Welcome
This is the website for Maurice O'Carroll, Advocate. I am a practising member of the Faculty of Advocates (otherwise referred to as the Scottish Bar) and have been since July 1995. I am also a Legal Associate of the Royal Town Planning Institute and Standing Junior Counsel to the Scottish Government.
The purpose of this site is to inform you of the services I can provide as an advocate. Typically, I would be able to represent clients in person in courts and tribunals such as at a planning inquiry, Sheriff Courts, the Court of Session, the Employment Tribunal and the Land Court and to present their case as effectively as possible. However, I am also able to provide an expert opinion on any of these fields and to undertake the effective drafting of court documents e.g. summons, initial writ, petition, application, statements of case and defences.
In addition to my lengthy experience in representing clients before a range of courts and tribunals, I can also assist in playing an effective part in negotiations which might avoid the need for litigation through the courts.
- Property law update
18.06.09A summary of the case of Cala v Sorrie (decision of 2 June 2009) and the enforceability of a contractual provision requiring one party to sign a s 75 agreement
download whole article [11KB] - Deemed refusal appeals
23.04.09Summary of the recent Vattenfall case. Practical advise to developers regarding time limits in deemed refusal cases and how to keep planning applications current
download whole article [10KB] - North Berwick Trustees v James B Miller & Co
19.03.09A brief article on this case where there is overlap between planning law, agricultural tenancy legislation and the right to buy
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