Areas of Practice

Personal Injury
Professional Negligence
Insurance
Employment
Wills & Succession
Commercial
Insolvency
Licensing
Children's Referrals
Family
Proceeds of Crime
Regulatory Hearings
Heraldry & Peerage
Planning & Environmental

Additional Information

Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute 1995
Chartered Insurance Practitioner
Member of the Bar of England and Wales (Inner Temple) & Lincolns Inn 1990
French

Qualifications

M.Th University of St Andrews
LLB Buckingham University
LLB University of Edinburgh
Dip LP University of Edinburgh

Appointments

Esquire of the Venerable Order of St John 1981(to the late Earl of Dalhousie)
Officer of the Venerable Order of St John 1989

Devil Masters

Sheriff Thomas Welsh QC
John D Campbell QC

Notable Cases

Eddie v Alpa 2000 SLT 1062, commercial case involving jurisdiction and the international sale of goods;
Thomas Robertson v Walter Alexander 2003 GWD 29 - 1061, reparation case dealing with time bar in an industrial disease case;
William Woodlands v Adv Gen 2004 Rep LR 63, 2005 SCLR 163, reparation case involving the competency of suing jointly and severally and time bar;
Urquhart v Sweeney 2006 SC591, 2005 SLT 422, involving an agricultural lease and summary decree;
McCullie & Douglas v Duncan & Crockart 1998; successful FAI Damages proof involving liability in respect of children;
Gallogley v Capital Bank Leasing 2001; successful debate in terms of a finance leasing agreement;
Total Logistics Concepts v Argyll and Bute Council 2002 GWD 29-10024, commercial case involving the supply of fuel at Oban Airfield;
TGB Finance v Stillie 2004; successful debate Consumer Credit Act 1974
Brenda Sinclair v Aberdeen City Licensing Board and Chief Constable of Grampian Police 2006; successful appeal in liquor licensing matter;
Children's Referral 2006; Paisley Sheriff Court, lengthy referral involving significant medical dispute;
Noble v Superdrug 2008; successful Employment Tribunal turning on the consumption of a sandwich contrary to shopping policy;
Sharkey v Briden Coatbridge 2008; successful Employment Tribunal turning on inducements by the employer not to participate in the activities of a trade union;
NcNee v HPC 2009; successful finding - Registrants practice was not impaired;
Balado Wind Farm Inquiry; successful objection to planning application

Prior Experience

Solicitor in private practice with Lindsays WS 1992 - 1994
Formerly Director of Lloyds Insurance Broker & Insurance Consultant
Formerly Executive in Printing & Publishing 1983 - 1986