Board reporters and co-opted members of the Legal Services Cases Committee

The Board uses external legal professionals to assist consideration of some legal aid applications and to attend some meetings of our Legal Services Cases Committee. You can read details on our current reporters and sub-committee members below.

Co-opted members to our Legal Services Cases Committee

The following legal professionals are members of our Legal Services Sub-Committee. They attend bi-monthly. You can read more about this committee and its other members.

• Ailsa Carmichael
• David Nicol
• Andrew Pollock
• Derek Reekie
• Eileen Sumpter

Current Board Reporters

The Board employs the expertise of advocates and solicitors in practice to take decisions on applications for legal aid. These legal professionals are termed "reporters." Details of current reporters are listed below.

Advocates (based in Edinburgh)

• Ian R Abercrombie QC
• Andrew Hajducki QC
• Gilmour Ivey QC
• Susan O’Brien QC
  
  
• Kenneth Campbell
• Ailsa Carmichael
• David M. Jack
• Peter G. Milligan
• Nigel A. Ross
• David Stephenson
• Sarah P. L. Wolffe

Solicitors

• Alisdair Gordon, Glasgow
• Alistair Currie, Jedburgh
• Andrew S. Pollock, Glasgow
• Ann Cruickshank, Elgin
• Brian Murphy, Ayr
• David S. McDonald, Aberdeen
• David Short, Edinburgh
• Derek Reekie, Edinburgh
• Ishbel McLaren, Edinburgh
• Liesa Spiller, Edinburgh
• Pamela Loudon, Edinburgh
• Paul Brown, Edinburgh
• Paul Reid, Glasgow
• Richard McFarlane, Cupar
• Stanley N Moffat, Edinburgh