Mr Dale Ross > Blackadders LLP > Dundee, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile

Blackadders LLP
30&34 Reform Street
DD1 1RJ
United Kingdom

Work Department

Private Client

Position

Partner

Career

Trained Gray and Connochie, Aberdeen

Qualified 1997

Partner Blackadders 2022

British Railways Board Policy Unit – Operational Research Analyst 1984 – 1989

APACS – Strategy Analyst 1989-1991

Gray and Connochie, Aberdeen  1991-1997

Paull & Williamsons, Aberdeen 1998-2000

Thorntons, Dundee 2000-2002

Gillespie Macandrew, Edinburgh 2002-2007

HBJ Gateley Wareing, Edinburgh 2007-2014

Blackadders 2014

University of Edinburgh – Diploma Tutor (Private Client) 2002 – 2009

  • Senior Tutor (Private Client and Advanced Private Client) 2009 – 2022

University of Dundee – External Examiner (Private Client) 2016-2020

Memberships

Law Society of Scotland, Solicitor

Law Society (England & Wales), Solicitor

Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), Member

Education

University of Aberdeen BSc (Hons) Mathematics 1984

University of Sussex MSc Operational Research 1986

University of Aberdeen, Diploma in Legal Practice  1995

Lawyer Rankings

Scotland > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and executries

With a strong presence in the north of Scotland, the private client practice at Blackadders LLP acts for a wide range of clients, including individuals, trustees, executors and businesses. The group handles the full range of tax, trusts and executries issues and has a particularly strong personal wealth offering. Laura McDowall and Gillian Brown jointly head the practice, which also includes Johnston Clark and Dale Ross. The team strengthened its estates and trusts planning and administration capabilities with the arrival of Karen Phillips from Balfour+Manson LLP in 2022.