Education & Professional Qualifications
Advocate (1987)
Solicitor (1986)
Dundee University LLB (Hons) (1983), Dip LP (1984)
Firrhill High School, Edinburgh
Professional Career to date
Devil Masters:The Hon. Lord Brodie, Gordon Jackson QC.
2000: Silk
1998 - 2000: Standing Junior Counsel to the Scottish Development Department (Planning Matters)
1991 - 1998: Standing Junior Counsel to the MOD (Army Department)
1987: Admitted to the Faculty of Advocates
1984 - 1986: Trainee solicitor with W & J Burness WS
Professional Experience
Iain has a wide range of experience in civil and commercial litigation, with a particular interest in professional liability (including acting in claims involving medical professionals, solicitors, engineers, insurance intermediaries, architects and surveyors); property and commercial property; and planning.
Courts & Tribunal Experience
House of Lords (as junior counsel); Court of Session (including a Full bench appeal); Sheriff Court (including appeals to the Sheriff Principal); Lands Tribunal; Industrial Tribunal (now the Employment Tribunal); Employment Appeals Tribunal; Fatal Accident Inquiries (medical cases); Planning Inquiries (public local inquiries; local plan inquiries; and an inquiry under the Electricity Act 1989); High Court of Justiciary.
Appointments & Memberships
2007: Director of Faculty Services Ltd
2005 (to date): Member of the Faculty of Advocates Complaints Committee
1998 - 2000: Standing Junior Counsel to the Scottish Development Department (Planning Matters)
1991 - 1998: Standing Junior Counsel to the MOD (Army Department)
Cases
Tods Murray v Arakin Ltd [2010] CSOH 90, Lord Woolman: professional liability.
Phipps v Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh [2010] CSOH 58, Lord Bonomy.
Flosshaul Ltd v Inverclyde Council; Gillen v Inverclyde Council [2010] CSOH 19, Lord Woolman: public procurement.
Mrs KT or K v Lothian NHS Board [2009] CSOH 132, Lady Clark of Calton: clinical negligence.
Tor Corporate v Sinopec Group Star Petroleum Corporation Ltd and others2008 SC 303 (IH); 2008 SLT 97: petition procedure in the Court of Session.
Clyde Windfarm Public Local Inquiry, 21 July 2008: planning.
Dineley v Lothian Health Board [2007] CSOH 154, Lord Hodge: clinical negligence.
Maris v Banchory Squash Racquets Club 2007 SC 501 (IH); 2007 SLT 447: commercial property.
Tiffney v Flynn 2007 SLT 929: commercial contracts.
Karling v Purdue 2004 SLT 1067: professional liability of expert witness.
Sturgeon v Gallagher 2003 SLT 67.
South Lanarkshire Council v Lord Advocate 2002 SC 88 (IH): planning/compulsory purchase.
McDonald's Trustee v Aberdeen City Council 2000 SC 185: tenants' "right to buy".
Bank of Scotland v Brunswick Developments (1987) Ltd 1999 SC (HL) 53: rectification.
Aubrey Investments Ltd v DSC Realisations Ltd (in receivership) 1999 SC 21: commercial property.
Strathclyde Regional Council v W. A. Fairhurst & Partners 1997 SLT 658: professional liability.
Costain Building & Civil Engineering Ltd v Scottish Rugby Union PLC 1993 SC 650: recall of arrestments.
Palmer v Beck 1993 SLT 485: professional liability.
Beard v Beveridge, Herd & Sandilands 1990 SLT 609: professional liability.
Publications
Expert Witness Immunity - Green's Reparation Bulletin, Issue 82, June 2008.