Legal and Academic Career
Following graduation, Gibb first became a member of the Scottish bar in 1914 and, following service in the Royal Scots Fusiliers during World War I, became a member of the English bar in 1919. After the war, he practised law in England and held posts as a lecturer in Scots law at the University of Cambridge (appointed in 1929) and as a lecturer in English law at the University of Edinburgh (appointed in 1931). In 1934, he was appointed Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow, and from 1937 to 1939 and 1945 to 1947 was Dean of the University's Law Faculty. In 1947, Gibb became a King's Counsel, and from 1955 to 1957 he was the Chairman of the Saltire Society. He retired from his professorship in 1958.
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