Daniel Kelly QC

Year of Call 1991

Year of Silk 2007

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

General information

• Part-time Sheriff
  
• Consulting Editor of the Sheriff Court Reports, Scots Law Times
  
• Sheriff Convener of Mental Health Tribunals
  
• Chair of the Scottish Child Law Centre
  
• Council Member, Part-Time Sheriffs’ Association. 

Qualifications:
LL.B (Hons) University of Edinburgh, Certificat de Hautes Etudes Europeenes at the College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium

Formerly:
Procurator Fiscal Depute (1984 – 1990) Member European Communities’ Committee of Experts on Computer Crime (1988) Temporary Sheriff (1997 – 1999)

Publications:
Criminal Sentences, T & T Clark, Edinburgh, 1993 Greens Litigation Styles, Contributor.

After undertaking his Apprenticeship at Dundas and Wilson, Daniel worked for a year with Brodies and Tutored in European Institutions at the University of Edinburgh. From 1983 – 1984 Daniel undertook litigation work before the European Court of Justice and advisory work at the European Community Law Office in Brussels. Within the civil field Daniel specialises in Family and Reparation work. His practical experience has included a number of demanding cases.

New silk Daniel Kelly QC enjoys a solid reputation for his children work and is "extremely clued up on the law." - Quote from Chambers Directory (2009) - Family/Matrimonial section