Ampersand Advocates

At Ampersand Advocates, multiple members of the stable have been kept especially busy representing various parties in the high-profile UK and Scottish COVID-19 inquiries, as well as acting for core participants in the Scottish Hospitals inquiry; in the case of the latter, Una Doherty KC is advising NHS National Services Scotland, while Susanne Tanner KC is representing Scottish Futures Trust in the ongoing proceedings. Simon Bowie KC ‘gets to the nub of the issue’ in complex, prominent inquiries. Paul Reid KC has a solid track record in advising on prison-related litigation, and is often instructed in Fatal Accident Inquiries arising from deaths in custody. At the junior end of the stable, Ayla Iridag is well known for appearing for participants in Fatal Accident Inquiries, and acted as sole counsel to NHS Grampian in the fatal accident inquiry into the death of an 83-year old man, who died as a result of injuries inflicted by a person who had been referred for psychiatric treatment but had not attended the appointments; it was found that no health care precautions could reasonably have been taken that could have avoided the man’s death. In a boost to the stable, James McConnell KC and Usman Tariq KC were appointed to silk in September 2024.