Solicitor Members

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Member of the Tribunal since 1998. Vice Chairman since 2003, Chairman from June 2005. Admitted in 1972. Partner in Glasgow firm since 1974. Professional background is as a litigation solicitor. Past convenor of the Sheriff Court House Committee of the Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow. Accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in employment law since 1993. Past member of the Glasgow and North Argyll Legal Aid Committee. Acts as Clerk in various arbitration procedures.

Member of the Tribunal since October 2004 and a Vice Chairman since 2007. Admitted in 1973. Formerly a sole practitioner practising principally in the fields of residential property, wills and executries. Former Law Society Complaints Reporter and former member of a Law Society Client Relations Committee.

Member of the Tribunal since 2006. Admitted 1994. Sole practitioner principally in the fields of property law, wills, trusts, executries and tax law. Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. Treasurer of the Faculty of Procurators of Dumfriesshire.

Member of the Tribunal since 1993. Partner in Shepherd and Wedderburn specialising in commercial property. Member of the Society of Writers to the Signet.

Member of the Tribunal since 2000. Admitted in 1981. Partner in a three-partner firm with offices in Paisley and Glasgow for 23 years. Moved to HBJ Gateley Wareing in April 2008 to concentrate on tax, trust and succession planning matters.

Member of the Tribunal since September 2008. Admitted in 1984. Set up own practice in 1986 and now Managing Partner in J C Hughes, Glasgow. Previous Reporter to the Law Society. Extended Rights of Audience (Criminal). Obtained MSc (Criminal Justice) in 2006. Legal Member of the Mental Health Tribunal,The Additional Support Needs Tribunals, The Scottish Charity Appeals Panel, The Doctors and Dentists Disciplinary Appeals Panel, The Pensions Appeal Tribunals and The Scottish Legal Aid Board. Vice Chair of NCH Scotland, the Children's Charity.

Member of the Tribunal since October 2004. Admitted 1979. Tribunal Judge (Criminal Injuries Compensation). Specialises in civil litigation, in particular defender based reparation and insurance law. Accredited as a Specialist in Personal Injury Law in 2003. A Writer to the Signet and lectures and tutors in Civil Litigation and Time Management for the WS Society in the Law Society's Professional Competency Course. Awarded a Certificate in Forensic Medicine and Science from the University of Edinburgh in 2004.

Member of the Tribunal since October 2004. Partner in South Forrest, Solicitors, Inverness, specialising in company and commercial law.

Admitted in 1981. Sole practitioner, principally in the field of family law and civil litigation. Accredited family law specialist. Accredited family law mediator. Extended rights of audience in civil cases. Part-time judicial appointment in The Appeals Service. Part-time Sheriff since July 2005.

Consultant in Ayrshire firm specialising in court related matters, primarily criminal. Former member of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland and former Convener of Client Relations Committee. Past Dean of Faculty of Solicitors of Kilmarnock.

Member of the Tribunal since September 2008. Senior and Managing Partner of The McKinstry Company Solicitors in Ayr. Graduated Bachelor of Laws from Dundee University in 1975 and MBA in Legal Practice from Nottingham Trent University in 2000. His main areas of work now are in the fields of commercial business, property, licensing and all private client related work. Graeme McKinstry acts for small businesses in acquisitions, disposals, mergers and general business law. Graeme McKinstry is a former Member of the Local Health Trust in Ayrshire and the Scottish Legal Aid Board and has served on Law Society Committees.

Member of the Tribunal since 2001. Vice Chairman since June 2005. Admitted in 1977. Senior Partner of a 103-partner firm specialising in company and commercial law. Holder of a number of non-executive directorships.

Member of the Tribunal since 2006. Admitted as a solicitor in 1973. Previously a Reporter to the Client Relations Committee of the Law Society for 3 years. Has been with Rankin & Aitken since 1977 being appointed a partner in 1979. Currently the senior partner of the firm dealing largely with private client work. Honorary Sheriff at Stranraer since 1998. Past Dean of Wigtown District Faculty of Solicitors.

