In memoriam, Neil Beynon

IT is with great sadness that the Faculty of Advocates learned of the passing of Neil Beynon, Advocate.

“Neil was a founding member of Terra Firma who acted as Stable Director from 2011 to 2014. He will be missed greatly by all who knew and worked with him,” said Dean of Faculty Roddy Dunlop KC.

Mr Beynon obtained a BA law degree at Pembroke College Oxford before his LLB from Edinburgh University, with distinction. He held the Lord Reid scholarship on his admission to the Bar in 1990.

His practice focused on commercial disputes of all types, but especially those concerning heritable property, shareholder/director/fiduciary and partnership disputes, as well as construction matters. Many of his cases involved substantive planning law issues. He also developed a separate expertise in offshore-related matters concerning both contractual issues and personal injury claims.

He appeared in the House of Lords, High Court of Justiciary, Inner House of the Court of Session (generally without Senior), Outer House (mainly Commercial Court), Sheriff Court, Employment Appeal Tribunal, Employment Tribunal and in Adjudication, Arbitration and Licensing Committee procedure.

He also had substantive experience in regulatory crime, having acted for the defence in environmental, fishing, construction regulation, and trading standards prosecutions, most of which proceeded to trial.

Funeral arrangements will be circulated when known.