
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.
- Forbes v Aberdeenshire Council
25.01.10Copy of an article published in Scottish Planning and Environmental Law Journal regarding the Trump Development in Aberdeenshire
download whole article [13KB] - Forbo-Nairn v Murrayfield Properties
22.12.09Summary of case discussing interpretation of contract of missives
download whole article [9KB] - Home owner protection bill
22.12.09Summary of main changes to legislation to protect home owners who default on their mortgage payments
download whole article [10KB]


