James is a hugely skilled lawyer with really good technical knowledge and a drive to achieve successful outcomes for his clients. He is very collaborative and a skilled negotiator.
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James advises on all aspects of pensions law and employee ownership law to trustees, companies, public sector and third sector organisations. He is also a Director of MacRoberts Trustees Limited, which provides independent trustee services.
James is a member of the Association of Pension Lawyers (APL) and has been elected as the Secretary of its Scottish Group and is also a member of the APL’s Public Sector Pensions Sub Committee. He is also a member of The Law Society of Scotland's Pension Law Sub-Committee. James co-authored the Scottish section of Tolley’s Pensions Law a major UK legal textbook with Martyn Shaw (December 2022).
James is ranked for Employee Share Schemes & Incentives and Pensions in the 2023 edition of Chambers UK Guide to the Legal Profession.
The Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 have been published and will take effect from 1 June 2022.
Over the past year, there has been an encouraging degree of progress regarding changes which funds, charities and third sector employers (among others) have been pressing for in relation to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) in Scotland.
The Pension Schemes Act 2021 received Royal Assent on 11 February 2021 and, piece by piece, is delivering significant changes to the pensions landscape.
