About Compass Chambers
Compass Chambers, whose membership includes nine leading QCs and a number of the most talented juniors at the Scottish Bar, offers expertise across a broad spectrum of litigation, with core strengths in reparation, regulatory crime and professional disciplinary proceedings. Compass has an affiliation with the highly rated Crown Office Chambers in London and shares many of the values espoused by them.
In the reparation field members of Compass specialise in personal injury, clinical negligence, professional negligence, property damage, insurance law, and fatal accident inquiries. In the field of regulatory crime members specialise in the defence of allegations brought under health and safety, road traffic, environmental and corporate financial legislation, and also appear regularly in fatal accident inquiries; in particular those relating to fatalities in the workplace. In the field of professional disciplinary proceedings, members specialise in statutory appeals from medical, dental and teaching Panels.
In addition to its core strengths, Compass includes within its membership specialists in contract and commercial litigation, judicial review and defamation.
Members include some of the most well instructed, and highly regarded counsel at the Scottish Bar and, as a result, have considerable experience in all Scottish courts from the Sheriff Court to the House of Lords and Privy Council. Many of our members are on the panels of several leading insurers, publishers and disciplinary bodies. Many are rated in Legal 500 as leading in their areas of practice, including professional negligence, personal injury, and regulatory crime.
As an organisation, Compass is at the forefront of innovating in the way in which Counsel interact with agents and clients, and aims to offer a commercially sensitive, comprehensive and cost-effective service.