Biography

 Fergus Whyte is a civil litigator with a varied background and experience in areas including commercial and contractual disputes, media law, privacy and defamation, intellectual property and information technology, and trust law. He qualified as a barrister and solicitor in New Zealand in 2012. Having passed the Faculty’s examinations in Scots law, he called to the bar in 2020. He has appeared in Tribunals, Sheriff Courts, and both the Outer and Inner House as sole counsel. He is fluent in French and is comfortable dealing with legal matters in French. He also speaks Spanish to a high level.