Jonathan Brodie Q.C.

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Areas of interest
Commercial
Health and Safety
Licensing
Professional Discipline & Regulatory Law
Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence
Planning
Professional Negligence
Public Law

Year of Call
1994

Year of Silk
2009

Devil Masters
Sheriff C A L Scott
Rt Hon Lord Reed
Rt Hon Lord Boyd

Summary of Practice

Appearance work includes Sheriff Court, Court of Session (Inner and Outer House), High Court of Justiciary (Crown Prosecutions as ad hoc Advocate Depute; defence in health and safety prosecutions), the House of Lords and various tribunals and inquiries.

Areas of work most frequently covered are: personal injuries claims; professional negligence (solicitors, surveyors and clinical); judicial review in respect of statutory tribunals and regulatory bodies (such as the Department of Health’s licensing functions); various commercial matters; disciplinary tribunals in the context of the NHS Tribunal.

Other areas of work include: planning matters (with two major successful inquiries into scheduled ancient monument consent); defence in health and safety prosecution.

Cases, trials, inquiries

1. Gillies v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 2006 SC (HL) 71
2. Law Hospital NHS Trust v Lord Advocate 1996 SC 301
3. Castle Tioram Public Local Inquiry into Scheduled Ancient Monument Consent – 2001
4. Duffield Morgan Ltd v Lord Advocate 2004 ST 413
5. HMA v Thomas Balmer & Ors (Health and Safety Prosecution in respect of Rosepark Nursing Home).

Appointments

Standing Junior Counsel to the Bible Board 1997 to 2000
Standing Junior Counsel to the Department of Work and Pensions 2000 to 2009
Advocate Depute from 2009