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Personal injury and medical negligence
Leading Silks
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Una Doherty KC
Ampersand Advocates 'Una is one of Scotland's most experienced and specialised counsel in the field of medical law. Nothing fazes her. She is calm and collected as well as extraordinarily thorough. She will not shy away from running complex arguments, and has an ability to unpick and clearly present complicated evidence.'
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Lisa Henderson KC
Ampersand Advocates 'She is analytical, thorough and prepared, and fights her client's corner.'
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Euan Mackenzie KC
Ampersand Advocates 'Euan is highly respected at the Bar because of his specialist knowledge, his expertise and talent. He is professional but able to deal with the sensitive issues and reassure families. He is certainly an expert in his field.'
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Maria Maguire KC
Ampersand Advocates ‘Maria is a magnificent advocate. She has superb attention to detail, is dynamic in negotiations, takes everything in her stride and appears completely unflappable. She is a stand-out silk in the field of clinical negligence.’
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Geoffrey Mitchell KC
Ampersand Advocates 'An excellent communicator with strong analytical skills. He has great insight, and an ability to simplify even the most complex issues.'
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Graham Primrose KC
Ampersand Advocates 'Graham is a brilliant advocate, persuasive and intuitive as to when to press a point, and when to draw a line.'
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Lauren Sutherland KC
Ampersand Advocates 'Tenacity, intellectual rigour, and passion are all strengths of Lauren's. She is dedicated to the cause for pursuers.'
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Angela Grahame KC
Compass Chambers1
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Lesley Shand KC
Compass Chambers 'Lesley is a tenacious and formidable KC. She has a eye for detail and provides strategic and commercial advice. She has the ear of the court.'
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Astrid Smart KC
Compass Chambers 'Astrid is a stand out senior counsel in clinical negligence work. Her grasp of the medical side of cases is second to none. She is brilliant with clients, a strong negotiator and impressive on her feet, achieving success in even the most difficult of cases.'
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Douglas Ross KC
Ampersand Advocates 'Douglas' strengths are his attention to detail and his grasp of the finer details of each case he presents. It is reassuring to have counsel who know their papers inside out, and can provide guidance to his instructing agents as well as well-informed advice to clients.'
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Amber Galbraith KC
Compass Chambers 'Amber is a pleasure to work with. She is sensible, pragmatic and always well prepared.'
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Duncan Hamilton KC
Arnot Manderson Advocates 'Duncan is highly skilled in PI and medical negligence litigation. He is approachable, accommodating and pragmatic. A sophisticated advocate.'
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Steven Love KC
Compass Chambers2
Calum MacNeill KC
Westwater Advocates2
Graeme Middleton KC
Compass Chambers 'Graeme has a good analytical approach, and he communicates well - clients appreciate his straightforward manner.'
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Kay Springham KC
Compass Chambers 'Kay is unflappable. The capacity she has to devote to hard work on difficult cases is unrivaled. She is compassionate with clients but extremely robust with opponents when required.'
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Andrew Webster KC
Themis Advocates 'Andrew is hugely experienced and able. He is very good on his feet and clearly has the ear of the court. A very robust advocate.'
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Calum Wilson KC
Compass Chambers2023 Silks
2024 Silks
James McConnell KC
Ampersand Advocates ‘He is excellent with medical experts. A well balanced advocate.’
Laura Thomson KC
Arnot Manderson Advocates ‘She is admirably meticulous, commercially astute, and puts the client’s wants and needs at the forefront of her advice. She has a keen intellect.’