Iain MacLauchlan LLB (Hons)
Membership Status: Barrister - Full Member
General Information
Iain has been at the employed bar as well as in private practice. After 8 years in common law chambers, he worked in South East Asia before returning to the UK and becoming a senior Commercial Litigator/In-house Counsel for two well-known Yorkshire law firms.
Having himself conducted litigation for many years at a law firm, Iain well understands what levels of care and service are required from barristers in relation to their professional and lay clients. Solicitors often require counsel to function as part of a legal team and to add proper value to a case while being keenly priced. Advice needs to be sensible and commercial and must not be about running narrow legal points at significant cost risk for the benefit of the law reports.
Iain will happily discuss matters with professional clients on an initial ‘no obligation’ basis or, in the context of existing instructions, without the clock running. He is accredited to accept instructions on a Public Access basis and licensed to conduct litigation.
Areas of law
Iain accepts instructions in the main areas of civil law practice, but his area of specialism is:
- Road Traffic Accidents
Road Traffic Accidents
Substantial experience of the following:
- Stage 3 Oral Hearings
- Case Management Hearings
- Interim applications
- Fast track trials etc
Iain will accept instructions not only to prepare statements of case and orders etc. but also if required, he can advise on and draft pre-action protocol correspondence, witness statements, application notices, court questionnaires, notices to admit etc.
Education
- LLB (Hons)
- Diploma, Construction Law and Dispute Resolution, Leeds Metropolitan University School of the Built Environment
