Ayla Iridag

Fatal Accident Inquiry into the death of Paul Hogwood
Instructed by Tayside Health Board in relation to a death in custody.

Fatal Accident Inquiry into the death of Stewart Cuthill
Instructed by Forth Valley Health Board in relation to the death of a prisoner in hospital.

Fatal Accident Inquiry into the death of Victoria Black
Instructed by Forth Valley Health Board in relation to a death of a prisoner in hospital.

Fatal Accident Inquiry into the death of Frank Kinnis
Instructed for Grampian Health Board in a fatal accident inquiry in relation to a homicide.

Fatal Accident Inquiry into the death of Jason Watson
Instructed by Greater Glasgow Health Board in a fatal accident inquiry into a death in custody.

DML Petition for Judicial Review of the decision of the First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber)
Instructed by the Office for the Advocate General to act on behalf of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in relation to a decision by the FTT to refuse the Petitioner’s application for compensation.

Curran v Chief Constable 
Instructed as Counsel for the defender in an action for damages arising from harassment and breach of human rights.

ID v Secretary of State for Home Department
Instructed by the respondent in this Judicial Review, in respect of the hearing on urgent interim orders preventing removal of the petitioner.

Mental Health Tribunal
Instructed on behalf of the RMO in respect of an appeal under section 192 of the 2003 Act, and in respect of a 2-year review.

BC & Others v Police Scotland (As instructing agent)
Part of the team who successfully defended a petition for judicial review in relation to rights of privacy and freedom of expression in respect of WhatsApp messages. One of two instructing agents in the appeal to the Inner House.

Calum Steele v Police Scotland (As instructing agent)
Part of the team of who successfully defended the petition for judicial review on behalf of the Chief Constable in respect of the use of a tweet in misconduct proceedings.

Medaci v East Lothian Council
Instructed on behalf of a local authority to defend an action for unlawful eviction on the grounds of mental health. The action contained issues in respect of legislation on local authority housing, human rights and mental health.

Muller v Occupiers of Craigshaw Drive (as instructing agent)
Obtained interdict in a Court of Session action for the removal of individuals unlawfully occupying commercial land in Aberdeen.

McHattie v South Ayrshire Council (as instructing agent)
Part of a team of two responsible for this urgent judicial review on behalf of the respondent regarding closure of a day care facility.

Da Costa v Police Scotland
Successfully defended two appeals arising from the sheriffs’ powers to dismiss actions in Simple Procedure Actions.

Wallace v Chief Constable, Police Service of Scotland
Successfully defended a firearms and shotgun certificate appeal. The case was peculiar in that it related to the obligations on the owner of antique, and therefore excluded, firearms.

McPhee v Police Scotland
Acted on behalf of the Chief Constable to defend an action raised under the Pedlars Act 1871 in respect of a refusal of a pedlar’s license.

Chief Constable v Jane
Conducted a successful appeal against a decision of a sheriff to refuse an interim Sexual Offences Prevention Order at a first hearing

Chief Constable v Livingstone
Conducted a successful appeal of a decision to refuse an interim order in a Risk of Sexual Harm action. This was only the second appeal under this statutory provision in Scotland.

Petition for Walker Commercial Properties Ltd
Instructed by the petitioner to obtain interdict and interdict ad interim for removal of persons present on land in Livingston.

Prentice v Chief Constable
Instructed by Police Scotland to defend an appeal against the revocation of a shotgun certificate

Halley & others v Dundee City Council & others
As Junior Counsel, instructed by the defenders in this fatal road traffic accident involving a pedestrian struck by a vehicle, which ran to proof in the Court of Session.

Barclay v SSE & others
Instructed as Counsel for the Second Defender in an action arising in respect of electricity supply where decree of absolvitor was obtained.

Russell v West Lothian Council
Successfully defended an employer’s liability action at proof on multiple grounds including novus actus interveniens and volenti non fit injuria.

Murphy v G4S
Successfully defended the client at proof against an employers’ liability claim relating to manual handling and provision and use of work equipment.

Marshall v LV
Successfully defended a case of suspected fraud arising from a collision on a roundabout.

Wilkie v Energetics Networked Energy Limited
Successfully defended an action for damages in respect of personal injury arising from a member of the public falling into an excavation on a building site.

McLaren v Police Scotland
Successfully defended a personal injury claim against the police arising from a collision when officers were responding to an emergency call.

Adams v Fife Health Board and Lothian Health Board
Instructed as Junior Counsel by the family of a young women who suffered a delayed diagnosis of Autoimmune hepatitis, ultimately resulting in her death.

Glencorse v Perth and Kinross Council
Successfully defended a claim against a Council Surveyor, at proof, in a claim for damages to a boundary wall following demolition of a dangerous building.

A v Lothian Health Board
Acted on behalf of the pursuer in obtaining settlement of a clinical negligence claim arising from a missed ectopic pregnancy.

NMC v Brown
Instructed by the NMC to present a case for removal from the register.

SSSC v N
Appointed as Special Counsel by SSSC to cross examine vulnerable witnesses on behalf of an unrepresented applicant

Petition for PCS Ltd
Appointed as assistant commissioner to execute a ‘dawn raid’ commission under section 1 of the Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1972