News
16 October, 2025
Ampersand Advocates Celebrates Outstanding 2026 Chambers & Partners Rankings
Ampersand Advocates is proud to celebrate another outstanding year in the Chambers and Partners UK Bar 2026 rankings published date, confirming its position as one of the most highly regarded and comprehensive sets at the Scottish Bar. This year, Ampersand and its members secures 12 set rankings and an impressive 99 individual rankings across 25 […]
15 October, 2025
Peter Gasper v The Partners Of Tain & Fearns Medical Practice and another [2025] CSOH 96
This was a clinical negligence, QOCS case in the Court of Session in which the pursuer accepted a tender after an 8 month delay. The defenders moved for the expenses of process from the date of the tender under RCS 41B.2(2)(b) on the ground of unreasonable delay. Although there has been much judicial consideration of […]
10 October, 2025
Usman Tariq KC announced as new Chair of JUSTICE Scotland
JUSTICE are delighted to announce that Ampersand’s Usman Tariq KC will take on the role of Chair of JUSTICE Scotland, succeeding Almira Delibegović-Broome KC. JUSTICE has been at the forefront of law reform in the UK since 1957, aiming to build a fairer justice system within everyone’s reach, carrying out research and generating practical, workable […]
1 October, 2025
Ampersand Advocates Celebrates Top-Tier Recognition in 2026 Legal 500 Rankings
Ampersand Advocates has once again secured its position among Scotland’s leading sets of counsel in the newly released 2026 edition of The Legal 500 United Kingdom Bar Guide. The rankings, published today, reaffirm Ampersand’s reputation for excellence across a broad spectrum of legal disciplines. In the 2026 guide, Ampersand Advocates has been ranked in Tier […]
24 September, 2025
David Downie v Fife Health Board
Ampersand’s James McConnell K.C. acted for the defenders in the latest round of this litigation. The case came before the Sheriff Appeal Court on a question about the competency of the pursuer’s proposed appeal. Two of the three grounds of appeal were found to be competent, but the pursuer’s first ground of appeal was refused […]
23 September, 2025
Whamond v Klasa [2025] SAC (Civ) 28
On 29 August 2025, the Sheriff Appeal Court determined an appeal and cross-appeal concerning neighbouring properties in Arbroath, Spring Garth and Willow Cottage. The key issue for determination was whether Spring Garth benefited from a servitude right of drainage to a septic tank situated on the grounds of Willow Cottage. The defenders (proprietors of Willow […]