Ian Leach

Experience

• I have over 30 years' experience of insurance and commercial litigation.
• I act for insurers, corporates and public bodies in large loss and complex cases. 
• I have considerable experience of acting in fatal claims.
• I act in commercial and personal injury actions in the Court of Session and Sheriff Courts throughout Scotland.
• I am a former tutor in civil advocacy at Edinburgh University and have been a Solicitor Advocate since 2003.

Significant cases

My recent successful reported cases include:

• Linda Smith v Scottish Water 2014 CSOH 140
• SWBS Ltd v Automatic Retailing (Scotland) Ltd 2014 CSOH 57
• Susan Hughes v Fife Council and Another 2019 CSOH 19/3/19
• Jacqueline Edwards v Fife Council and Another 2019 CSOH 19/3/19
• Danielle Weddle v Glasgow City Council 2019 SC EDIN 42
• William MacBean v Scottish Water 2020 CSOH  29/5/20

Membership/appointments

• BLM’s Executive Board
• Edinburgh Sheriff Court Personal Injury Users Group 2011 - 2018
• Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland (SSC) Society
• Society of Solicitor Advocates
• Law Society of Scotland