Mark Lindsay qualified as a solicitor in 1993 and called to the Bar in 1996. He took Silk in 2011. His practice has been predominantly in commercial and public law. Between 2000 and 2011 he was Standing Junior Counsel to the Home Secretary.

In public law, he regularly advises and appears in a wide range of judicial review petitions challenging decisions of local authorities, central government, regulatory bodies and tribunals. He has also been instructed in challenges to the legislative competence of Acts of the Scottish Parliament. His commercial experience includes contractual and property disputes, shareholders disputes, directors' fiduciary duties and professional disciplinary and liability. Mark has considerable experience of major and complex commercial litigation and has to date appeared before the House of Lords/Supreme Court on five occasions.

Selected Cases

• Wilmington Trust Co v Rolls Royce Plc [2011] CSOH 151; 2011 G.W.D. 32-681
• Trustees of the Lithgows Ltd Pension Scheme v Board of the Pension Protection Fund 2011 S.C. 426
• Commonwealth Oil & Gas Company Limited v Baxter & Another 2010 SC 156
• Miller & Martin v H.M. Advocate 2010 SLT 412
• Somerville v Scottish Ministers [2007] 1 WLR 2734