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Angela T. Grahame

Address: 

8/1 John Street
Edinburgh EH15 2EE
Scotland, UK

Phone Number: 
07739 639 060
Email: 
angela.grahame@compasschambers.com
https://www.compasschambers.com/advocates/angela_grahame
Born: 
1968; Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Languages: 
English
Nationalities: 
British
Education: 
Leith Academy 1980 – 1985
Stevenson College of Further Education 1985 – 1986
University of Aberdeen LL.B (Hons) 1986 – 1990 (Graduated in 1990)
Dip. LP. (Diploma in Legal Practice) University of Aberdeen (1990/ 1991)
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Admitted as member of the Faculty of Advocates (Scottish Bar) 1995 to date
Present Position: 
Vice Dean of the Faculty of Advocates & Queens Counsel
Professional Experience: 

Advocate with Faculty of Advocates (1995 to date); Advocate Depute (2003 – 2005); Senior Advocate Depute (2005 – 2007); Queens Counsel (2009 to date); Chairman & Legal Member of the Police Appeals Tribunal (2013 to date); Counsel in litigation and arbitration.

Professional Associations: 

Fellow of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb); Member of the Scottish Arbitration Centre (SAC); Member of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA); Vice Dean of the Faculty of Advocates: Corporate member of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC UK); Member of ArbitralWomen; Member of the Faculty of Advocates Dispute Resolution Service (FDRS).

Arbitration Experience: 

Angela has been instructed to act as counsel in an International Arbitration involving a Spanish timeshare contract with declaratory and executory orders and compensation. She also advised in relation to enforcement proceedings in relation to a previously obtained arbitral award (2018).

Areas of Specialization: 
Arbitration & ADR
Civil & Commercial Litigation & Arbitration
Dispute Resolution
Negligence
Liability in Tort
Publications from JURIS: 
The Recognition and Enforcement of International Arbitral Awards - Is there a “Pro-Enforcement Bias” in the English Courts? - Journal of Enforcement of Arbitration Awards, Vol. 1, No. 2
Scotland - World Arbitration Reporter, Second Edition
Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards in the United Kingdom - Journal of Enforcement of Arbitration Awards, Vol. 1, No. 1
Publications: 

Angela has had an Article published in the Scotsman (National Newspaper) on Personal Injury Arbitration in December 2016 and in June 2017 was interviewed by the Journal of the Law Society of Scotland (JLSS), alongside the then Convenor of the Faculty’s Dispute Resolution Service, about Arbitration. 

Angela was invited to contribute to the inaugural publication of ‘The Journal of Enforcement of Arbitration Awards’ 2018, and her article “Recognition & Enforcement of Arbitral Awards in the United Kingdom” was published in October 2018, Volume 1, No: 1, page 41.

She has contributed an Article to ‘Women Pioneers in Dispute Resolution’ book, 2nd Edition, published by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), with the cooperation of ArbitralWomen; which is due to be published on 8 November 2018.

Angela co-authored the National Report Scotland for the prestigious World Arbitration Reporter (with Professor David R Parratt QC) (scheduled for publication late November 2018).

Angela has been invited to co-author of The Scottish Arbitration Handbook (2nd edition) [with Professor David R Parratt QC & Peter Foreman] (forthcoming).