Jamie McGowan

Jamie specialises in Public and Commercial Law. He has particular experience in the field of constitutional law and human rights.

Jamie called to the bar as Lord Reid Scholar. In private practice, he dealt with a variety of commercial disputes and he assisted with both contentious and non-contentious intellectual property work. Jamie has appeared in Sheriff Courts across Scotland and he has also assisted with various planning and insolvency matters at the Court of Session. Throughout devilling, Jamie gained additional experience in intellectual property, competition disputes and tax litigation.

Prior to his work in private practice, Jamie began his doctoral studies in constitutional law at the University of Glasgow, where he is writing a thesis on the subject of judicial review and human rights reform. As a result of his research, Jamie has an extensive knowledge of the issues which are at the heart of judicial review cases. Jamie is also a tutor at the University of Edinburgh in Public Law and has presented at a number of international conferences on Public Law and Human Rights. He is well-equipped to assist clients with public law proceedings of any kind.