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)
• Course Organiser, Construction Law Elective, University of Edinburgh Diploma in Professional Legal Practice (2022–present)
• Past appointments as Commissioner (Commission & Diligence diet and excerpting exercise)

Selected Cases

• 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.

• Arbitration Appeal No 1 of 2025, [2025] CSOH 86 (Legal Error)

  Appeared for petitioner at the leave for appeal hearing concerning the interpretation of a repairing obligation in a commercial lease. Successfully resisted the respondent’s challenge that the arbitration clause excluded the petitioner’s right to appeal. Leave was not granted on basis high statutory threshold not met.

• 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 arbitrator.