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This section covers judicial reviews, statutory appeals, inquiries, disciplinary proceedings and non-contentious advice on the powers and administrative functions of central and local government and other public and regulatory bodies. The section includes matters relating to competitive tendering, public procurement, environmental issues and employment and discrimination law. European and Human Rights law increasingly features in the practice of advocates ranked in this section.

Rankings overview for Sets

1

Band 1

  1. Axiom Advocates
    Axiom Advocates 13 Years Ranked
2

Band 2

  1. Ampersand Advocates

Star Individuals

  1. Aidan O'Neill KCAmpersand Advocates
1

Band 1

  1. Andrew G Webster KCThemis Advocates
  2. David Johnston KCAxiom Advocates
  3. Douglas Ross KCAmpersand Advocates
  4. James Mure KCAxiom Advocates
  5. Kenneth McBrearty KCAxiom Advocates
  6. Mark Lindsay KCAxiom Advocates
  7. Roddy Dunlop KCAxiom Advocates
  8. Ruth Crawford KCAxiom Advocates
2

Band 2

  1. Alasdair Burnet KCTerra Firma Chambers
  2. Chris Pirie KCThemis Advocates
  3. Duncan Hamilton KCArnot Manderson
  4. Gerry Moynihan KCAxiom Advocates
  5. Ian S Forrester KCAmpersand Advocates
  6. James Findlay KCTerra Firma Chambers
  7. James Wolffe KCAxiom Advocates
  8. Janys M Scott KCWestwater Advocates
  9. John MacGregor KCAxiom Advocates
  10. Laura-Anne van der Westhuizen KCAmpersand Advocates

New Silks

  1. Daniel Byrne KCAxiom Advocates
  2. Paul Reid KCAmpersand Advocates
  3. Usman Tariq KCAmpersand Advocates
1

Band 1

  1. David WelshAxiom Advocates
  2. Lesley IrvineAxiom Advocates
2

Band 2

  1. David AndersonWestwater Advocates
  2. Ewen CampbellAxiom Advocates
  3. Scott BlairTerra Firma Chambers
  4. Stephen DonnellyArnot Manderson
  5. Timothy YoungAmpersand Advocates

All Sets profiles

1

Band 1

  1. Axiom Advocates
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    Axiom Advocates
    Administrative & Public Law
    2025 | Band 1 | 13 Years Ranked
    Axiom Advocates possesses numerous prominent public law advocates who routinely act in the highest courts in Scotland and the UK. Members, praised for their "extensive expertise in public regulatory law", are instructed in judicial reviews involving a range of issues, from immigration rules and human rights to procurement and constitutional law. The advocates, one source says, "always impress with their knowledge and ability to grasp complicated issues" and 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 members have acted on behalf of the Scottish Ministers in a judicial review challenging the statutory guidance of the ministers regarding the Gender Representation on Public Boards.
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Band 2

  1. Ampersand Advocates
    Administrative & Public Law
    2025 | Band 2
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