Education & Professional Career to Date

Appointments

• Legal Member, Conduct in Sport Panel, Cricket Scotland (2022–present)
• Member, Board of Directors, Scottish Sports Association (2017–present)

Selected Cases

• Public Law (as solicitor/solicitor advocate)

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• Petition of SB for Judicial Review (2024), CSOH (unreported)

  Judicial review of unlawful termination of membership of private members’ club, sex discrimination, instructing solicitor for the petitioner.

• Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry (2024-2025)

  Junior counsel with Susanne Tanner KC, for two core participants: Scottish Trades Union Congress and Scottish Hazards.

• Koren Brown v the Advocate General for Scotland and the College of Policing [2024] EAT 189

  Appeal concerning mandatory fitness standards and issues arising under equality legislation, instructing solicitor for the claimant

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• Employment, discrimination and industrial relations (as solicitor/solicitor advocate)

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• Stewart and others v Tesco (2025), CSOH (unreported)

  Petition for interdict preventing the "fire and rehire" of employees to remove a "retained pay" benefit, solicitor advocate for petitioners.

• Unite the Union v TAC Healthcare Group Limited (2025)

  Application for trades union recognition before Central Arbitration Committee, solicitor advocate for Unite the Union.

• MBCC Foods Limited v A (2022) (unreported)

  Appeal to EAT (Lord Fairley), successfully resisted appeal by respondent re. sexual harassment, solicitor for claimant

• Cowie & others v Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, [2022] EAT 121, [2022] I.C.R. 1693

  ET and EAT sex and disability discrimination arising from policy application during covid-19, instructing solicitor for the claimants

• Hakim v The Scottish Trades Union Congress, UKEATS/0047/19/SS

  Appeal to EAT, instructing solicitor for the respondent

• Reid v Department of Work and Pensions (2018)

  Disability discrimination and unfair dismissal, ET, solicitor for claimant (5-day hearing)

• Claimant v Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (2018)

  Pregnancy discrimination and unfair dismissal for a Station Commander, ET, solicitor for the claimant (5-day hearing)

• Babcock Marine (Clyde) Ltd v Unite the Union (2017) CSOH (unreported)

  Petition for interdict and interim interdict re. industrial action, instructing solicitor for the respondent

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• Fatal Accident Inquiries & Public Inquiries (as solicitor)

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• Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry

  Junior counsel with Susanne Tanner KC, for two core participants: Scottish Trades Union Congress and Scottish Hazards.
  

• Inquiry into the death of Alan Hay (13-day FAI, Sheriff Ruxton, Glasgow, 2019)

• Inquiry into the death of Alan Smith (2-day FAI, Sheriff N McFadyen, Edinburgh, 2019)

• Inquiry into the death of Dawn Marshall (1-day FAI, Sheriff Robertson, Stirling, 2018)

• Inquiry into the death of Dionne Kennedy (2-day FAI, Sheriff Gilchrist, Stirling, 2018)

• Inquiry into the death of Dale Thomson (11-day FAI, Sheriff Way, Dundee, 2017-2018)

• Inquiry into the death of Ian Loudon (12- day FAI, Sheriff Normand, Glasgow 2015)

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• Professional Regulation (as solicitor)

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• Registrant v Health and Care Professions Council (2021)

  Appeal to CSIH, re. decision of HCPC panel to suspend registration, instructing solicitor for appellant

• General Teaching Council for Scotland v Teacher (2019)

  Professional misconduct hearing re. dishonesty, solicitor for registrant (2-day hearing)

• Scottish Social Services Council v Registrant (2018)

  Professional misconduct hearing re. allegations of physical abuse of children, solicitor for registrant (5-day hearing)

• Registrant v Scottish Social Services Council (2017)

  Appeal by summary application to Dundee Sheriff Court against decision of Conduct Committee, solicitor for the appellant

• Special Committee of the Presbytery of A v Minister (2017)

  Disciplinary hearing re. allegations of dishonesty, Presbyterial Commission of the Church of Scotland, solicitor for the Minister (4-day hearing)

• Nursing and Midwifery Council v Registrant, (2016-18)

  Various interim orders hearings re. charge of culpable and reckless conduct & theft of epidural drugs, solicitor for registrant