David Swanney successfully represented the pursuer at this opposed motion hearing to determine the issue of expenses in this personal injury...
David Adams appeared as Counsel for the appellant in this successful appeal against conviction. At trial, the Crown relied on the...
James Hastie successfully represented the defender, Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Ltd, at this hearing to determine the issue of...
David Swanney successfully opposed the defender’s motion for an award of expenses against the pursuer, in this road traffic accident...
Lesley Shand KC and Richard Pugh KC successfully represented the second defender, Live Active Leisure, in a Reclaiming Motion in this historic...
We are delighted to announce that Carla Fraser has been shortlisted for the Rising Star at the Scottish Bar award at the Herald Law Awards of...
Compass Chambers is delighted to have once again been recognised as a leading set by Chambers UK in the latest edition of the directory which was...
Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) has today published the report commissioned from Barry Smith KC following his independent investigation...
Compass Chambers and our members have once again received top rankings from the Legal 500 in the 2024 edition of the directory which has just been...
The Fatal Accident Inquiry into the deaths of Lamara Bell and John Yuill gets underway in Falkirk Sheriff Court today. Mr Yuill and Ms Bell lay...
We are delighted to announce the appointment of new silk Malcolm McGregor KC. Malcolm was among 15 new King's Counsel appointed by...
Compass Chambers has been shortlisted for 4 awards at the inaugural Legal 500 Scotland Awards 2023. Kay Springham KC and...
Bruce Langlands successfully represented the pursuer at Preliminary Proof in this claim regarding historic child abuse. The pursuer was a resident...
This was a fatal road traffic accident in which a cyclist, Mr William Ronald, then aged 46, was killed in a collision with a bin lorry driven by...
Kay Springham KC of Compass Chambers along with David Hay, advocate of Westwater Advocates have obtained permission on behalf of the Equality...
The Sheriff Appeal Court has allowed appeals in two related cases and remitted them for proof. The pursuer claims that Glasgow City Council and...
The court rejected the pursuer’s contention that he should be allowed to proceed with an asbestos related claim despite the triennium having...
A judgment issued by Lord Weir on 12 July 2023 has held that tea workers in plantations in Kenya can continue with group proceedings against their...
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Compass notes with interest that the Government is now seeking views on the potential review of the Scottish personal injury discount rate of...
Kenny Christine has retired from practice after 23 years at the Bar. Kenny called to the Bar in 2000 having worked at Thompsons...
The pursuer company obtained an award of c.£12.5m by way of damages for the loss of a chance of success in an underlying litigation. The...
We are delighted to announce that Registration is now open for our Glasgow Reparation Conference on Friday 2nd June, from 1pm to 5pm. ...
The Inner House refused the reclaiming motion of the pursuers where the defenders had successfully established in evidence that low level exposure...
Compass Chambers will be hosting their Glasgow Reparation Conference on Friday 2 June 2023 at 200 Conference & Events Ltd, 200 St Vincent...
Mark Nicholson has written a short article for the Journal of the Law Society of Scotland looking at judicial approaches to assessing...
Peter Gray KC will be running the London Marathon on 23rd April to raise funds for Young Epilepsy. A number of years ago...
A Compass Team will be cycling 85 miles through the Scottish Highlands when they take part in the Etape Caledonia to raise funds for Revive...
Kay Springham KC and Dominic Scullion, advocate represented the Lord Advocate in X v Y and others [2023] CSOH 17: a landmark action for damages...
Compass Chambers are delighted to announce that our nominated charity for 2023 is Revive MS Support. Revive MS Support is the leading...
The pursuers in this case, S and C, suffered abuse at the hands of Norman Shaw, the first defender. Live Active Leisure (“LAL”) was,...
On 15 May 2017, after an easyJet flight from Edinburgh to Hamburg, the pursuer was being assisted from a plane by an employee of DRK, who had been...
Sheriff Keir recently issued his Opinion in Karla Hodgson v Castlehill Housing Association Ltd where he found for the Pursuer, who lost her...
David Adams acted for the successful defender/respondent in this action under the Consumer Rights Act 2015, both at first instance and on appeal...
A farmer has been acquitted of culpable homicide by failing to maintain a tractor and trailer that sped out of control down a hill and crushed a...
Compass are delighted to welcome David McNaughtan KC back to practice after working as a full time Advocate Depute in Crown Office. During his...
Astrid Smart KC and Yvonne Waugh acted for the successful pursuers in this clinical negligence action, relating to the suicide of a young woman...
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