Jonathan Mitchell KC practice is based in Scotland. He has a wide civil practice, with special interests in public, constitutional, administrative law and equality issues.

Temporary sheriff (1988–1996)

Deputy Social Security Commissioner (1994–2002)

Member of the Equality and Human Rights Commission ‘A' panel of counsel

Eviction and Rent Arrears, 1995

Many seminars and conferences, including the Family Law Association, the Four Jurisdictions annual conference, the Legal Services Agency.

Evidence to Parliament on a number of occasions

BA Hons (PPE, Oxford)

LLB (Edinburgh)

• Mirza v Salim, 2014 SLT 875: Successful appeal in Inner House as to damages for wrongful use of interdict

• Glasgow City Council v Unison, 2014 SLT 716: Successful appeal in Inner House as to local government responsibility for sex discrimination by ALEOs

• IA v Home Secretary, 2014 SC (UKSC) 105: Supreme Court case establishing that a greater weight should be given to the decisions and methodology of the UNHCR in asylum cases.

• Fox & Partners v Lord Chancellor [2013] EqLR 956 (OH) : Judicial review of the introduction of Employment Tribunal fees regime

• Stewart v Stewart's Trs 2013 CSOH 63: Lengthy proof on challenge to will on grounds of incapacity, followed by successful motion for expenses on agent and client scale

• Davies v Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care 2013 SC (UKSC) 186: Successful appeal in Inner House and Supreme Court on transitional provisions as to care regulation

• RM v Scottish Ministers 2013 SC (UKSC) 139: Successful judicial review appeal to Supreme Court; a constitutional milestone in declaring Government's duty to lay regulations before Parliament

• Eba Petitioner 2012 SC (UKSC) 1: Successful appeal in Inner House and Supreme Court, leading case on ambit of judicial review of tribunals

• City of Edinburgh Council v Wilkinson and others 2012 SLT 211 (IH): Principles applicable to equal pay claims

• Craigdale Housing Association & Ors v Scottish Information Commissioner 2010 SLT 655 (IH) : Freedom of information/personal data

• Lynch v East Dunbartonshire Council 2010 ICR 1094 (EAT): Lis pendens and tribunal jurisdiction

• Tuley v Highland Council 2009 SC 456 (IH) : Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 and the right to roam