Brian Pollock
Senior Associate
Dispute Resolution and Litigation
Phone
0141 302 8451
Address
100 Queen Street Glasgow G1 3DN
About Brian
Brian is a Senior Associate based in our Glasgow office and is part of the Dispute Resolution and Litigation team. With over 9 years’ experience representing clients in Sheriff Courts throughout Scotland, he brings considerable expertise to the team. His caseload is diverse with a focus on high-value and complex disputes across a range of practice areas, including: commercial property disputes, debt recovery and enforcement, insolvency, contentious construction, professional negligence, actions for interdict, inter-company/ partnership disputes, defamation and reputation management.
Through Brian’s commercial practice, he regularly represents clients across a variety of sectors, including: commercial landlords/ tenants, property developers, SMEs, charities, private schools, insolvency practitioners and other professionals, as well as private individuals.
Brian takes a hands-on approach with an emphasis on delivering robust and pragmatic advice in order to achieve practical solutions for clients in a range of disputes, both in and out of court.
Brian is also a member of the Property Litigation Association and recognised as a recommended lawyer by Legal 500.
Expertise
Highlights
- 12 successful appeals by summary application under Section 129 of The Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 against demolition orders at the instance of Inverclyde Council in connection with a major housing estate in Port Glasgow.
- Acting in several actions in the Commercial Court of the Court of Session, including, commercial disputes valued in excess of £1 million and resulting in notable published decisions (e.g. see the widely reported Dem-Master Demolition Limited –v- Healthcare Environmental Services Limited [2017] CSOH 14).
- Representing clients in adjudication and arbitration proceedings, including, successfully defending a 6 figure claim under the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 and subsequently obtaining summary decree in subsequent proceedings in the Sheriff Court to recover the Adjudicator’s costs.
- Successfully obtaining interim interdict for commercial clients in multiple actions in the Sheriff Court, including 3 separate actions involving disgruntled former employees and unlawful use of specialist equipment in the waste management sector.
- Acting in high-value dilapidations actions, including acting for a leading multinational technology company.
- Providing legal opinions, in complex disputes concerning the validity of notices in commercial leases, servitudes, breaches/ enforcement of missives, recovering bona vacantia property, defamation, etc.
- First successful appeal against an order under the High Hedges (Scotland) Act 2013.
- Conducting a successful appeal resulting in a published decision in the Sheriff Appeal Court.
