Shepherd and Wedderburn

Commercial, Finance and Insolvency Disputes

Elaine is a partner in commercial litigation, primarily focusing on commercial, financial and property related disputes. She has vast experience in the Court of Session, Sheriff Courts, Land Court and Lands Tribunal, and works closely with our real estate and banking teams. Elaine's work includes groundbreaking property litigation, including the cases on dilapidations and extraordinary repairs under a commercial lease, and a recent case for damages in relation to the encroachment by a major house builder into neighbouring land; a major litigation involving breach of warranty claims in a sale of a business, and the resulting professional negligence claim against solicitors; leading the team involved in complex pension litigation in relation to equalisation of rights; and a long running case involving an oil rig where claims exceed $65m, acting with our banking team she brought the first case of its kind in Scotland where an administration order was made in respect of a non-UK company with heritable assets in Scotland.

Trained Campbell Smith & Co; qualified 1982; partner, Tods Murray LLP 1989-2014; partner, Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP 2014 to date.

Law Society of Scotland

The Nicolson Institute; University of Aberdeen (1979 LLB).