Shaun McPhee

Year of Call
2024
Devil Masters
David Leighton
Gillian Ross KC
Simon Crabb
Grant Markie

Contact

shaunmcphee@amadvocates.co.uk

Practice Profile

Shaun has a varied civil practice with an emphasis on public law, professional regulation, and personal injury. He has appeared as sole counsel in the sheriff courts, Sheriff Appeal Court, and Outer House, and in lengthy and complex cases before fitness to practice panels.

Education & Professional Career to Date

MA (Hons); LLB; MSc; LLM

Professional career before coming to Bar: As a solicitor, Shaun specialised in litigation and worked in a law centre, private practice, and the public sector.

Appointments

  • Board member of the Free Legal Services Unit (2023–2025)

Selected Cases

  • Public Law
  • Mitchell v Parole Board for Scotland 2025 SLT 223

    Appeared for the petitioner in a judicial review of the Parole Board, concerning fairness of proceedings in which the Board declined to direct the petitioner’s release from prison.

  • Brown v Glasgow City Council 2024 SLT 1025

    Appeared pro bono (with Jonathan Deans) for the petitioner in a successful planning judicial review, concerning a local authority’s grant of permission for a fence restricting access to a public park.

Additional Information

Shaun is a trained mediator