Tim Edward#1361

Tim Edward

Solicitor, BTO Solicitors LLP
Tim Edward qualified as a solicitor in Scotland in 1990. He is currently a Disputes Partner at BTO Solicitors LLP, having joined them in November 2023. Prior to that, he practised as a Dispute Resolution lawyer with MBM Commercial LLP for three years and Maclay Murray & Spens LLP for 27 years and was a partner of that firm from 1996 to 2017 when the firm merged with Dentons UKME LLP. He qualified as a solicitor advocate in 1999, obtaining extended rights of audience in the Court of Session, Scotland. His practice has covered the areas of corporate and insolvency disputes, professional negligence and shipping law. He was a member of the Law Society of Scotland's Pursuer's Advisory Panel from 2002 to 2014 pursuing negligence claims against solicitors and the Law Society of Scotland's Master Policy Panel from 2014 to 2017 defending such claims. He served as MLRO for Maclay Murray & Spens from 2010 to 2017 and was deputy MLRO for Dentons in Scotland. He served on the Law Society of Scotland's Diploma Materials Committee in the 1990's and ran the Maclay Murray & Spens PCC Elective on Civil Litigation from 2003 to 2012. He carries out regular CPD training for the profession in the field of dispute resolution.
Contributed to

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Brexit considerations for Scottish dispute resolution practitioners [Archived]
Brexit considerations for Scottish dispute resolution practitioners [Archived]
Practice notes

This archived Practice Note provided an overview of the position in Scottish civil litigation regarding applicable law, jurisdiction, service of documents and enforcement of judgments following the UK’s exit from the EU (Brexit) and the end of the Implementation Period on 31 December 2020. It also touched on the position in relation to the Lugano Convention and the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements and summarised the practical implications of Brexit for dispute resolution in Scotland.

Funding Scottish civil litigation
Funding Scottish civil litigation
Practice notes

This Practice Note offers guidance on funding civil litigation in Scotland. It provides an overview of the background to the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018 (sometimes referred to as the Civil Litigation Act 2018 or CL(EGP)(S)A 2018), which implemented many of the recommendations made in the Taylor Report and gives an overview of the funding changes which have been brought into force. It covers speculative actions and success fee arrangements (SFAs); damages based agreements (DBAs); , the funding implications of various other measures in relation to expenses and the funding implications of the new group procedure (permitting class actions for the first time in Scottish civil litigation). Finally, it offers some practical considerations when funding Scottish civil litigation.

Judicial expenses and taxation in Scottish civil litigation
Judicial expenses and taxation in Scottish civil litigation
Practice notes

This Practice Note offers guidance on the system of judicial expenses in Scotland’s upper and lower courts (the Court of Session and the Sheriff Court) both at first instance and at appeal (in the Inner House of the Court of Session and the Sheriff Appeal Court). In doing so, it covers, among other things: the principles guiding the courts in making awards of expenses; the role of the auditors of court; the process and bases of taxation; modification and disallowance of expenses; the treatment of outlays and additional fees; interaction with the Legal Aid system and speculative actions (CFAs and DBAs); the summary assessment of expenses; extra-judicial expenses; and personal injury claims (QOCS). It also considers some anticipated changes to judicial expenses and taxation.

Service in Scottish civil litigation
Service in Scottish civil litigation
Practice notes

This Practice Note offers guidance on serving documents in Scottish civil proceedings, including serving documents outside Scotland where the claim is raised in the Court of Session or Sheriff Court. It considers the steps necessary for formal service to initiate court proceedings and the timescales which must be adhered to. It also considers the ways in which failures in service may occur and the problems which may arise from that.

Practice Area

Panel

  • Scottish Panel

Qualified Year

  • 1990

Membership

  • Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet
  • Society of Solicitor Advocates
  • Professional Negligence Lawyers Association

Education

  • BA (Oxon) LLB Dip LP (Edinburgh)

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