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Neil Davidson was called to the Scottish Bar in 1979 and has been a QC since 1993. He was called to the English Bar in 1990 and was Solicitor General for Scotland from 2000-2001. On 21 March 2006 Neil was appointed Advocate General for Scotland - the chief legal adviser to the UK government on Scottish law.
During his time in practice Neil covered a broad range of commercial and public law work. He was a founder/director of the City Disputes Panel from 1994-2000 and a founder of the Advocates' Business Law Group.
In public law work Neil argued many of the human rights cases from Scotland before the Privy Council and has considerable experience in judicial review and local government work.