Professor Roderick Paisley holds the Chair of Scots Law at The University of Aberdeen. After graduating from Aberdeen, with both the LLB (Hons) and Diploma in Legal Practice, Professor Paisley spent a period of time working as a Solicitor in private practice before joining the Law School as a Lecturer.

Professor Paisley specialises in the law of property, conveyancing, succession and trusts. He has written extensively on these subjects and is recognised throughout Scotland as a leading expert on the law of conveyancing generally and the law of servitudes particularly.