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Daniel Kelly QC Daniel Kelly QC Personal information Address Advocates’ Library, Parliament House, Edinburgh, EH1 1RF Telephone (work) 0131 226 5071 E-mail [email protected] Clerking information Clerk Susan Hastie Address Hastie Stable, Parliament House, Edinburgh, EH1 1RF Telephone 0131 260 5654 E-mail [email protected] Qualifications 1979 LLB (Hons), University of Edinburgh 1982 Certificat de Hautes Etudes Européenes, College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium Appointments 19 December 1997 – 1999 Temporary Sheriff 13 July 2005 to date Part-time Sheriff 2007 Queen’s Counsel Areas of interest Family Law Reparation Work experience 1979-1981 Apprentice, Dundas & Wilson, CS, Edinburgh 1982-1983 Solicitor, Brodies WS, Edinburgh Tutor, University of Edinburgh, European Institutions 1983-1984 Solicitor, Community Law Office, Brussels 1984 –1990 Procurator Fiscal Depute 1986 -1988 Seconded to Scottish Law Commission 1988 -1989 Seconded to Piper Alpha Enquiry Publications Books: Criminal Sentences , T & T Clark, Edinburgh, 1993. Greens Litigation Styles , Contributor, 1994. Butterworths Scottish Family Law Service , 2010, Contributing Editor. Bulletins: Criminal Law Bulletin , 1992 – 1997, Contributing Editor – Responsible for Recent Cases and latterly for Sentencing. Law Reports: Scots Law Times (Sheriff Court) Reports , Editor and then Consultant Editor, 1992 to date. Articles: The Sunday Times and Harman Cases: Freedom of expression, contempt of court and the European Convention on Human Rights , 1982 Journal of the Law Society of Scotland 408. From Bruocsella to Brussels , 1984 Journal of the Law Society of Scotland 139. The Brussels Enigma , 1984 New Law Journal 627. Jury Trial , 1988 SLT (News) 59. Codifying Criminal Law , 1988 SLT (News) 97. Aiding and Abetting , 1988 SLT (News) 201. Marital Rape in Scots Law (With RS Shiels), Journal of the Forensic Science Society 1988; 28: 253 – 258. The Re-assessment of Rape in Marriage , 1990 Journal of the Law Society of Scotland 89. Child Abduction , 1991 SLT (News) 53. Forfeiture, 1991 Scottish Law Gazette 7. Confiscation , 1991 SLT (News) 103. Community Service , 1991 Scottish Law Gazette. The Civil Partnership Act , Spring 2006, Family Law Bulletin. Rights of Custody under the Hague Convention , 2007 SLT (News) 229 Significant cases Wotherspoon v Strathclyde Regional Council 1992 SLT 1090 [Outer House – Reparation] Newton Rail Disaster - Fatal Accident Inquiry. 1992 L, Petitioners (No 2) 1993 SLT 1342 [Inner House – Children’s hearing] 1994-1995 - Representation as Junior Counsel for the Reporter in Rehearing in Ayr Sheriff Court of referral concerning alleged child abuse as ordered in L, Petitioners 1993 SLT 1342. Robertson v HM Advocate 1994 SLT 505 [Appeal Court – Fundamental nullity of alteration of date informally] Riches v Secretary of State for Social Security 1994 SC 26; 1994 SLT 730 [Inner House – Overpayment of benefits] Glasgow Airport Ltd v Chalk 1995 SLT (Sh Ct) 111 [Recovery of heritable property – Also appealed to Inner House] Anderson v HM Advocate 1996 JC 29; 1996 SLT 155; 1996 SCCR 114 [Full Bench – Inadequacy of defence constituting miscarriage of justice] Robertson’s Curator Bonis v Anderson 1996 SC 217; 1996 SLT 828 [Inner House – Loss of earning capacity] McCance v Newalls Insulation Ltd 1996 SLT 80 [Outer House - Reparation] McEwan v HM Advocate 1996 SLT 467 [Appeal Court – Consecutive sentences] L, Petitioners (No 3) 1996 SLT 928 [Inner House – Expenses] Selco Ltd v Mercier 1996 SLT 1247 [Outer House – Registration and enforcement of foreign judgment] Stewart v Callaghan 1996 SLT (Sh Ct) 12 [Letter of request] Kelly v Kelly 1997 SC 285; 1997 SLT 896 [Outer and Inner House –Whether abortion a civil wrong actionable by father] L, Petitioners (No 4) 1997 SLT 44 [Inner House – Expenses – Curator ad litem] Selco Ltd v Mercier (No 2) 1997 SLT 687 [Outer House – Registration and enforcement of foreign judgment – Original foreign judgment affirmed