The Company

Caledoniart Limited a company registered in Scotland number SC316379 and has its registered office at at 302 St Vincent Street, Glasgow

Amanda Brock, Director

In 2007 Amanda Brock set up Caledoniart, Scottish contemporary art, as a company which specialises in the sale of Scottish contemporary art outside of Scotland. Her husband Ross Duguid and father Chick Brock are also Directors.  As well as the exhibitions in London for which Caledoniart is known, it is planning its first US exhibition.

Amanda is a dual qualified solicitor with over 15 years experience of commercial law including as European Manager for DSG International and UK Legal Director with Aramark. Whilst working for Dixons she was the first lawyer employed to work for Freeserve and worked as a member of the management team, dealing with all legal aspects of the set up and operation of the business through to its float in 1999. She then went on to advise both the UK and international business on e-commerce, IP and all other legal matters in nine countries. During her time in private practise Amanda was seconded to General Motors where she advised on commercial, marketing and e-commerce matters.

Amanda gained a masters degree (LLM) with merit in Intellectual Property Law at Queen Mary and Westfield college, University of London (1999) studying part time whilst working in private practise. In addition she graduated with a Masters Degree in Comparative Jurisprudence (MCJ) from New York University (1992), which she undertook with the funding of a Rotary International Scholarship. Having studied for her first degree, LLB (Hons) at the University of Glasgow. Amanda is admitted in both England and Scotland as a solicitor.

Amanda has lectured extensively on and has published many articles relating to, commercial, e-commerce and IP law and is the author of the book “E-business — the practical guide to the laws” published in May 2004 and its second edition, co-authored by Rafi Azhim-Khan, was published in January 2008 (Spirmaus). She was a member of the editorial Board of Butterworth Tolley’s journal, “Electronic Business Law” from 2000–2007 and is a founding editor of the International Free and Open Source Law Review.

Amanda has been General Counsel of  Canonical the Open Source Operating Platform, Ubuntu’s commercial sponsor since February 2008.

Away from the law Amanda has diverse interests and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a trustee of both Scotscare and Borderline and a member of Glasgow University Women’s Club.

Her interest in art has moved from being of a collector to being an art dealer since organising the London Scottish Charity Art Show – www.scottishartlondon.com – which raised £18,000 for charity in 2006. She went on to become the Creative Director of the Scottish Cultural Showcase “The London Gathering” which was greatly plauded for its Creative content. Caledoniart has also raised money for Borderline through Bid for Borderline and a silent auction with Hardeep Singh Kohli, and for Scotscare and the Royal Caledonian Schools Trust through a charity print run and art exhibition with  Tim Cockburn.

Caledoniart is a family business and Amanda is joined by her co-Directors, architect and interior designer, Ross Duguid and Art and antiques enthusiast, Charles Brock.

Ross studied architecture at Dundee University and Duncan of Jordanstone college. He  is a member of the Caledonian Society of London and the The Prince of Wales Foundation for the Built Environment. He set up Ross Duguid Architecture on 25th January 2010, after 15 years of working from London on high end residential architectural projects throughout the UK and abroad.  His experience includes working with Interior Designer of the Year, Lady Victoria Waymouth, for several years. He provides architecture and interior design services.