Education & Professional Career to Date

Appointments

• LexisNexis Scottish Dispute Resolution Panel Expert (2023–present)
• Junior Counsel to the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry (2023–2026)
• Member of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb) (2023–present)
• Past appointments as Commissioner (Commission & Diligence diet and excerpting exercise)

Selected Cases

• • Mark Lyons v Vauxhall Finance Plc (In Liquidation) and Stellantis Financial Services UK Limited, [2026] SC AIR 81

  Appeared at Proof for the Pursuer in a successful vehicle rejection action under the Consumer Rights Act 2015. The case involved issues concerning the admissibility of expert evidence, whether the vehicle was of satisfactory quality, the appropriate deduction for the consumer's use of the vehicle following rejection, and the availability of common law damages for loss of enjoyment and loss of use.

• • Arbitration Appeal No 1 of 2025, [2026] CSOH 2 (Serious Irregularity)

  Appeared for the petitioner in a serious irregularity challenge arising from an arbitration part award on basis that arbitrator had failed to determine an interpretation issue underpinning a mutuality defence. The application required detailed analysis of the scope of the threshold for establishing failure by an arbitrator to address an issue. The challenge was not upheld as the court ultimately concluded the issue had not been put to the arbitrator.
  

• • On Tower UK Limited v McLean (No.2) [2024] LTS 26

  Appeared at Proof for the Applicant, a telecoms infrastructure provider, and persuaded the Lands Tribunal to accept most of the Applicant’s proposed terms for a new Code agreement with the Respondents. The consideration ultimately determined by Tribunal was significantly less than sought by the Respondents.