on appeal] Fraser v DM Hall & Son 1997 SLT 808 [Outer House – Distress arising out of negligent survey] Speirs v British Railways Board 1997 SLT 1144 [Outer House- Reparation] D v D 1998 SC 5 {Inner House – Custody – Appeal – Procedure] Thomson v Principal Reporter 1998 SC 848; 1998 SLT 1066 [Inner House – Nobile Officium – Child - Appeal] Buchanan v HM Advocate 1998 SLT 13 [Court of Appeal – Charge to jury] Johnston v Clark 1998 SLT 139 [Outer House – Proof or jury trial] City of Glasgow Council v M 1998 SLT 1413 [Inner House – Assumption of parental rights] Frame v Fraioli 9 October 1998 Scottish Courts Web Site (SCWS) [Outer House – Partnership] Hunter v Hunter 1999 SC 1; 1998 SLT 1152 [Outer House – Judicial Factor] J v Aberdeen City Council 1999 SC 405; 1999 SLT 953 [Inner House – Adoption] Johnston v Johnston 20 January 1999 SCWS [Outer House- Division and sale] Angus Council v C 2000 SLT 761 [Outer House – Adoption] Lyons Laing v Land 2001 SLT 1246 [Inner House – Count, reckoning and payment] Palsson v Sanchez 1-3 May 2001 [Inner House – Contact] P v Aberdeen City Council 2001 FamLR 127 [Inner House – Adoption] D, Petitioner 20 April 2001 SCWS [Outer House – Child abduction]; 4 May 2001 – Inner House Flannigan v Constanza 10 July 2001 [Inner House Representation of the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration] City of Edinburgh Council v H 2001 SLT (Sh Ct) 51 [Parental responsibilities order – Refusal where opposed by child] W v Shaffer 2001 SLT (Sh Ct) 86 [Appeal from Children’s Hearing and Sheriff] X v Y , 2002 SLT (Sh Ct) 161 [Whether the homosexual father of a child born to a lesbian mother ought to be awarded parental rights] McCann v McGurran 2002 SLT 592 [Inner House – non-harassment order] Aberdeen City Council v Wokoma , 2002 SC 352, 2002 SLT 878 [Judicial review - whether words fell to be read into statute] Spence v Murray (Alford) Ltd 2002 SC 615, 2002 SLT 918 [Inner House – Conveyancing – Date of entry] P v S 2002 Fam LR 2 [In Outer House – Child abduction] O v O , 2002 SC 430 [Outer House – Child abduction] Miller v Secretary of State for Social Security 14 May 2002 Dumfries and Galloway, Petitioners , 2003 Fam LR 95 [Inner House – Expenses in freeing for adoption cases] C v Miller 2003 SLT 1379 [Inner House – Appeal from sheriff in referral from children’s hearing – human rights issues] Robson v Glasgow City Council 2003 SLT 788 [Reparation] MacDonald v McCallum 29 August 2003 SCWS [Reduction of a will] BRB v FLM , 24 October 2003 SCWS [Child Abduction] PBW v AGLW, 6 April 2004 SCWS [Child Abduction] Canmore Housing Association v Bairnsfather 7 Jan 2004 & 27 April 2004 -2004 SLT 673 [Nuisance] Ross v Pryde 30 July 2004 SCWS [Allowance of issues] S v S 2004 Fam LR 127 [Registration and enforcement of a decision concerning custody of children] AJ v FJ 2005 SC 428 [Inner House – International child abduction - declarator where mother with contact order but not in fact seeing child] McKellar v Aberdeen City Council (No 2 ) 2005 SC 186, 2005 SLT 95 [Judicial review] Crossan v South Lanarkshire Council 2006 SLT 441 [Judicial review – costs of out-of-school care] Collins v Scottish Homes 2006 SLT 769 [Reparation – carbon monoxide poisoning]. NJC v NPC 2008 SCLR 430; C. v C. 2008 Fam LR 96 [Inner house – Child Abduction – Whether children settled in new environment - Children objecting to return]. Highland Council v B 2010 SLT (Sh Ct) 49 and 54 [Freeing for adoption - obtaining orders on appeal]. Positions 1988 Member, European Community Committee of Experts on Computer Crime 2005 to 2009 Chair (originally Member), Board of Trustees, Scottish Child Law Centre 2007 – Council Member, Part-Time Sheriffs’ Association Legal Guides Chambers UK 2008 “particularly impresses with his “academically sound and thorough research”.” Chambers UK 2009 included in the field of Notable Practitioners, being described as enjoying a solid reputation for his children work and being “extremely clued up on the law”. .
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