Qualifications

LL.B (Hons) (University of Strathclyde)

Dip LP (University of Edinburgh)

Special interests

Criminal

Public and fatal accident inquiries

Public law, including judicial review and human rights

Clerks

Stable telephone number

0141 370 8669

Angela Bath

Laura Kenney

Nicole Ferguson

Biography

Mairi-Clare called to the Bar in 2024.

Prior to calling, Mairi-Clare worked as a Procurator Fiscal Depute within the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service for five years following the completion of her traineeship there. She latterly held the position of a Senior Procurator Fiscal Depute, a role that included the oversight and prosecution of a wide range of complex cases such as sexual offences involving multiple complainers and historic offending.  

Mairi-Clare has extensive court experience having prosecuted at both solemn and summary level.  She has dealt with many cases that involved vulnerable witnesses and expert witnesses.

During devilling, Mairi-Clare has built on her criminal knowledge including criminal appeals which is an area that she has a keen interest in. She has also gained experience in professional negligence, public law and immigration.