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David Taylor

David graduated with honours from Glasgow University in 1987. In 1997, he set up his own practice, Taylor & Kelly, which subsequently became the leading firm for issues arising from prisoner’s rights.

In 2004 he was granted rights of audience in the High Court of Justiciary. Subsequently based in Edinburgh, he practised extensively in the Court of Appeal before joining Crown Office in 2012 as an Advocate Depute, where he served until 2019.

During his time as an Advocate Depute, David prosecuted exclusively in the High Court, including drugs, rape and murder cases.

Selected Cases

Napier v Scottish Ministers 2005 1 SC 229

Martin v HMA [2006] HCJAC 86, 2007 JC 70, 2006 SCCR 683

McGhee v HMA [2006] HCJAC 87, 2006 SCCR 712

Burzala v HMA [2007] HCJAC 67, 2008 SLT 61, 2008 SCCR 199

Logan v Speirs (PF Hamilton), Beattie v Welton (PF Jedburgh), [2008] HCJAC 61, 2008 SCCR 815

Cannell v HMA [2009] HCJAC 6, 2009 SCCR 207

Anderson, McLennan and Wicksted v HMA [2009] HCJAC 91, 2010 SCCR 382

Niblock v HMA [2010] HCJAC 21, 2010 SCCR 337

Kyle v HMA [2010] HCJAC 28, 2010 SCCR 458

Stuart v HMA [2010] HCJAC 34, 2010 SCCR 498

HMA v Graham [2010] HCJAC 50, 2010 SCCR 641

Howes v HMA 2010 HCJAC 123, 2011 SCL 306

HMA v Paterson [2012] HCJAC 105, 2012 SLT 1182

Lin, Lu, He + Chen v HMA [2012] HCJAC 151, 2014 SCCR 109

Blockley v PF Cupar [2013] HCJAC 2, 2013 SCCR 181

HMA v PB & VW [2013] HCJ 71, 2013 SLT 810, 2013 SCCR 361

RB v HMA [2017] HCJAC 24, 2017 SCCR 278

BM v HMA [2017] HCJAC 55, 2017 SCL 882

Perreault v HMA [2018] JC 158