Compass Chambers
Rankings
Leading set in UK Bar 2026
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Overview
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Compass Chambers is a welcoming set of leading Advocates with a long-standing reputation for excellence. Our ethos is simple: to demonstrate excellence at all times while working with you to achieve the best possible outcome. Our membership, based exclusively on merit, embraces this ethos and is central to our well-deserved reputation. Our advocates and clerks are all professional and hard-working but at the same time noted for their friendliness and helpfulness.
Work & experience
Provided by Compass Chambers
Compass Chambers has core strengths in Reparation, Regulatory Crime, Professional Liability and Inquiries. We have exceptional strength in Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence work, representing Pursuers and Defenders in high value, complex and ground-breaking cases. We are recognised for providing specialist advice and representation in relation to breaches of health and safety legislation. Compass is a leader in the field of Fatal Accident and Public Inquiry representation.
Ranked Offices
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UK - Head office
City of Edinburgh
Parliament House Parliament Square , Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, UK, EH1 1RF, Edinburgh
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Members
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- Ian Mackay KC (1980, KC - 1993)
- Andrew Smith KC (1988, KC - 2002)
- Mark Stewart KC (1988, KC - 2005)
- Lesley Shand KC (1990, KC - 2005)
- Peter Gray KC (1992, KC - 2002)
- Murdo Macleod KC (1994, KC - 2008)
- Robert Milligan KC (1995, KC - 2009)
- Angela Grahame KC (1995, KC - 2009)
- David Sheldon KC (1998, KC - 2013)
- John Scullion KC (2002, KC - 2014)
- Steve Love KC (2001, KC - 2016)
- Astrid Smart KC (1999, KC - 2019)
- Claire Mitchell KC (2003, KC - 2019)
- Barry Smith KC (2005, KC - 2020)
- Amber Galbraith KC (2005, KC - 2020)
- Graeme Middleton KC (2003, KC - 2021)
- David McNaughtan KC (2003, KC - 2021)
- Gavin J Anderson KC (2001, KC - 2022)
- Calum Wilson KC (2002, KC - 2022)
- Richard Pugh KC (2008, KC - 2022)
- Malcolm McGregor KC (1998, KC - 2023)
- Craig Murray KC (2008, KC - 2024)
- David Nicolson KC (2005, KC - 2024)
- Gordon Balfour KC (2002, KC - 2025)
- Yvonne Waugh KC (2006, KC - 2025)
- Emma Toner KC (2009, KC - 2025)
- Preston Lloyd (1996)
- Jan McCall (1999)
- Steve Laing (2002)
- James Hastie (2004)
- Robin Cleland (2005)
- Gavin Thornley (2009)
- Richard Henderson (2009)
- Clare Connelly (2013)
- Barney Ross (2013)
- Grant Markie (2014)
- Kate Bennett (2014)
- David Swanney (2017)
- David Adams (2018)
- Ranald Macpherson (2019)
- Bruce Langlands (2019)
- Gregor Rolfe (2019)
- Elaine Russell (2020)
- Adam Black (2020)
- Cameron Smith (2020)
- Dominic Scullion (2020)
- Carla Fraser (2020)
- Andrew Bergin (2021)
- Tom Brownlee (2021)
- Hugh Masters (2021)
- Elaine Smith (2022)
- Mark Nicholson (2022)
- Iain Buchanan (2022)
- Richard Templeton (2023)
- Ross Crawford (2024)
- Donald Mackay (2024)
- Rebecca Osborne (2024)
- Aimee Doran (2025)