Fiona Drysdale KC
Year of Call: 2002
0131 226 5071
fiona.drysdale@advocates.org.uk
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an experienced and extremely capable advocate with a thorough and practical approach to cases
Chambers & Partners UK Bar 2023
Fiona Drysdale specialises in reparation, clinical negligence and public inquiries. She has considerable experience in catastrophic injury and cases involving children and young people.
She was appointed as a Standing Junior to the Scottish Government in 2022. She is a member of both the Scottish Civil Justice Council and the Access to Justice Committee of the Civil Justice Council. She is an Ad Hoc Advocate Depute and has served as acting Clerk of Faculty, Deputy Clerk of Faculty and Clerk to the Board of Examiners. She is a Faculty Skills Instructor and a Legal Assessor for the General Teaching Council for Scotland.
Before calling to the bar, she worked as a solicitor in a large commercial firm, having trained there in Edinburgh and London. She has also worked as a legal translator for the European Court of Justice.
She has been ranked in the Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 UK Bar guides for a number of years for Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury.
- Two King’s Counsel Appointments at Ampersand Advocates13 September, 2023
- Fiona Drysdale appointed to Scottish Civil Justice Council3 May, 2023
- Ampersand Advocates continues Top Rankings success in 2023 Chambers and Partners UK Bar Guide20 October, 2022
- Ampersand Advocates ranked as top tier set by Legal 500 in 2023 guide4 October, 2022
- Four new appointments to panel of Standing Junior Counsel to Scottish Government for Ampersand28 January, 2022