Ampersand Advocates is highly regarded for its ‘strong public and administrative law offering‘. The team continues to handle a range of high-profile judicial review cases, and is equally adept at advising on public law litigation, often involving human rights issues. In a recent matter, Aidan O’Neill KC represented the successful appellant before the Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers, in which the Supreme Court ruled that the granting of a Gender Recognition Certificate under the Gender Recognition Act 2004 does not alter a person’s sex for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010. Paul Reid KC ‘has the ear of the court and always hits the right tone when making his submissions‘, and Douglas Ross KC is ‘a first-class public lawyer‘. Among the juniors, Ross Anderson is ‘an absolutely first class advocate with an in-depth understanding of public law‘, and the ‘meticulous‘ Michael Way is well versed in handling cases involving civil liberties issues.