Janice called to the Bar in 2009, she has 13 years previous experience in private practice and as a prosecutor.

She also spent 3 years working as a solicitor for the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission. She is now a very experienced junior practising principally in the field of criminal law. She has considerable experience of defending and prosecuting cases in particular sexual offences. She is an experienced practitioner in relation to proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. She has experience in representing the interests of parties and of the Crown at Fatal Accident Enquiries arising out of deaths at work, deaths in custody and medical negligence. Janice also has experience of Regulatory Law.  In 2015 Janice was appointed as an ad hoc Advocate Depute.

In 2016 Janice appeared in the Supreme Court in relation to a successful appeal of a compatibility issue raised in connection with a provision of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009.

Rosemary has over 30 years experience in a wide range of civil and criminal litigation. She regularly appears in the Sheriff Court, the Court of Session and the High Court. She has appeared as leading counsel in the UK Supreme Court arguing about the European Convention on Human Rights in relation to the rights of fathers in Children’s Referrals. She has appeared as as leading counsel in the UK Supreme Court arguing about the European Convention on Human Rights in relation to the rights of fathers in Children’s Referrals. She has prosecuted in murder, drugs, sex crime and fire-raising cases. She is regularly  instructed in adoptions and permanency applications under the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007. She has successfully gained damages for clients who have been abused while in care.

Callum called to the bar as a Lord Hope scholar in 2021.

Since calling to the bar, Callum has very quickly established himself and is an extremely well instructed defence Counsel.  He regularly conducts trials as junior alone and appears as junior to senior Counsel in a range of extremely serious cases. Callum is already regarded by his colleagues as a very able junior Counsel who is fearless in the conduct of his cases.  His legal analysis and thorough approach to case preparation make him an invaluable resource to the senior Counsel he works with.

As a trial Counsel, Callum defends a range of cases, including allegations relating to sexual offences, the misuse of drugs, serious financial crime, violence, firearms, and serious organised crime.  He has demonstrated an ability to prepare cases under significant time pressure and is recognised for his personable advocacy style.

As well as his busy defence practice, Callum was recently appointed as an ad hoc Advocate Depute and is now gaining experience prosecuting cases.  His appointment in this capacity at a relatively early stage in his career as an Advocate demonstrates the high regard in which he is already held.  Experiencing criminal trials from both sides of the table will undoubtedly increase his skillset.

Prior to calling to the bar, Callum worked as a solicitor for 6 years.  He trained at a personal injury practice, before spending 5 years at a leading criminal defence firm in Glasgow. He appeared daily in Sheriff Courts throughout Scotland and regularly instructed Counsel in the higher courts.  He was part of a team representing a core participant at the Edinburgh Tram Inquiry, and has been appearing in the Employment Tribunal since he was a member of the University of Strathclyde Law Clinic. In addition, Callum has appeared in the Mental Health Tribunal, before the Traffic Commissioner for Scotland, and in the All Scotland Personal Injury Court.

Callum acts in cases funded by insurers, privately, and via the Scottish Legal Aid Board.

Kevin called to the bar in 2018 after practicing as a solicitor for 7 years.

Kevin prosecuted numerous criminal cases while working as a Procurator Fiscal Depute in Airdrie and Glasgow. He then moved to the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission as a Legal Officer. During his time at the SCCRC, Kevin gained significant experience in relation to criminal appeals.

Dale has 20 years’ experience in all types of criminal defence work. Starting his criminal law career working for the Crown, he has progressed from Solicitor to Advocate, undertaking a wide variety of criminal cases including murder, rape, firearms, RTA, drugs, trafficking, sexual offences and health & safety work. He has an expertise in financial crime cases. He has also been involved in a number of successful high profile appeals involving complex legal issues. Dale’s primary interest is in trial work and he has established a deserved reputation as a diligent and tenacious defence counsel.

Lewis Kennedy worked as a solicitor in a number of busy criminal law practices before he came to the Bar. Since calling in 2000 he has concentrated mainly on criminal law and on employment law regularly appearing in the High Court, Sheriff Court, Appeal Court and at Employment and Immigration tribunals.

