CMS covers a myriad of transport issues spanning high-profile and complex contentious, non-contentious and regulatory mandates. The firm has an impressive roster of clients comprised of road, rail, and shipping companies. The team is led by Eleanor Lane, who has notable experience in large-scale public transport projects in relation to roads and shipping issues, while Mark McMurray’s practice centres on specialist road and traffic regulation matters. Christine Worthington’s portfolio of work covers non-contentious construction projects across Scotland’s rail industry, advising on both contract work and capital investment projects, while litigation specialist Fenella Mason acts on an array of transport-related construction disputes. Public bodies instruct Wendy Nicolson for her expertise in procurement tender process matters.
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‘Working with CMS has been really positive. We have had good experience of working with most teams and have found them all very capable.'
- 'Christine Worthington is technically excellent and provides calm and sensible advice.'
‘Have worked with CMS for many years on complex & novel rail matters. They have been able to draw on wide resources from multiple disciplines. Eleanor Lane & Fenella Mason have been excellent to deal with and have provided appropriate, timely & practical advice.’
Work highlights
Advising Transport Scotland/Scottish Ministers on the legal aspects of the £3bn dualling programme of the A9 between Perth & Inverness including advice on procurement laws, programme structuring, and pre-contractual matters.
Advising Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB) on (i) the contracts for a new-build lighthouse support vessel from Astilleros Gondan S.A. via a regulated public procurement, with funding provided by the Department for Transport, and (ii) its procurement, being run jointly with the Corporation of Trinity House (TH), of a helicopter services contract to support NLB and TH.
Providing ongoing advice to Strathclyde Partnership for Transport on its contracts for the modernisation of the Glasgow Subway, including various contract variations, intellectual property rights, and matters of contractual interpretation.
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Practice head
Eleanor Lane
Other key lawyers
Mark McMurray; Christine Worthington; Fenella Mason; Wendy Nicolson