The ‘strong and well-respected team’ at Harper Macleod LLP handles a broad range of matters, such as pursuing claims against professionals in the banking, financial services and insurance sectors, in addition to negligence claims against engineers, architects and surveyors. Praised as ’thoroughly knowledgeable, highly professional and proactive’, David Kerr jointly leads the team alongside Sandy Hastie. Other key contacts in the group include John McHugh, who focuses on cases involving contractual, construction and corporate elements, E-Ming Fong and Andrew MacKenzie, who is commended as ‘intelligent and a formidable opponent’.
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Testimonials
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- 'Harper Macleod is an excellent Scottish firm, with a very strong and well-respected team. The department has real depth of talent.'
- 'The team has in-depth experience in professional negligence matters. Their key strengths are their professionalism, proactive approach to their client's cases, and extremely pragmatic and commercial advice. They are definitely market leaders in this field.'
- 'Adam de Ste Croix instills confidence and trust. He is a credit to the firm and the law profession.'
- 'David Kerr is a leading partner in the firm. He is a very driven and commercially-minded partner, with an astute judgment of a case's strengths and weaknesses.'
- 'Andrew MacKenzie is intelligent and a formidable opponent.'
- 'E-Ming Fong is very good with clients and consistently thorough in exploring every possible angle for them.'
- 'Andrew Mackenzie is exceptionally bright, with amazing attention to detail.'
- 'David Kerr is thoroughly knowledgeable, highly professional and proactive.'
Key clients
- Centenary 6 Limited
- Sanctuary Housing Association
- Harbour Homes Ltd
- Shetland Islands Council
- Arc Legal Insurances Ltd
- CorpAcq Ltd
- Coach Stores Ltd
Work highlights
- Advised Robert Kidd in a $350 million action against the purchasers of his shareholding in an oil & gas company and their solicitors based on an unlawful means conspiracy.
- Represented Centenary 6 Ltd at proof in a £40 million loss of opportunity claim against TLT solicitors.
- Advised Sanctuary in a substantial negligence dispute arising out of a large contract for energy improvement works to be carried out by E.ON Energy Services.
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Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Sandy Hastie, David Kerr