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| Matthew Auchincloss Solicitor Advocate The Public Defence Solicitor's Office Matthew Auchincloss qualified as a solicitor in 1997 and was granted extended rights of audience (criminal) in 2005. He is currently Director of the Public Defence Solicitors’ Office and also responsible for the operation of the Scottish Legal Aid Board’s Solicitor Contact Line. | |
| Peter McClelland Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service Peter spent the first 13 years of his legal career in private practice, mostly in Glasgow, conducting criminal defence work and latterly specialising in asylum and immigration. He joined COPFS in 2001 and has worked in a variety of local offices including Kilmarnock, Ayr, Greenock and Glasgow. He has also had a number of specialised roles including working on the “Sons of Cadder” appeal at the Supreme Court; leading a team prosecuting a high profile, historical murder and child sex offences case; and managing implementation of the Criminal Justice (Scotland ) Act 2016. He currently works in Policy and Engagement Division and I am COPFS policy lead for criminal justice, deaths policy and EU and international issues including Brexit. He was granted Rights of Audience in the High Court in 2003; obtained the Diploma in Forensic Medical Sciences from Glasgow University in 2005; and he has been a National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) Advocacy trainer since 2007 delivering training courses in Scotland and Malawi. | |
| 0 | Ian Moir Ian Moir & Company Ian graduated from Glasgow University in 1991 and has specialised in court work ever since. He has focused principally on criminal defence work, representing clients in courts throughout the country and even submitting appeals to the UK Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights. He also has a keen interest in family matters, Fatal Accident Inquiries and representing people facing problems under the Proceeds of Crime legislation. Ian is also convenor of the Law Society of Scotland's criminal Legal Aid Negotiation Team, dealing with the Scottish Legal Aid Board and the Scottish Government on all issues regarding legal aid. |
| John Scott QC John has been a solicitor since 1987, a solicitor advocate since 2001 and a QC since 2011. He has wide experience of courts at all levels and has practised exclusively in criminal law since 1990. He has been the Convenor of the Howard League for Penal Reform in Scotland since 2006, a member for the reference group for Lord Carloway's Review into Criminal Law and Practice following the Cadder case in 2010/2011 and was Chair of the Independent Advisory Group on Stop and Search (report published 3 September 2015). He was also Chair of the Scottish Human Rights Centre from 1997 to 2005 and Chair of Justice Scotland from 2014 to 2015. He is currently president of the Society of Solicitor Advocates. He has particular interest in appeals against conviction and sentence. | |
| Jim Stephenson Solicitor Advocate Thorley Stephenson SSC Jim Stephenson has been a solicitor since 1990 and his main area of practise is criminal law. In 2005, with Mark Thorley, he founded Thorley Stephenson. The firm currently has nine lawyers providing representation in the Scottish civil and criminal courts. A solicitor advocate since 2002, and a member of the Society of Solicitor Advocates, Jim is also a founder member of Fortis Chambers, Scotland's first chamber comprised exclusively of Solicitor Advocates. He has contributed to a Law Society paper on the Carloway Report, expressing a view that if corroboration is to be abolished then it would not be safe for the Scottish Courts to rely on dock identification. He serves on the Law Society of Scotland's legal aid committee and in 2013, he appeared on behalf of the appellant in Marc Carr v HMA, a successful appeal against conviction. He has also spoken at the Legal Aid Conference regarding the duties of a solicitor representing his client at a police interview. | |
| Inspector Stephen Tidy BA LLB Police Scotland Steven is a police inspector in Police Scotland and has completed nearly 20 years police service. His service to date has mostly been in uniform police working as an inspector in response policing, community policing and the divisional coordination Unit responsible for training, operational events, firearms and liquor licensing. Steven has also previously worked as a probationer training instructor at the Scottish Police College. Steven has been seconded to the Scottish Government since August 2015 working on the implementation of Part 1 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016. He is also part of the Part 1 implementation group alongside other criminal justice partners including Police Scotland, COPFS, SCTS and SLAB. The implementation group are keen to raise awareness of the Act and what it will mean for criminal justice stakeholders including criminal law practitioners in the legal profession. | |
