Alan McLean has acquired a broad experience and practice in civil law in his almost thirty years at the Scottish bar, particularly in the fields of reparation and damages, professional negligence (with a focus on clinical negligence), construction law and property cases. Although he has specialised in these areas, his wide-ranging civil practice has included work in fields as disparate as intellectual property, benefits law, agricultural law and football arbitration. He has appeared as Counsel in many tribunals, including the House of Lords, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, Court of Session – Inner and Outer House, Commercial Court, Sheriff Courts, Sheriff Appeal Court, Industrial/Employment Tribunal, Employment Appeal Tribunal, Local Authority Committees and the Traffic Commissioner. He has also assisted in arbitrations and adjudications, and has been instructed as a legal assessor to an adjudicator and as an expert witness in Scots law. His intellectual ability, attention to detail, approachable nature and broad experience means that he is highly regarded amongst his peers and his instructing agents as a hard working, highly effective member of the Scottish Bar.

Alan has been regularly ranked in the Chambers directory for Clinical Negligence:

“An experienced silk in the clinical negligence sector acknowledged by peers for his handling of large-scale cases for health boards. He is noted for his experience in complex disputes relating to cerebral palsy.

Strengths: “Alan has high attention to detail. He is very knowledgeable and has a very analytical approach to cases”

Recent work: Acted as senior counsel for the defender in AW v Greater Glasgow Health Board, a £20 million cerebral palsy case involving complex issues of causation across a wide range of medical disciplines.”