News
13 December, 2019
Ampersand QC takes on Dundee student union role
East, west, Dundee’s best for Ampersand’s Marcus McKay QC, and he is looking to help make it a real city of discovery for students. Marcus, a graduate of the University of Dundee, is returning to campus as a trustee of Dundee University Students’ Association (DUSA). “My practice as a planning Silk takes me all over […]
6 December, 2019
Ampersand welcolmes Scottish Feminist Judgments Project
Ampersand Advocates was delighted to welcome Dr Chloë Kennedy and Professor Sharon Cowan to Faculty of Advocates to discuss the Scottish Feminist Judgments Project, which re-imagines the processes and outcomes of judging in key cases from feminist perspectives. They have produced an amazing collection of ‘missing’ feminist judgments, alongside commentaries by subject experts, with each […]
4 December, 2019
Legal 500 Scottish Silk and Junior of the year success for Amperand advocate’s
Ampersand is proud and delighted to hear that the Legal 500 has awarded their “Scottish Silk of the year” award to Aidan O’Neill QC and the “Scottish Junior of the year” to Laura-Anne van der Westhuizen. The awards are unique in the legal industry as they recognise each element of the profession equally, representing the […]
28 November, 2019
‘Silk of the Year’ hat-trick for Aidan O’Neill QC
Congratulations to Ampersand’s Aidan O’Neill QC, who has retained his title as Silk of the Year at the Law Awards of Scotland. Aidan has been in many high profile cases in the past year including successes in the so-called Scottish Brexit case (Wightman v Secretary of State) and proroguing of Parliament case (Cherry and others v Advocate […]
28 November, 2019
Women in Law Scotland celebrate 100 years of Women in Law
Stable Director Susanne Tanner QC is delighted to be supporting the Law Society of Scotland and Women in Law Scotland celebration of 100 years of Women in Law, which will take place at the Law Society’s offices on 12 December at 5.30. The event will both celebrate the 100th anniversary of the passing of the […]
14 November, 2019
Inner House confirms Serco’s actions were lawful in seeking to recover possession of property provided to failed asylum seekers and concluded that Serco was not acting as a hybrid public authority
Ali (Iraq) v Serco Ltd [2019] CSIH 54 Facts The reclaimer is a failed asylum seeker, whose appeal rights became exhausted in November 2017. The reclaimer was provided with accommodation while her asylum claim was being determined. Nearly 6 months after the asylum claim was refused. the Secretary of State served notice that asylum support […]