melville
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Solicitor & Notary Public
Charlotte Platt
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Solicitor & Notary Public
Katherine Paulin
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Solicitor & Notary Public
Alastair MacDonald
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Solicitor & Notary Public
Rory Brown
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Solicitor & Notary Public
Paulo de Moura
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Solicitor & Notary Public
JacQui Lochhead
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Elder Law Advisor
Brian Johnston
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Estate Agent
Karen Hughes
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Legal Administrator
Carol-Ann McKenzie
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Legal Administrator
Rose McMahon
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Legal Administrator
Mark Lochhead
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Legal Administrator
Lorraine McGill
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Legal Administrator
Michelle Robertson
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Legal Receptionist
Caroline Tonnar
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Legal Administrator
Melissa McEwan
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Legal Administrator
Nicola Black
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Legal Administrator
Locations
Inksters
Plug & Play
in 13 places
throughout
Scotland
We currently have bases in Aberdeen, Dunkeld, Edinburgh, Forfar, Glasgow (HQ), Inverness, Lerwick, Linlithgow, Portree, Renfrew, St Andrews, Thurso and Wick. A greater geographical reach than any other law firm in Scotland. But you can Plug & Play anywhere with Inksters. Just let us know where you want to Plug & Play and we will see if we can make it happen.
Where?England
Also in London
Inksters have a base in Soho, London (W1) and work/meeting space in the City of London (EC4). If you are a Solicitor, in England & Wales, regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority you can still Plug & Play with us.
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Global Collaboration
Member of the International Practice Group
The International Practice Group (IPG) is a global community of lawyers, accountants, tax advisors and M&A specialists driving growth through meaningful collaborations. The IPG has member firms in 44 countries and affiliations with firms in a further 25 countries. Inksters is the only Scottish member of the IPG.
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If you are interested in a new and unique opportunity where you can âplug and playâ at Inksters then contact Brian Inkster for a confidential discussion on 0141 229 0880 or e-mail brian@inksters.com or use the contact form below (which will go directly to Brian).






