Ruth has a wide-ranging practice in commercial litigation, and in all areas of public law. She is ranked in Chambers UK in the fields of administrative and public law, and planning and environment. Ruth has appeared as senior counsel on three occasions in the Supreme Court, and regularly appears in the Court of Session. Ruth's practice reflects her interest and experience in contract law and, in particular, public procurement. She acted for British Telecommunications in British Telecommunications plc v Common Services Agency, being the first occasion when the Court held that the contracting authority had breached procurement law. Ruth continues to be regularly instructed by contracting authorities and economic operators in the many areas of dispute which arise from procurement exercises.

Laura Macgregor is Professor of Commercial Contract Law at the University of Edinburgh and Visiting Professor in International Commercial Law at the University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Before beginning her academic career she spent five years as a solicitor in practice with a large Scottish commercial law firm. She is Director of the Edinburgh Centre for Commercial law, a Research Centre that aims to build closer links between academia, the judiciary and legal practice.

For the last fifteen years Laura has been extensively involved in delivering bespoke legal training to the legal and financial professions. Through the auspices of the Judicial Institute, she is responsible for training all Scottish sheriffs in contract law.

Laura’s published research focuses on contract and agency law. Her book “The Law of Agency in Scotland,” was published by W Green in 2013 as part of the Scottish Universities Law Institute Series. She has recently edited a book, “Agency Law in Commercial Practice” which is due to be published by Oxford University Press in early 2016.

Laura also has an interest in European private law, and was commissioned by the Civil Division of the Scottish Government to prepare a report on the Draft Common Frame of Reference: Principles, Definitions and Model Rules of European Private Law.

Professor Hector MacQueen was appointed as a full-time Commissioner in September 2009, and was reappointed for three more years in September 2014. His major project outside the reform of insurance law is a review of Scottish contract law.

Professor MacQueen has taught in the Edinburgh Law School since 1979. He was Dean of the Law School 1999-2003, and Dean of Research and Deputy Head of the College of Humanities and Social Science in Edinburgh University 2004-2008. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.