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Balfour + Manson LLP

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:
Edinburgh, Aberdeen

Elaine J Motion

Tel:
Work +44 131 200 1254
Email:
Balfour + Manson LLP

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)

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