Case Studies
Personal Injury
- COVID in care homes
- Compensation for family following fatal injuries during routine surgery
- Settlement after risk-assessment was miscalculated
- Compensation for head-injuries accident
- Compensation for family following fatal injuries sustained whilst in care home
- Hospitals and other care providers duty to prevent pressure sores
- McHattie v South Ayrshire Council Judicial Review
- Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA)
- Historical abuse claims against foster carers
Criminal Defence
- HMA -v- Joanne Threshie
- The Etizolam ‘Test’ case
- The ‘Raithburn Road’ Murder
- The Tragic Death of Lauren Wade
- Ralph Goldie – Successful Murder Appeal
- HMA v. Coulson
- HMA v. Whitehouse
- Whitehouse v. Lord Advocate
- HMA v. B
- Civil proceedings for recovery of losses
- Accentra v. Advocate General
- Successful Defence Against Money Laundering Charges Under the 2007 Regulations
- Securing an Acquittal in a £100,000 Fraudulent Tax Evasion Case
- Successfully Protecting Legally Privileged Material from Disclosure
- Securing the Reopening of a Criminal Investigation into Demi Hannaway’s Death
- Seeking One of Scotland’s First Private Prosecutions in Decades l
- Securing the Discontinuation of Human Trafficking Proceedings
- Successful Defence Against an Order for Lifelong Restriction
- Representing Scotland’s Leading Legal Bodies Before the UK Supreme Court
- Overturning a Wrongful Conviction in the Post Office Horizon Scandal
- Successful Appeal Against a Wrongful Rape Conviction
- Reducing a Criminal Confiscation Claim by Over £8 Million
- Securing Parole Following a High-Security Prison Sentence
Family Law
- Education (Scotland) Act 1980 - Placing Request Appeal to Sheriff by Summary Application
- Specific Issue Order - Relocation of Child
- Financial Provision on Divorce - High value capital and aliment claims, intra-UK jurisdictional issue
- Financial Provision on Divorce - High value capital claim, business interests, attempt to pierce corporate veil
- Opposing intra UK attempt in Court of Session to enforce English decree for delivery of children
- Financial Provision on Divorce – Exclusion order, “special reasons” arguments advised to depart from equal sharing of net capital
Specialist Litigation
- The Specialist Litigation Team played a significant role in the case of Keir & Daly
- UK Supreme Court Intervention on Scottish Independence Referendum
- Successfully Defending a Police Officer in Misconduct Proceedings
- Successful Defence of Trustees Facing ICAS Regulatory Complaints
- Successful Defence Against Proposed Medical Registration Cancellation
- Representing a Core Participant in the Post Office Horizon Public Inquiry
- Successful Defence Against Contempt of Court Allegations
- Successful Recovery of Seized Funds Following Police Investigation
- Representing a Company in High-Value Civil Recovery Proceedings
- Representing International Clients in Civil Recovery Proceedings
- Representing Clients in Scotland’s First Defamation Case Under the 2021 Act
