Ranking tables
Administrative & Public Law | UK Bar
Scotland (Bar)
Rankings overview for Sets
Band 1
Band 2
- Ampersand Advocates
Star Individuals
- Aidan O'Neill KCAmpersand Advocates
Band 1
- Andrew G Webster KCThemis Advocates
- Chris Pirie KCThemis Advocates
- David Johnston KCAxiom Advocates
- Douglas Ross KCAmpersand Advocates
- Ian S Forrester KCAmpersand Advocates
- James Mure KCAxiom Advocates
- James Wolffe KCAxiom Advocates
- Kenneth McBrearty KCAxiom Advocates
- Mark Lindsay KCAxiom Advocates
- Morag Ross KCAxiom Advocates
- Roddy Dunlop KCAxiom Advocates
- Ruth Crawford KCAxiom Advocates
Band 2
- Duncan Hamilton KC Arnot Manderson12 Years Ranked
- Alasdair Burnet KCTerra Firma Chambers
- Gerry Moynihan KCAxiom Advocates
- James Findlay KCTerra Firma Chambers
- Janys M Scott KCWestwater Advocates
- John MacGregor KCAxiom Advocates
- Laura-Anne van der Westhuizen KCAmpersand Advocates
New Silks
- Daniel Byrne KCAxiom Advocates
- Paul Reid KCAmpersand Advocates
Band 1
- David WelshAxiom Advocates
- Lesley IrvineAxiom Advocates
Band 2
- Ewen CampbellAxiom Advocates
- Scott BlairTerra Firma Chambers
- Stephen DonnellyArnot Manderson
- Timothy YoungAmpersand Advocates
- Usman TariqAmpersand Advocates
All Sets profiles
Band 1
1 Axiom AdvocatesAdministrative & Public Law2024 | Band 1 | 12 Years RankedAxiom Advocates possesses numerous prominent public law advocates who routinely act in the highest courts in Scotland and the UK. Members are instructed in judicial reviews involving a range of issues, from immigration rules and human rights to procurement and constitutional law. The advocates count the Scottish Government and many local authorities among their clients. The stable fielded counsel on both sides of Joanna Cherry's prorogation judicial review in 2019. In more recent times David Welsh acted on behalf of the Scottish National Party in the UK Supreme Court case of 2022, concerning the legality of a proposed second independence referendum.