Sarah Reid KC was one of 101 advocates, including 45 women, appointed to silk following the 2021 KC Competition. This was the first year that the proportion of women amongst those appointed – 45% – exceeded the proportion of women in the relevant cohort of the profession. Sarah specialises almost exclusively in town and country planning. She frequently appears in planning inquiries and hearings, local plan examinations and statutory review and judicial review proceedings. She has a particular specialism relating to large scale housing schemes, but has a depth and breadth of experience across the full range of planning matters […]
Lisa Linklater KC was the first female commercial chancery specialist in the North Eastern Circuit to be appointed silk, following the 2021 KC Competition. Lisa specialises in shareholder and partnership disputes, corporate insolvency (both litigation and technical applications) and contractual disputes. Lisa grew up in the Scottish Borders and attended a local state primary school followed by an independent school in Edinburgh. At this all-girls school there was no talk of ‘glass ceilings’; the sky was the limit. Lisa had no family connections with the law but she loved taking part in the school debating society, the cut and thrust […]