Laura Dunlop QC

Year of Call 1989

Year of Silk 2002

Areas of Practice
Commercial, Criminal & Disciplinary, Damages, Employment & Discrimination, Land & Property, Public Law & Equality

General information

• LL.B (First Class Hons) University of Edinburgh
  
• Dip.L.P. University of Edinburgh
  
• Convener of Scottish Executive Appeal Body regarding vocational training for general medical practice (2000 – 2005)
  
• Procurator to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
  
• Assessor to the Faculty of Actuaries Disciplinary Tribunal
  
• Member of Lord Coulsfield’s Working Party on reform of Personal Injury rules in the Court of Session (1997 – 1998)
  
• Member of the Scottish Consumer Council Civil Justice Review Group (2004 – 2005)
  
• Standing Junior Counsel to the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries/Rural Affairs (1993 – 2002)
• Part Time Law Commissioner

After graduating from Edinburgh University in 1983, Laura trained in Edinburgh with Balfour and Manson. She then served for 2 years as Reporter to the Children’s Panel.

Laura is experienced in a wide range of Civil Litigation and has long standing experience of all kinds of Personal Injury work. She currently practises mainly in Medical Negligence and Administrative Law. Whilst at the Bar she has been involved in a number of Public Inquiries – including Dunblane and the Fraser Inquiry into the cost of building the Scottish Parliament.