News
23 April, 2018
Ampersand Member speaks at Living Donor Meeting
Ampersand member Lauren Sutherland QC is due to speak at the Manchester International Living Donor Meeting on 23 and 24 April 2018. The event is hosted by the Manchester Transplant Unit in celebration of the 50th anniversary of transplantation services in the city. A copy of the programme can be accessed here.
23 April, 2018
Ampersand Counsel appointed to Parole Board for Scotland
Simon Di Rollo QC is among a raft of appointments announced by the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Michael Matheson, MSP. In total, nine new General Members and eight new Legal Members will hold the posts for six years, and will commit to around eight to ten days per month. The other Legal Members are: Emma Doyle, […]
23 March, 2018
Ampersand Member appointed as Legal Member of the Health and Education Chamber
Susanne Tanner QC has been appointed as a Legal Member of the Health and Education Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland. She will sit as a part-time Chair to determine references brought by parents of school children and young people with additional support needs, and disability discrimination claims brought by parents, children and young […]
14 March, 2018
Montgomery decision under the spotlight
On 13 March 2018 Ampersand Advocates Lauren Sutherland Q.C. and David Stephenson Q.C. took part in a Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow event to discuss the continuing impact and challenges of the Supreme Court decision in Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board. Lauren was a member of Mrs Montgomery’s legal team and opened the […]
1 March, 2018
New book published by Lauren Sutherland QC: ‘A Guide to Consent in Clinical Negligence Post-Montgomery’
Ampersand’s Lauren Sutherland QC’s new book on Consent published. For many years, the law in the UK on consent was out of step with other Commonwealth jurisdictions. Now the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board has clarified the position in the UK and at last recognised the […]
15 February, 2018
Landmark case for Trade Union Law Firm and Ampersand’s Dorothy Bain Q.C.
On 8th February 2018 Ampersand Advocates Dorothy Bain Q.C. appeared at Dundee Sheriff Court for Unionline Scotland, winning a landmark case on behalf of a care worker for the rescission of a temporary suspension order imposed on him. The full article from the Scottish Legal News can be found here.