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Ampersand’s Maria Maguire QC is ‘quite superb’, ‘absolutely diligent in all aspects of her work’, and with an ‘immense’ knowledge base is able to ‘conduct fairly high-brow medical consultations with expert witnesses intelligibly and concisely without missing anything out’. Graham Primrose QC has ‘good tactical and negotiating skills’, and Simon Di Rollo QC is a ‘very safe pair of hands to handle claims involving the most catastrophic of injuries’. Lisa Henderson, who is ‘exceedingly thorough’, and Lauren Sutherland are ‘highly knowledgeable and experienced but remain approachable and a pleasure to work with’. Hugh Campbell QC and Archie MacSporran are also recommended.

Arnot Manderson Stable’s Gerald Hanretty QC is highly recommended, as are Colin MacAulay QC and Andrew Young QC. Arabella Tait ‘becomes the master of her papers, and is eminently capable and efficient’.

At Axiom Advocates, Alastair Duncan is the ‘most experienced junior counsel in professional negligence at the Scottish Bar’. Iain Ferguson QC is recommended for professional negligence matters in the healthcare context, and Roddy Dunlop QC handles a large volume of professional disciplinary matters.

Compass Chambers ‘as a whole provides an excellent service in the area of personal injury litigation’. Susan O’Brien QC is ‘incisive and pragmatic’, and a ‘formidable negotiator’. Malcolm McGregor is ‘very highly skilled with extensive experience in this field’. Andrew Smith QC is active in areas including high-end clinical negligence. Steve Love, Ian Mackay QC and Astrid Smart are also highly rated.

Rory Anderson QC at Terra Firma Chambers is recommended for medical negligence matters, and has recently been involved in the Penrose Inquiry.

Westwater Advocates’ Andrew Hajducki QC is an ‘expert advocate in the area of personal injury law’, and is regarded as an ‘authority in jury trial cases’. David Stephenson QC is a specialist complex medical negligence practitioner, and Gordon Lamont handles a high volume of PI pursuer claims. Laura Wray is also recommended for PI matters.

Wendy Thomson of Brechin Tindal Oatts and Frank Maguire of Thompsons are recommended solicitor-advocates in this area.

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