54-66 FREDERICK STREET, EDINBURGH, EH2 1LS, SCOTLAND
- Tel:
- Work 0131 200 1200
- Fax:
- Fax 0131 200 1300
- DX:
- ED4 EDINBURGH
- Web:
- www.balfour-manson.co.uk
- Email:
Elaine J Motion
- Tel:
- Work +44 131 200 1254
- Email:
Work Department
Litigation.
Position
Head of litigation department and partner specialising in administrative, public law, human rights, personal injury claims (pursuer), clinical and professional negligence claims (pursuer), professional disciplinary work, and commercial litigation. Member of firm’s management board.
Career
Trained Bonar Mackenzie; qualified 1986; barrister and solicitor New Zealand 1990; Balfour + Manson LLP from 1993, partner 1997; solicitor-advocate (civil) 1999.
Member
Society of Solicitor-Advocates; Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers; senior litigator with Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL); trustee of vCJD Trust.
Education
St Augustines High School; Edinburgh University (1983 LLB Hons).
Leisure
Family and skiing.
Practice Areas
Administrative and public law; Civil liberties and human rights; Professional disciplinary and regulatory law (including police law)