Called to the Bar in 1999, Sarah had 14 years previous experience in private practise and as a prosecutor. She is now one of the most experienced and able senior juniors practising criminal law in Scotland. Sarah has conducted numerous and varied criminal trials as sole counsel. She is consistently instructed, and has significant experience, in cases involving sexual offences. In the course of her career she has worked with a number of eminent Senior Counsel in a wide range of important criminal trials and appeals.

Sarah has conducted Children’s Referrals including long running and complex cases involving international medical experts. Her experience in Fatal Accident Inquiries extends to deaths in custody, accidents at work and medical negligence.

Caroline’s focus is family law, and she is regularly instructed to appear in both the Court of Session and Sheriff Courts. Financial provision on divorce is a particular interest, and Caroline is also highly experienced in child related issues such as residence, contact, adoption and permanence orders. She was active in both of these areas while a solicitor, practising for seven years predominantly in the field of civil litigation and specialising in family law. Other areas of expertise include international child abduction and financial claims by former cohabitants. Caroline has a reputation for being both sensible and approachable.

Alan’s practice since calling at the Bar in 1990 has been solely in Criminal Law. He has been instructed regularly in all types of cases, mainly in the High Court. He was prosecuting as an Advocate Depute between 2003 and 2010 being appointed a Senior Advocate Depute from 2005. He resumed practice as defence counsel in 2010 but is still regularly called upon by the Crown to prosecute for them on an ad-hoc basis.

David appears regularly in the High Court of Justiciary, Court of Session, Sheriff Court and tribunals, including courts-martial and the immigration and asylum chamber.

He called to the Bar in 2000 and to the Bar of England & Wales in London in 2010 in the leading Chamber’s in London specialising in the law as it pertains to Proceeds of Crime and Money-laundering; in 2009 he was appointed a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, (England & Wales) and a Chartered Arbitrator.  He is also an accredited commercial mediator.

He has experience of institutional arbitration in tribunals constituted to determine disputes under institutional rules (the ‘Terms’ of the London Maritime Arbitrator’s Association) and ad-hoc arbitral tribunals.

Chartered Arbitrator

David’s experience extends to London based international arbitrations; he has a particular expertise in Shipping Law and Maritime disputes relating to Freight and Contracts of Carriage.

He has experience of disputes as they arise under various chartering arrangements; including time, voyage and ‘bareboat’ Charters, entered into using a range of Charter-Party Forms, including NYPE, Baltic, Asbatankavoy and Amwelsh Forms.  He has been involved in arbitral disputes between owners, charterers and disponent-owners and disputes involving chains of owners; Bills of Lading (Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, Hague-Visby Rules etc), bunkers, insurance and re-insurance (total loss at sea of non-navigable floating platform), cargo claims/distressed cargo, laytime & demurrage, ship detention, safe port claims, lawful sailing orders, speed and performance claims, ship arrest, total loss of vessel at sea, breach of Charter warranty provisions more generally, including as to a vessel’s seaworthiness, maintaining Class, suitability of her holds to receive cargo, performance of her engines/ gear, performance of contractual obligations relating to dates, for example, cleaning a vessel’s hull on extended stay at port, re-delivery of vessel back into owners’ service.

David’s experience also extends to other shipping contracts including disputes arising between owners and charterers under Ship Management contracts and Pool Agreements; as well as jurisdictional issues for arbitral tribunals, for example, Kompetenz Kompetenz and, the subject matter said to be in dispute (the subject matter referred to arbitration as constituting the dispute).

David was awarded a Diploma for Advocacy skills in International Arbitration by the Swiss based advocacy training provider, the Foundation for International Arbitration Advocacy.  He has a good working knowledge of the rules and ‘Terms’ of the major international arbitral institutions.

He accepts instructions to appear as Counsel before institutional and ad-hoc arbitral tribunals; he is also available as a party appointed arbitrator in Institutional and, or, ad-hoc arbitrations and is an appointee to the President’s Panel of Arbitrators (Chartered Institute of Arbitrators).

General Crime

David has prosecuted solemn and summary criminal trials in the Sheriff Court and is instructed for the defence in criminal trials in the High Court and Sheriff Courts around the country.

