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.
- Case law update
23.05.10Copy article on a Supreme Court case relating to CPO and planning gain issues published in SPEL magazine
download whole article [15KB] - Cartledge v Scottish Ministers
27.04.10An article on the potential conflicts between the planning and licensing regimes and the need for planning conditions to be clear and precise
download whole article [10KB] - Housing Bill 2010
12.03.10A summary of the main provisions put forward for consultation by the Scottish Government in relation to properties let by private landlords
download whole article [11KB]
