15 ATHOLL CRESCENT, EDINBURGH, EH3 8HA, SCOTLAND
- Tel:
- Work 0131 228 3777
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- Fax 0131 228 3878
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- www.brodies.com
- Email:
Christine O’neill
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- Work +44 131 656 0286
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Work Department
Litigation/public sector services.
Position
Recognised specialist in commercial and public law litigation, and heads the firm’s public law and regulatory practice. Speaks regularly at conferences on topics such as freedom of information and human rights. Combines experience in public law litigation, including judicial review, statutory appeals and public inquiries, with her role in advising clients on Scottish devolution, legislation and administrative law.
Career
Qualified 1999; full-time lecturer in constitutional and administrative law Edinburgh Law School 1999-2000; solicitor then senior solicitor Brodies 2000-03; associate 2003-04; partner 2004. Publications: co-author with Chris Himsworth ‘Scotland’s Constitution: Law and Practice’ (Butterworths 2nd edition 2009).
Member
Law Society of Scotland.
Education
LLB Hons; Dip LP; LLM.
Practice Areas
Administrative and public law; Parliamentary and electoral; Public sector
