ALARM Scotland: Risk insights

Lesley Allan

Partner, Kennedys

Lesley is a Partner in Kennedys' Celtic Team. Her practice focuses on public sector, third sector and blue light issues. She regularly acts for local authorities, care service providers, educational, and charitable organisations. Lesley has acted for clients in a wide range of social care and safeguarding issues, including claims related to moving and handling, management of challenging behaviours, historical abuse claims, and fatal accident inquiries. Lesley has represented clients in the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry, and advised clients on potential engagement in the Redress Scheme, which offers an alternative to litigation for survivors of historical child abuse.

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Eric Alter

Risk & Cyber Engagement Leader, Marsh

No bio provided

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Debbie Connor

Senior Associate, DWF

Debbie is a Senior Associate and accredited specialist in personal injury law, having joined DWF from Clyde & Co in May 2020. Her specific areas of expertise include fraud and mainstream employers' liability, public liability and road traffic accident claims. Debbie has spent her 20 year career dealing with defender reparation work and appears regularly in courts throughout Scotland. 

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Colin MacDonald

Safety & Operations Manager, The Scottish FA

Colin is the Safety and Operations Manager for the Scottish Football Association and is the Safety Officer on match day at Hampden Park, as well as being responsible for security matters for national teams. Colin is a Chartered Member of IOSH, having worked in health & safety for 18 years, 14 of which have been in major events with Glasgow Life, Fairhurst and the Scottish FA. Colin has worked on major events including the London 2012 Olympics, 2014 Commonwealth Games, Ryder Cups and Euro 2020.

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Lynne Macfarlane

Partner & Solicitor Advocate, DWF

Lynne is a Partner, Solicitor Advocate and accredited specialist in personal injury law. Lynne joined DWF from Clyde & Co. in September 2019 to strengthen and develop the firm's technical expertise in complex and high value litigation. Lynne's depth of experience in the sector, combined with her knowledge of the market, and client contacts, significantly enhances DWF's Scottish offering. She has extensive experience acting for local authorities throughout Scotland and has defended a huge variety of local authority claims in her 20 year career.

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