NEWS: More Murray Stable members included in latest Legal 500

Posted On: 02 October 2009

Counsel from Murray Stable are well represented in the newly published 2009 edition of Legal 500.  The publication conducts independent research on the UK legal market and references from solicitors and clients are a vital component of their evaluation.

Congratulations go to our twelve members who were highlighted for their experience in a variety of areas:

Commercial Litigation
• Jonathan Mitchell QC - "can handle multi-faceted litigation and is particularly adept where there are international aspects to a civil case."

Employment
• Ian Truscott QC - "is hugely impressive in court and has a superlative track record in employment and major industrial inquiries."

Family and Childcare
• Janys Scott QC - "is particularly adept at adopting a joined-up approach in matters that are beyond the traditional realm of family law in her high-end matrimonial finance practice"
• Ross Macfarlane - "children law specialist.., very good with difficult or vulnerable clients, is our first choice when it comes to education law."

Intellectual Property and Information Technology
• Iain Mitchell QC - "is a Marmite silk – if you want someone conventional and anodyne he's not the counsel to go to – he's a genuine blue-skies thinker."
• Iain Artis - "is recommended for brand management and protection."

Personal Injury, Medical Negligence and Professional Negligence
• Alan Summers QC - "is a tough negotiator, with an eye for detail in complex clinical negligence."

Public and Administrative Law
• Jonathan Mitchell QC - "represented the local authority in Dumfries and Galloway Council v Scottish Information Commissioner, the first Scottish FOI appeal."
• Ailsa Carmichael QC - "has moved into a silk practice very smoothly and is a popular choice for appellate instructions and judicial review".
• Mungo Bovey QC - "can transform average cases into very good ones indeed."
• Scott Blair - "Bovey led Scott Blair in the House of Lords judicial bias litigation – Helow v Secretary of State for the Home Department."
• Andrew Webster - his "advice is generally very sage, taking into account the whole circumstances of the case and commercial considerations."

Congratulations also to John McKendrick who received the following comments for his Barrister's practice in England with Harwicke Building – "has formidable knowledge of the education and SEN fields, inspiring confidence in tenaciously arguing their case. He recently defended the first education sector disability discrimination decision following Lewisham v Malcolm, in RW v Harrow LBC."