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. Admitted in 1973. Graduate of Aberdeen University (LL.B. 1971, Ph.D. 1974). Author of a number of legal publications on insolvency, time computation and taxation. Consultant to Aberdeen firm, specialising in private client business. Chairman of Aberdeen Solicitors' Property Centre 1981-1999. A former tutor in Revenue Law at Aberdeen University, former Law Society Complaints Reporter, and a former member of a Law Society Client Relations Committee.

Member of the Tribunal since 1998. Admitted in 1978. In private practice principally in civil litigation and employment law until 2000. Holder of part-time judicial appointments in Appeals Service and in Immigration Appellate Authority. Member of Fitness to Practise Committees of the General Medical Council and of the Disciplinary and Regulatory Committees of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. Independent Assessor to the Food Standards Agency. Formerly member of Council of the Law Society of Scotland, trustee of the Scottish Child Law Centre and trustee of Castlemilk Law Centre.

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 & Wedderburn WS, specialising in commercial property and PPP.

Member of the Tribunal since 1993. Partner in Biggart Baillie since 1983. Main areas of work are commercial residential property.

Member of the Tribunal since 2000. Admitted in 1981. Partner in a three-partner firm with offices in Paisley and Glasgow. Member of sub-committee of the Paisley Faculty of Solicitors helping to adjust standard Schedule of Missive Conditions for use among the various firms within the Faculty to facilitate conclusion of missives in relation to domestic property.

Member of the Tribunal since October 2004. Admitted 1979. Formerly an Associate with Paull & Williamsons based in their Edinburgh office and 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 Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeal Panel.

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.

Partner in Ayrshire Firm specialising in court work comprising matrimonial, reparation and 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 2001. Vice Chairman since June 2005. Admitted in 1977. Chairman of a 57-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, Member of the Education Honours Advisory 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 and Pensions Regulator Tribunal, and the Claims Management Services Tribunal, and an Independent Assessor for Scottish Executive and DCSF.

Member of the Tribunal since 2001. Member of Council on Tribunals and its Scottish Committee since 2002. Deputy Manager of Edinburgh Central Citizens Advice Bureau (1989 -2002) and Mediation Co-ordinator and Manager of the In Court Advice Service in Edinburgh Sheriff Court (1997-2002). Currently vice chair of Scottish Mediation Network.

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 new body established by Scottish Ministers to review remuneration and pay arrangements for elected local councillors