Pino Di Emidio

pinodiemidio@arnotmanderson.co.uk

07739 639 004

Summary of Practice

Pino was a solicitor in private practice for about 10 years before coming to the bar. As counsel, he has extensive experience in commercial and property work at all levels of courts up to and including the House of Lords.

He has experience of managing long running and complex litigations involving substantial volumes of documents.

He has a particular interest in mediation as a form of alternative dispute resolution. He obtained accreditation as a mediator from CEDR in 2004. He has acted as counsel for parties in commercial cases which have been successfully mediated to settlement.

He also has extensive experience as an advocacy skills instructor in Scotland and eleswhere.  He was the Faculty's Director of Training & Education for a period of four years when he had responsibility for delivery of the training programme for devils (pupil advocates) and the administration of the Faculty's CPD programme.

Cases, trials, inquiries

1. Barr Limited v Law Mining Ltd 2003 S.L.T. 488.

2. Clarke v Fenoscandia LTD [2007] UKHL56

3. Douglas Shelf Seven Limited v Cooperative Insurance [2007] CSOH 53.

4. Fleming v Ladykirk Estates Limited, Scottish Land Court 28 April 2009

5. J & H Ritchie v Lloyd 2007 SC(HL) 89; 2005 1 SC 155.

6. PIK Facilities Limited v Shell UK Limited and another 2005 SCLR 958; 2003 S.LT. 2002

7. Prentice v Portland Manufacturing Co. Limited, Inner House, 21 May 2004.

Appointments

Director of Training & Education, Faculty of Advocates (July 2005 - July 2009 part time appointment)

Ad hoc Advocate Depute (from 2003)

Trial Advocate Depute since August 2009