Neil Mackenzie

neilmackenzie@arnotmanderson.co.uk

07714 094006

Areas of interest
Commercial
Fatal Accident Inquiries
Health and Safety
Mediation
Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence
Professional Discipline & Regulatory Law
Property
Professional Negligence

Year of Call
1999

Devil Masters
RWJ Anderson QC
ME Scott QC

Summary of Practice

After calling to the bar in 1999, Neil Mackenzie initially gained experience in commercial and reparation cases, as well as in the Criminal Appeal Court. He was instructed in landmark cases such as Jones v Carnegie 2004 J.C. 136, which clarified the law of breach of the peace and Du Plooy (Devonne) v HM Advocate (No.1) 2005 1 J.C. 1, which established that criminal courts could give a discount on the sentence of an accused who pleaded guilty early. He has become increasingly specialised in reparation cases (in particular medical negligence and industrial disease claims) and commercial cases. He is regularly instructed by pursuers and defenders in both asbestos related claims and claims for medical negligence. He appeared in McLean v William Denny & Bros Ltd 2004 S.C. 656 and Murray's Executrix v Greenock Dockyard Co Ltd 2004 S.L.T. 1104, and Cruickshank v Fairfield Rowan Ltd 2005 S.L.T. 462, all of which are leading cases in Scottish asbestos litigation.

He gave a talk in January 2008 on asbestos related claims at a Symposium on Respiratory Medicine at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. In addition he spoke on Causation in Professional and Clinical Negligence cases at the first Arnot Manderson Annual Conference in September 2009.

Neil is also a CEDR accredited mediator.