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QUARTERMILE ONE, 15 LAURISTON PLACE, EDINBURGH, EH3 9EP, SCOTLAND

Tel:: Work 0131 228 7000
Fax:: Fax 0131 228 7001
DX:: ED137 EDINBURGH

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London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Brussels, Aberdeen

Gillian Simpson

Tel:: Work +44 131 228 7281
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Work Department

Planning and environmental.

Position

Director of planning, specialising in planning law including appeals, inquiry advocacy, judicial reviews, enforcement, legal agreements; roads, water, drainage and infrastructure issues; compulsory purchase orders, including private bills for major rail projects and various roads orders.

Career

Trained Dundas & Wilson; qualified 1991; assistant Dundas & Wilson 1991-92; assistant Maclay Murray & Spens 1992-96; associate 1996-2005; partner 2005 to date.

Languages

French.

Education

Lenzie Academy; Glasgow University (1988 LLB Hons; 1989 Diploma in legal Practice).

Practice Areas

Energy and natural resources; Planning; Transport - general

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