Regulatory/Inquiries
HMA v Morris & Spottiswood – Glasgow June 2015 – represented interests of company charged on indictment under and in terms of sections 3(1) and 33(1) HSWA
FAI into the Death of Margaret Gilchrist – Glasgow March 2016 – representing the interests of a local authority in connection with the death in a bath while being cared for at home
HMA v J & J Currie Limited - Ayr June 2016 - representing accused in prosecution under and in terms of sections 3(1) and 33(1) HSWA
FAI into the Death of Mark Burry – Dundee November 2017 – representing interested party following a death arising in the course of employment when heavy, steel pipes fell from an A frame
HMA v Dow Waste Management Limited & Others - Stirling May 2018 - representing accused in prosection under Envionmental protection Act 1990
PF v E.On & Another - Dumfries August 2018 - representing accused in prosecution under and in terms of sections 3(1) and 33(1) HSWA
South Lanarkshire Council v Errington Cheese Limited - Lanark 2018 - representing the relevant food authority in Summary Applications brought under the Food Safety Act 1990 and the Food Hygiene (Scotland) Regulations 2006
Scottish Child Abuse inquiry - Edinburgh 2018 to 2020 - representing Core Participant in Case Studies 3 and 4
Scottish Hospitals Inquiry - Edinburgh 2021 to date – representing over 60 Core Participants (patients and families of patients)
Covid Inquiry - instructed to represent a party invovled
Reparation
Lesley Jackson v Andrew Murray & Another 2015 SC (UKSC) 105 – appeal to the Supreme Court in relation to the assessment of contributory negligence in a “dashing out” case
David Robinson v Scottish Borders Council [2016] CSOH 47 – cyclist injured when he fell from his bicycle as a result of unexpected metalwork in the carriageway of an A road – issue of whether defect presented a foreseeable danger to cyclists and whether the local authority ought to have identified it on a reasonable inspection
Peter Dewar v Scottish Borders Council [2017] CSOH 68 – whether defect in a road was, on balance, the cause of the pursuer’s loss of control over his motorcycle and whether the local authority ought to have identified the defect and repaired before the accident
Mark Gordon v AD Walker Limited - CSOH October 2018 (unreported) - whether the pursuer sustained serious personal injuries in an accident at work and in the circumstances which he offered to prove
Morag McKenzie & Ors v Asda Group Limited & Another - [2018] CSOH 102 - whether and to what extent drivers were responsible for a collision between a delivery vehicle and a tanker carrying aviation fue
Fairley & Lowdean v The City of Edinburgh Council & Others - [2019] CSOH 50 - whether the tramlines in Edinburgh presented a foreseeable danger to cyclists exercising reasonable care