Member of the Tribunal since September 2006. Partner in MacHardy Alexander & Whyte, Forfar mainly dealing with conveyancing and executry work. Previously held a part time appointment in the Appeal Service.

Lay Members

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Member of the Tribunal since January 2002. Head of Professional Practice at the General Teaching Council for Scotland, former teacher and trade union official, graduated in law from Edinburgh University in 1991, Children’s Panel member (1992 – 2006, Chairman 2000 – 2006), and also an Independent Assessor to the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments in Scotland (2002 - 2008), Member of the Education Honours Committee and member of the Faculty of Advocates Complaints Committee and Disciplinary Tribunal.

Sophia Ayre is a lay member of the Employment Appeal Tribunal and a Consultant in Human Resources and was previously Human Resources Specialist with the Bank of Scotland and Polaroid UK Ltd.

Member of the Tribunal since 2000. Retired actuary. Currently a lay member of Financial Services and Markets Tribunal, Pensions Regulator Tribunal, and the Claims Management Services Tribunal, and an Independent Public Appointments Assessor for DCSF and DIUS.

Member of the Tribunal since 2001. Membership of the Council on Tribunals from 2002 to October 2007. Membership of the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council from November 2007.

Member of the Tribunal since January 2002. BA (Bombay), MA, Ph.D. (Cambridge). Bonar Professor of Applied Economics at University of Dundee. Visiting Professor in USA, Australia, Mexico, India. Member of Advisory Board of BBC World Service since 1997. Vice Chairman of National Appeals Panel of Scotland (1996-1999). Member of School Teachers Review Body (England and Wales) since January 2004.

Member of the Tribunal since January 2002. Chartered Quantity Surveyor in own private practice. Served as J.P. in Aberdeen since 1976 and graduated to the Bench of District Court in 1984. Former Governor of Robert Gordon University (1986-1998) Member of Aberdeen City Council (1973-1999). Various directorships in property companies.

Member of the Tribunal since January 2004. Mark Irvine is an independent consultant and works with a wide range of clients in the public, private and ‘not for profit’ sectors - both in the UK and in Europe. Mark was previously a senior official with the public services union, UNISON (formerly NUPE), acting as its chief negotiator and Head of Local Government in Scotland during the 1990s. Mark is also a member of the Scottish Local Authorities Remuneration Committee (SLARC) – a body established by Scottish Ministers to review remuneration and pay arrangements for elected local councillors

Member of the Tribunal since November 2008. Andrew Jones is a member of the Parole Board, a Chair of Children’s Hearings, a member of the Ofcom Advisory Committee and has been a member of the Dunbartonshire Economic Forum. Also, he undertakes media consultancy, and business mentoring through the LINC network.

Irene Kitson is a Member of the Tribunal since November 2008. Fellow of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Previously lectured in Management and Labour Studies, became full time Official for Teachers Union, EIS and Councillor in City of Edinburgh. Currently Justice of the Peace, Served as Chair of Justice of Peace Committee in Edinburgh and is now a member of Executive Scottish Justices Association. Currently a consultant in Employment and Human Resource Management, Member of the Employment Tribunal, Member of the Parole Board Scotland and Non Executive Director Lothian Buses.

Member of the Tribunal since November 2008. Elaine Noad has spent most of her career in senior position/s in local government - most recently as the Director of Social Work, Housing and Health with South Ayrshire Council. Between 2004 and 2006 she was on secondment to the Scottish Executive. She is a member of the Parole Board for Scotland; the Chair of the Disability Employment advisory committee with the Department of Work and Pensions; and she is an independent assessor with the Commissioner of Public appointments for Scotland.

Member of the Tribunal since November 2008. Catriona Whitfield has a degree in law and qualified as a chartered accountant in 1991. She has a professional background in audit, investigations, dispute resolution and commercial litigation. She is currently a member of the board of management of North Highland College, and a director of a charity in the heritage and arts sector. Catriona is also a member of the Scottish Charity Appeal Panel.