Janice called to the Bar in 2009, she has 13 years previous experience in private practice and as a prosecutor.

She also spent 3 years working as a solicitor for the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission. She is now a very experienced junior practising principally in the field of criminal law. She has considerable experience of defending and prosecuting cases in particular sexual offences. She is an experienced practitioner in relation to proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. She has experience in representing the interests of parties and of the Crown at Fatal Accident Enquiries arising out of deaths at work, deaths in custody and medical negligence. Janice also has experience of Regulatory Law.  In 2015 Janice was appointed as an ad hoc Advocate Depute.

In 2016 Janice appeared in the Supreme Court in relation to a successful appeal of a compatibility issue raised in connection with a provision of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009.

Rosemary has over 30 years experience in a wide range of civil and criminal litigation. She regularly appears in the Sheriff Court, the Court of Session and the High Court. She has appeared as leading counsel in the UK Supreme Court arguing about the European Convention on Human Rights in relation to the rights of fathers in Children’s Referrals. She has appeared as as leading counsel in the UK Supreme Court arguing about the European Convention on Human Rights in relation to the rights of fathers in Children’s Referrals. She has prosecuted in murder, drugs, sex crime and fire-raising cases. She is regularly  instructed in adoptions and permanency applications under the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007. She has successfully gained damages for clients who have been abused while in care.

Callum called to the bar as a Lord Hope scholar in 2021.

Since calling to the bar, Callum has very quickly established himself and is an extremely well instructed defence Counsel.  He regularly conducts trials as junior alone and appears as junior to senior Counsel in a range of extremely serious cases. Callum is already regarded by his colleagues as a very able junior Counsel who is fearless in the conduct of his cases.  His legal analysis and thorough approach to case preparation make him an invaluable resource to the senior Counsel he works with.

As a trial Counsel, Callum defends a range of cases, including allegations relating to sexual offences, the misuse of drugs, serious financial crime, violence, firearms, and serious organised crime.  He has demonstrated an ability to prepare cases under significant time pressure and is recognised for his personable advocacy style.

As well as his busy defence practice, Callum was recently appointed as an ad hoc Advocate Depute and is now gaining experience prosecuting cases.  His appointment in this capacity at a relatively early stage in his career as an Advocate demonstrates the high regard in which he is already held.  Experiencing criminal trials from both sides of the table will undoubtedly increase his skillset.

Prior to calling to the bar, Callum worked as a solicitor for 6 years.  He trained at a personal injury practice, before spending 5 years at a leading criminal defence firm in Glasgow. He appeared daily in Sheriff Courts throughout Scotland and regularly instructed Counsel in the higher courts.  He was part of a team representing a core participant at the Edinburgh Tram Inquiry, and has been appearing in the Employment Tribunal since he was a member of the University of Strathclyde Law Clinic. In addition, Callum has appeared in the Mental Health Tribunal, before the Traffic Commissioner for Scotland, and in the All Scotland Personal Injury Court.

Callum acts in cases funded by insurers, privately, and via the Scottish Legal Aid Board.

Kevin P. Jarvis called to the Bar in 2025 as a Lord Hope Scholar.

Prior to calling, Kevin conducted work as a legally qualified civil servant at the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, with whom he completed his training contract. During his training, Kevin was seconded to EuroJust, the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice co-operation, in the Hague., Kevin worked on the UK desk at EuroJust, to co-operate with national judicial and policing authorities including the National Crime Agency and Europol, on cases involving prosecution of serious organised cross-border crime by criminal groups.

After his training period, Kevin worked as a Procurator Fiscal Depute for seven years, prosecuting a range of offences in different Courts across different Sheriffdoms, including in Airdrie, Ayr, Edinburgh, Kilmarnock, Lanark, Livingston and the specialist Domestic Abuse Unit in Glasgow.

Kevin has extensive court experience at both solemn and summary level and has an excellent working knowledge of criminal procedure. Latterly at COPFS, Kevin was promoted to the role of Senior Procurator Fiscal Depute, where he worked across the Sheriffdom of South Strathclyde Dumfries and Galloway including in Dumfries and Stranraer, to prosecute a range of complex and high-profile solemn-level cases, including historic child abuse offences in institutions, sexual offences against persons in positions of trust and domestic offences involving multiple complainers.

