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Axiom Advocates

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2007

Established Year

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Overview

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Axiom is a set specialising in commercial and public law. It has a firmly established reputation for high quality advice and advocacy. The set contains many of the most highly-rated senior and junior counsel at the Scottish Bar. Many senior and junior counsel within the set are regarded as the foremost or leading, counsel in their chosen spheres and have appeared in the most significant cases in Scotland.

Industry sectors (15)

  • Civil liberties and human rights
  • Clinical liability
  • Commercial
  • Company law
  • Competition, EU and Public procurement
  • Construction and Engineering
  • Insolvency
  • Intellectual Property
  • Media law
  • Planning, Environmental and Energy
  • Product liability
  • Professional Liability and Regulation
  • Property law
  • Public and administrative law
  • Tax

Capabilities (2)

  • Commercial
  • Public and Administrative

Key people

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  • Lesley Flynn

    Practice Manager

Work & experience

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Axiom has extensive expertise across commercial law, including contracts, construction, corporate finance, energy, insolvency, intellectual property, media, planning, property, professional and clinical negligence and sports law. The set also has exceptional strength in public law, human rights and regulatory matters. Members also regularly act in public inquiries, arbitrations, adjudications, disciplinary and planning proceedings, appeals and mediations.

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UK - Head office

City of Edinburgh

Advocates Library Parliament House 1 Parliament Square, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, UK, EH1 1RF, Edinburgh

www.axiomadvocates.com

(0131) 226 2881

Ranked Practice Areas at Axiom Advocates (14)

Scotland (Bar)

Ranked Barristers at Axiom Advocates (94)

Scotland (Bar)

Members

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  • Roddy Dunlop KC (1998) (KC-2010) Dean of Faculty
  • Rt Honorable Lord Drummond Young KC (1976) (KC-1998)
  • Rt Honorable Lord Glennie KC (1992) (KC-1998)
  • Rt Honorable Lord (Richard) Keen of Elie KC (1980) (KC-1993)
  • Lord (Neil) Davidson of Glen Clova KC (1979) (KC-1993)
  • Gerry Moynihan KC (1985) (KC-1997)
  • Iain Ferguson KC (1987) (KC-2000)
  • David Johnston KC (1992) (KC-2005)
  • The Rt.Hon James Wolffe KC (1992) (KC-2007)
  • Ruth Crawford KC (1993) (KC-2008)
  • James Mure KC (1995) (KC-2009)
  • Mark Lindsay KC (1996) (KC-2011)
  • Alastair Duncan KC (1999) (KC-2012)
  • Kenneth McBrearty KC (2000) (KC-2013)
  • Garry Borland KC (2000) (KC-2014)
  • Roisin Higgins KC (2000) (KC-2015)
  • Gavin Walker KC (2003) (KC-2017)
  • Jonathan Barne KC (2003) (KC-2017)
  • Almira Delibegovi´c-Broome KC (2003) (KC-2017)
  • David Thomson KC (2004) (KC-2017)
  • Jonathan Bremner KC (2005 England & Wales, 2021 Scotland) (KC-2018 England & Wales)
  • Paul O’Brien KC (2004) (KC-2020)
  • John MacGregor KC (2007) (KC-2020)
  • Alasdair McKenzie KC (2009) (KC- 2022)
  • Christopher Wilson KC (2005) (KC -2023)
  • Helen Watts KC (2009) (KC- 2023)
  • Susan Ower KC (2009) (KC - 2023)
  • Chris Paterson KC (2010) (KC- 2023)
  • Dan Byrne KC (2010) (KC- 2023)
  • Jonathan Brown (2000)
  • Miranda Hamilton (2007)
  • Ross McClelland (2011)
  • Jonathan Broome (2012)
  • Lesley Irvine (2012)
  • Elisabeth Roxburgh (2013)
  • Ewen Campbell (2013)
  • David Massaro (2014)
  • Scott Manson (2014)
  • Jacqueline Fordyce (2016)
  • David Welsh (2017)
  • Kirsty Tyre (2017)
  • Adam McKinlay (2018)
  • Megan Dewart (2019)
  • Murray Steel (2019)
  • Neale Tosh (2020)
  • Victoria Arnott (2020)
  • Andrew McWhirter (2021)
  • David Blair (2021)
  • Neil Deacon (2022)
  • Emma Boffey (2022)
  • Ross Mitchell (2023)
  • Graham Horn (2023)
  • Rachel Breen (2023)
  • Alannah McGinley (2024)
  • Jamie McGowan (2024)
  • Ysabeau Middleton (2025)
  • Karen Forbes (2025)

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2007

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