News
14 June, 2016
Ampersand Senior successful in Appeal arising from first Scottish Judicial review on vetting
Ampersand’s Maria Maguire QC, acting for the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Scotland, has defended successfully an appeal arising from a judicial review challenge to a decision to refuse management vetting clearance to an Assistant Chief Constable. The decision of the Inner House also deals with the issues of the “requirement to put […]
10 June, 2016
Success for SFA in Mike Ashley Judicial Review
Mike Ashley took a JR to the Court of Session to challenge the decision of the SFA Judicial Panel (which was upheld by the SFA Appellate Tribunal) which found that Mike Ashley had breached SFA rules and the undertaking given by him to the SFA that (because of his personal involvement in Newcastle FC), he […]
30 May, 2016
Ampersand’s David A. Stephenson Q.C., – Legal Aspects of Virtual Fracture Clinics
Ampersand’s David A. Stephenson Q.C., is the joint author with Glasgow surgeons Paul Jenkins and Lech Rymaszewski of a medico-legal article in the current edition of the Journal of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Legal Aspects of Virtual Fracture Clinics. The paper explains and discusses the pioneering use by Glasgow Royal Infirmary of redesigned orthopaedic trauma outpatient services, and the adoption of […]
26 May, 2016
Supreme Court denies expats Brexit vote
Ampersand’s Aidan O’Neill QC appeared in UKSC for British expats who were seeking the right to vote in the forthcoming EU referendum. Over a million British expats have been denied the right to vote in the EU referendum following a ruling that people who have lived outside of the UK for more than 15 years cannot vote. […]
20 May, 2016
Auditor correct to abate circa £65k from Senior Counsel’s fee in cp case: McLean v GGHB [2016] CSOH 68
In this case the pursuer challenged the Auditor of the Court of Session’s decision to abate £67,215 from the fees charged by Senior Counsel who had acted for her between October 2011 and April 2014, shortly before the case settled by means of a substantial lump sum and a Periodic Payment Order. Ampersand’s David A. Stephenson […]
11 May, 2016
Helping the young unlock their potential
Ampersand junior Usman Tariq has become a leading light in a mentoring scheme which aims to help young people in Scotland to realise their potential. Mosaic was founded by HRH The Prince of Wales in 2007, and Usman Tariq heard about its work through friends in London who acted as mentors. As an already-established champion […]