Kevin was accredited as a trauma-informed domestic abuse and sexual offences prosecutor, which seen him regularly involved in cases with vulnerable, including child, witnesses. He also prosecuted serious financial crimes, including multi-company insurance fraud, misuse of drugs offences, violent, firearms, and serious organised crime offences, which involved professional and expert witnesses.  Kevin is recognised for his personable advocacy style.

Kevin called to the bar in 2018 after practicing as a solicitor for 7 years.

Kevin prosecuted numerous criminal cases while working as a Procurator Fiscal Depute in Airdrie and Glasgow. He then moved to the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission as a Legal Officer. During his time at the SCCRC, Kevin gained significant experience in relation to criminal appeals.

Dale has 20 years’ experience in all types of criminal defence work. Starting his criminal law career working for the Crown, he has progressed from Solicitor to Advocate, undertaking a wide variety of criminal cases including murder, rape, firearms, RTA, drugs, trafficking, sexual offences and health & safety work. He has an expertise in financial crime cases. He has also been involved in a number of successful high profile appeals involving complex legal issues. Dale’s primary interest is in trial work and he has established a deserved reputation as a diligent and tenacious defence counsel.

Lewis Kennedy worked as a solicitor in a number of busy criminal law practices before he came to the Bar. Since calling in 2000 he has concentrated mainly on criminal law and on employment law regularly appearing in the High Court, Sheriff Court, Appeal Court and at Employment and Immigration tribunals.

Called to the Bar in 1999, Sarah had 14 years previous experience in private practise and as a prosecutor. She is now one of the most experienced and able senior juniors practising criminal law in Scotland. Sarah has conducted numerous and varied criminal trials as sole counsel. She is consistently instructed, and has significant experience, in cases involving sexual offences. In the course of her career she has worked with a number of eminent Senior Counsel in a wide range of important criminal trials and appeals.

Sarah has conducted Children’s Referrals including long running and complex cases involving international medical experts. Her experience in Fatal Accident Inquiries extends to deaths in custody, accidents at work and medical negligence.

Caroline’s focus is family law, and she is regularly instructed to appear in both the Court of Session and Sheriff Courts. Financial provision on divorce is a particular interest, and Caroline is also highly experienced in child related issues such as residence, contact, adoption and permanence orders. She was active in both of these areas while a solicitor, practising for seven years predominantly in the field of civil litigation and specialising in family law. Other areas of expertise include international child abduction and financial claims by former cohabitants. Caroline has a reputation for being both sensible and approachable.

Graham called to the bar as a Lord Hope scholar.  He was a solicitor for 9 years and latterly worked as a senior procurator fiscal depute within the serious organised crime unit of Crown Office.

He has significant jury trial experience.   Such trials include serious sexual offending where Graham has experience of dealing sensitively in the examination of child and vulnerable witnesses.  Alongside mainstream criminal trials, he has conducted numerous jury trials of a lengthy and complex nature including charges of fraud, VAT evasion and money laundering; misuse of drugs; the direction and involvement in serious organised crime and breaches of health and safety at work legislation arising from a workplace fatality.   Separate to his trial work, Graham prepared high court cases involving allegations of financial crime; human trafficking, exploitation and immigration offending; and crimes of serious violence.  He has experience in the examination of a variety of communications and surveillance data, including Encrochat.

Graham began his legal career in 2014 at a leading commercial firm where he trained in employment, general commercial disputes and tax.  He qualified as a tax solicitor and that background accounts for his specific interest in financial crime, disciplinary tribunals and regulatory crime.  He brings pragmatism to his work and a practical approach to matters of scale.

With regard to civil litigation, whilst devilling Graham had exposure to a variety of child and family law matters including adoption, divorce and children’s referral hearings; public inquiries; and disciplinary hearings.  He is available for instruction in those areas alongside his criminal court practice.