Martin is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in Regulation of Professional Conduct Law.

A skilled litigator, Martin’s practice focuses on representing a diverse range of professionals before their professional regulators, including many teachers, handling a variety disciplinary and regulatory matters.

He also acts in associated criminal complaints and referrals to Disclosure Scotland.

In addition, Martin is well-versed in Fatal Accident Inquiries, having been involved in the Clutha and Sumburgh FAIs, and he is experienced in representing families following the death of a family member in Scotland.

Martin undertakes a wide range of litigation cases acting on behalf of both Pursuer and Defender clients in the Sheriff Courts, the All-Scotland Personal Injury Court (ASPIC), the Sheriff Appeal Court and the Court of Session.

Memberships: Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers

Rachel is a Senior Solicitor and Notary Public who joined BTO's Residential Conveyancing team based in Glasgow in June 2022.

Rachel deals with all aspects of residential conveyancing, including purchases, sales, transfers of title and re-mortgaging. She also has experience in dealing with rural property, having worked in a more rural practice previously. 

In her spare time, Rachel is involved in musical theatre.

Bryony is a Solicitor in our Professional Discipline and Clinical Defence department, which is ranked Band 1 by Chambers UK and The Legal 500. She assists with a broad range of defence work from acting on behalf of general practitioners, dentists and other clinicians in claims of alleged negligence, to Fatal Accident and other inquiries.

Bryony started her legal career practising in a multi-service firm, acting for clients in respect of a variation of civil litigation matters. This broad range of experience provided an excellent opportunity to hone a diverse skillset and identify the area in law in which she would later specialise.

Bryony completed her legal training in the field of clinical negligence and personal injury, acting as a pursuer’s agent. She has assisted clients in claims before the All-Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court and the Court of Session. Bryony’s experience of clinical negligence claims includes prescription error, delay in diagnosis and catastrophic loss. This experience is of great benefit to defence work and lends itself to her overall knowledge of the clinical background to claims.

David joined BTO as Chief Operating Officer in 2019.  A qualified Chartered Accountant with twenty years’ business experience, David joined the firm from Ecolab Limited, a global Fortune 500 business, where he was Northern Europe Finance Director.

Partner in BTO’s top tier Health and Safety, Regulatory and Criminal practice, Vikki is recommended by The Legal 500 and ranked in Chambers UK.

A qualified Solicitor Advocate, she is recognised for her accomplished advocacy skills by both clients and professional colleagues alike. Described as “very thorough and efficient” by clients, with “first class technical skills” she combines a sharp analytical mind and empathetic approach. Clients say she is "extremely diligent, very commercially aware and able to get to the facts of a complicated case without excessive difficulty" (Chambers UK)

She is highly commended in this field for both contentious and non-contentious work. She acts for a number of high profile Insurers and her non-insurer clients range from individuals and small contractors to large multi-national plcs.

Instructed regularly at the outset when a major incident or fatality occurs, she has a wealth of experience in advising clients at all stages, ranging from general advice pre-prosecution, through to representation at interviews under caution with police/MCA/HSE/LA’s/SEPA and the conduct of Tribunals, Trials and/or Fatal Accident Inquiries. She represented, for example, a Director in the first Joint Fatal Accident Inquiry in Scotland (The Jim Clark and Snowman Rally FAI).

This often leads to providing advice post-prosecution on how to improve incident management procedures and providing media advice.

Vikki’s Regulatory practice also sees her representing individuals in increasing numbers who are under investigation for fraud and various other white collar criminal offences.  

Vikki is a member of the Society of Solicitor Advocates, the Health and Safety Lawyers’ Association, the Scottish Medico-legal Society, Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary lawyers and FOIL.

Stephen specialises in Wills, Estates and Succession Planning and is very experienced in all residential conveyancing matters.

He also represents a large number of lottery winners and provides tailored advice to those lucky enough to have chosen the right numbers.

Formerly a Partner in one of the West of Scotland’s most established and successful law firms, Stephen has been advising generations of families for many years and he prides himself on providing exceptional client care.

After hours: Stephen is a regular performer with the Dumbarton People's Theatre and a committed follower of, and attendee at, Dumbarton FC matches.

Sean is a Solicitor in our Dispute Resolution team and is based at our Edinburgh office. Sean qualified as a Solicitor and joined BTO in September 2023, having completed his legal traineeship at another reputable Scottish firm.

Sean holds a particular interest in commercial litigation and has experience representing both public and private sector clients in Sheriff Court and Court of Session actions. Clients have commended Sean for his personable nature, strong work ethic and unwavering can-do attitude.

Sean graduated with a first class LLB (Bachelor of Laws) honours degree from the University of Stirling in June 2020. He then obtained the postgraduate Diploma in Professional Legal Practice from the University of Edinburgh in May 2021.

Out of Office

Football- playing, coaching and refereeing. Playing wise, Sean recently represented the Scottish Amateur Football Association national select team in a home international match against the Northern Irish equivalent side.

Music - Sean enjoys music both old and new, as well as live performance.

Initially training and qualifying in Scotland, Tim thereafter worked for a large insurer defender firm in London and qualified to be admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales.

Tim defends claims for insurance clients, ranging from motor claims to employers’ liability and public liability claims. His portfolio of cases is equally split between claims raised in the Court of Session and claims raised in the Sheriff Courts across Scotland.

Dual Qualified - experience

I worked in London for a large insurer based firm, principally in defender litigation. Our clients were several high profile insurance brands who instructed us in the defence of litigated personal injury and property damage claims. I dealt with RTA, EL and PL cases across the County Courts in England. My caseload was largely Fast Track and Multi Track, with some Small Track. I would appear regularly in Case Management Conference Calls involving solicitors from either side and the Judge from the Court. I would also instruct Senior and Junior counsel on a regular basis for Trials and Paper Hearings where appropriate.

Claire is a Partner in BTO’s Insurance team, and has over 20 years’ experience in litigation, acting for insurers and self-insured clients as Defenders in both the Court of Session and Sheriff Courts. Claire joined BTO in 2008 and has spent her entire career as a litigator instructed by many of the UK’s largest insurers.

Claire has considerable experience in defending all types of EL, PL and complex Motor claims including catastrophic injuries; product liability claims including medical devices; clinical negligence; Health & Safety prosecutions arising out of workplace injuries and fatalities; marine accidents; and claims arising out of large scale incidents such as water pollution and gas leaks. She also often advises insurers on policy issues.

Claire has a particular interest in claims where fraud is suspected, psychiatric injuries, and has also successfully defended a number of workplace stress / bullying claims.