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Archie MacSporran
Year Of Call : 1992
Standing Junior to the Scottish Government from 2009
Areas of practice
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Summary
Archie MacSporran has a predominantly Court of Session practice and is regularly instructed on his own in cases involving complexity and significant value. He has a broad practice, acting for both pursuers and defenders, with recent emphasis medical negligence, mental health tribunals and personal injury actions. He is noted as a "silk-quality junior" in the Legal 500 of 2009.
Experience
Archie MacSporran has spent four years as an Edinburgh solicitor and has been 17 years at the Bar. He has a wide range of experience in the Court of Session including reclaiming motions, proofs, civil jury trials, procedure rolls and commercial actions. His Sheriff court work includes appeals, proofs, debates and Fatal Accident Inquiries. He has also appeared in mental health tribunals and appeals therefrom and has acted as commissioner in a "dawn raid".
Selected Cases
Professional Appointments
- Standing Junior Counsel to the Environment Food & Rural Affairs Department 2000 to 2009
Publications
- Commission and Diligence (1995), co-author. Currently working on second edition.