He has appeared as Junior Counsel led by Senior in murder cases, rape trials, attempted murder/ rape cases, complex frauds and long running drugs trials as well as conspiracy charges (fire-raising) and fire-arms offences.

He acts as Junior Counsel and has appeared for the defence in trials resolving; attempted murders, culpable homicides, assaults (to severe injury, permanent impairment/ disfigurement), death by dangerous driving, allegations of rape, historical sex offences including rape, possession of pornographic images, abduction with intent to ravish, terrorism offences (including the offence of membership of ‘proscribed’ organisations), fraud, embezzlement, counterfeiting (money, goods), forgery & uttering, robbery (on commercial premises), contraventions of the controlled drugs legislation, proceeds of crime cases and money-laundering offences.  He has particular experience of fraud and embezzlement prosecutions involving sums of money generating complicated audit trails.

David has also been instructed to resolve a number of unusual cases; including a case of death by dangerous driving culminating in four fatalities, assault by throwing acid into a Complainer’s face, a baby conceived by a father and his daughter; representing an Accused in the circumstances where the Crown accepted he had no recollection of the alleged offending behaviour due to sustaining serious head injuries, nevertheless proceeded to trial although unable to give Counsel instructions as to his defence.

Regulatory Crime

David has been instructed by private and public companies in ‘Regulatory’ crime prosecutions; including, contraventions of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and their attendant Regulations and Environmental Crime, specifically, contraventions of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003, and the Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2005.

Professional Negligence

David accepts instructions to appear in the Court of Session – David is presently instructed in reparation actions against Financial Institutions, solicitors, the Chief Constable, Police Scotland, a Local Authority; David has also appeared in a Court of Session proof for a pursuer seeking Declarator relating to fraudulent misrepresentation / Breach of Contract; Declarator for reduction of Sheriff Court judgment; and has been instructed in matters relating to actions against SLAB (the Scottish Legal Aid Board).

Economic Crime & Commercial Wrong-Doing: Professional Regulators, the Criminal Law and Business Compliance.

David has an expertise in Economic Crime and Commercial Wrong-doing. He was in the prosecution team which successfully prosecuted the last insider-dealing case in Scotland prior to the enactment of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2002 and, was instructed for the defence as Counsel in one of the first money-laundering prosecutions.

He has a particular interest in compliance issues for business and regulated businesses with a focus on the the implications for business and regulated businesses in the event of a cross-over between the Jurisdiction of a Regulator exercising an audit function to enforce a Regulatory regime and, or, the remit of a Prosecutor investigating the alleged transgression of criminal statutes, such as the Bribery Act 2010. (see – The role of Article 8 (Accounting) of the OECD Convention and the law of Bribery and Corruption | 33 Chancery Lane at   http://33knowledge.com/updates/bribery-and-corruption/fsa-v-willis-the-uk-bribery-act-recording-facilitation-payments-and-the-fcpa

He is available to advise businesses and ‘Regulated Businesses’ on how to protect themselves from commercial wrong-doing by identifying triggers such as criminal conduct, for example, fraud, bribery and corruption, or misuse of data or, inside/ price sensitive information.  He can also assist in the investigation of similar issues with a view to resolving them internally, negotiating with an external Regulator and then, seeking to dispose of the issues in the appropriate administrative, civil or criminal forum.

David writes and lectures on issues arising in Economic Crime and Corruption http://www.dundee.ac.uk/cepmlp/staff/profile/david-macleod and is dual qualified as a Barrister (formerly in The Chambers of Andrew Mitchell QC, 33 Chancery Lane, London) where he was a Pupil and Door Tenant.

He maintains close ties to London Chambers, who are a niche offering, focusing in one of David’s key areas of professional interest: Commercial Wrong-Doing and Economic Crime.

Chambers were formed as recently as 2008, notwithstanding that they are recognized as a leading set of Chambers in the law of Proceeds of Crime and Bribery & Corruption issues; they were ranked by ‘Chambers and Partners Guide to the Bar 2012′ as:

“The Number 1 set of Chambers for Confiscation and Asset Recovery in the United Kingdom”

And in 2015 as:

“The specialist chambers in this area of work.” (Chambers & Partners UK 2014/15)