“The level of service has always been excellent, with properly experienced solicitors dealing with appropriate cases"Legal 500
Tim Edward
Discipline: Dispute Resolution; Professional Liability;
Position: Partner
Location: Edinburgh
Email: tje@bto.co.uk
Phone: 0131 222 2939
Biography
Tim is a Solicitor Advocate and qualified mediator in our Dispute Resolution team.
An accredited specialist in Professional Negligence, and a member of The Legal 500’s ‘Hall of Fame’ for both commercial litigation and professional negligence, Tim has over three decades of litigation experience.
In the Professional Negligence sphere, Tim has handled multiple negligence cases across a range of professions, in particular solicitors' negligence, for both defenders and pursuers.
He has also handled a wide variety of commercial disputes, including insolvency and company disputes.
High profile cases handled by Tim include acting for the defenders in Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland v Lloyds Banking Group [2011] CSIH 87 and Trustees of Rex Proctor RBS v Scottish Widows [2015] CSOH 83, and most recently acting for the pursuer in Gavin Loudon v Stewart Milne Group [2022] CSIH 3]
Tim’s priority in handling all disputes is to seek out the best commercial solution for clients.
Out of the office, Tim is a keen golfer and skier and enjoys running with his rescue lurcher at weekends.