Timothy Young
Tim Young is a leading junior counsel with particular emphasis on commercial and public law disputes.
He has acted in many of the largest commercial disputes of recent years and has a wide range of experience in commercial contract disputes (particularly construction and IT contracts), trusts, property (including agricultural and crofting matters), banking, insolvency, and intellectual property.
He also has substantial experience of judicial review and statutory appeals in the field of public and administrative law, particularly public procurement disputes and professional discipline matters. As well as appearing in Court, he has appeared in a wide variety of tribunals, committees, and disciplinary hearings.
Tim is, also, a Standing Junior Counsel to the Scottish Government, and regularly appears in the courts for the Scottish Government.
He graduated with a first class honours from the University of Strathclyde. Throughout his career, he has maintained links with academia through tutoring Business Entities and Constitutional Law at both the University of Edinburgh and Napier University, and as an external examiner at Robert Gordon University. He is the contributing editor for the Companies Law (reissue) volume of The Laws of Scotland: Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia, and is the Deputy Editor of Session Cases.
Practice Areas
Panels
- Other Publications
- Scottish Panel
Qualified Year
- 2013
Experience
- Advocate, Faculty of Advocates (2013 - Present)
- Devil (Pupil), Faculty of Advocates (2012 - 2013)
- Solicitor, Pinsent Masons LLP (formerly McGrigors LLP) (2008 - 2012)
- Trainee Solicitor, McGrigors LLP (2006 - 2008)
Membership
- Deputy Editor of Session Cases, Scottish Council of Law Reporting
- External Examiner, Robert Gordon University
Qualifications
- Diploma in Legal Practice (2006)
- LLB (Hons) (First Class) (2004)
Education
- Glasgow Graduate School of Law (2005-2006)
- University of Strathclyde (2000-2004)
- George Watsons College (1994-2000)
2 Contributions by Timothy Young
PRACTICE NOTES
Scottish civil appeals to the UK Supreme Court from the Inner House: jurisdiction, devolution issues, permission tests and procedure under the Supreme Court Rules 2024
This Practice Note sets out procedural and practical points specific to appeals taken to the UK Supreme Court from rulings of the Inner House of the Court of Session in Scotland. Where steps are identical to those for England and Wales, it signposts our civil appeals guidance for the Supreme Court, covering the parts of the process that likewise govern Scottish appeals.
For guidance on:
appeals to and in the Sheriff Appeal Court, refer to Practice Notes: Introduction to the Scottish Sheriff Appeal Court, Special incidental procedures in the Scottish Sheriff Appeal Court, Starting an appeal in the Scottish Sheriff Appeal Court and Chapter 7 procedure in the Scottish Sheriff Appeal Court
appeals to and in the Inner House of the Court of Session, refer to Practice Notes: Appeals to the Inner House of the Court of Session in Scotland, Reclaiming motions in the Inner House of the Court of Session in Scotland and Procedural requirements for reclaiming key interlocutors to the Inner House of the Court of Session in Scotland—checklist
Note:
Following a consultation process, the Supreme Court Rules 2024 were enacted by the Supreme Court Rules 2024, SI 2024/949 (SCR)...
Dispute Resolution
PRACTICE NOTES
Written Pleadings in Scottish Civil Actions: Who May Draft, Structure, Craves, Averments, Pleas-in-Law, Defences and Preliminary Pleas
This Practice Note is concerned with the preparation of written pleadings in civil actions in Scotland.
In Scotland, as in other legal systems, a party seeking to advance or oppose a civil claim must first reduce that claim or defence to writing. Such written statements make up the pleadings, and are often referred to as ‘writs’. There is no single, standardised form of pleadings used in every Scottish court. For historical reasons, the titles and formats of writs vary according to the court seized and the remedy pursued. Typical examples are:
summons in the Court of Session—RCS, Ch 13
defences in the Court of Session—RCS, Ch 18
petitions in the Court of Session—RCS, Ch 14
initial writ under the Ordinary Cause Rules in the sheriff court—OCR, Rule 3.1
defences in the sheriff court—OCR, Rule 9.6
initial writs under the Summary Application rules in the sheriff court—SAR, Ch 2.4
counterclaims—RCS, Ch 25; OCR, Ch 19
pleadings in appeals—RCS, Chs 39–41; SACR, Ch 6
A comprehensive examination of each of these forms falls beyond the scope of this Practice Note...
Dispute Resolution
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