Duncan Milne of Westwater Advocates called to the Bar as a Lord Hope Scholar and practices principally in the field of commercial law with a particular interest in contractual, construction and engineering, professional negligence and employment disputes. Before coming to the Bar he gained experience in litigation and commercial law working at well-known national and international firms. Duncan has considerable experience at the sharp end of litigation having appeared in courts and tribunals regularly throughout his career. He has appeared in the Court of Session (including the Commercial Court), Sheriff Court and the Employment and Employment Appeal Tribunals. Since calling, Duncan has built a busy employment and commercial law practice. He appears predominantly for respondent/employer clients in the full range of employment disputes. Most recently, Duncan has appeared as counsel successfully resisting claims for unfair dismissal, disability, age and racial discrimination and unlawful deduction of wages. He has also recently resisted an appeal in the Employment Appeal Tribunal in a case involving issues of constructive dismissal and loss.