Angela Grahame QC becomes Vice-Dean of Faculty

Ms Grahame won an election with fellow senior counsel, Roddy Dunlop QC.

The post became vacant on the appointment of Gordon Jackson QC, as Dean of Faculty.

Ms Grahame was admitted to Faculty in 1995 and took silk in 2009. Her principal areas of practice include personal injury, clinical and professional negligence, and public inquiries. She appeared in both the Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry and the Fingerprint Inquiry.

She served as an advocate-depute from 2003 to 2007, and has lectured at Edinburgh University on criminal and civil advocacy.

She becomes the fifth woman to hold an office-bearer post in the Faculty, following Dame Margaret Kidd, Lady Stacey, Susan O’Brien QC, and Dr Kirsty Hood QC.