Craig was a litigation partner for a major law firm for over 40 years, specialising in advocacy and appearing in a wide variety of tribunals, courts and inquiries, often in ground-breaking reported cases. He was appointed as Scotland’s first Solicitor-Advocate QC in 2002, was Solicitor-Advocate of the Year in England and Wales in 2012 and was the first Solicitor-Advocate to lead a civil appeal in the Supreme Court. Between 2004 and 2022 he chaired the Law Society Civil Rights of Audience Training Course.