Angela Thomson Grahame QC became an Advocate in 1995 and took silk in 2009. She was admitted to the Bar of England and Wales (Middle Temple) in 2019. She is a practising member of Compass Chambers, Edinburgh and retains a Door Tenancy in 3PB Chambers, London. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and an Accredited Mediator.
She undertakes a wide range of civil litigation, but mainly personal injury and clinical negligence, often in large value and complex claims. She acted for the Greater Glasgow Health Board in the Vale of Leven Public Inquiry into the circumstances of the occurrence of C. Difficile infection and deaths arising at the Vale of Leven Hospital.
She was appointed as a Member of the Task & Finish Group chaired by Leslie Hamilton, in the Independent Review into Gross Negligence Manslaughter (and Culpable Homicide in Scotland) in the medical profession.
Between 2003 - 2007 Angela was a full time Advocate Depute and Senior Advocate Depute for the Crown, conducting High Court criminal trials, Criminal Appeal Court cases and appeals in the JCPC.
Between 2016 and 2020 Angela was Vice Dean of the Faculty of Advocates. She is ranked by both the leading legal directories Chambers and Legal 500. Angela is an Honorary Lecturer at Aberdeen University. During lockdown she graduated with an LLM in Dispute Resolution (with Distinction).