David Taylor
David graduated with honours from Glasgow University in 1987. In 1997, he set up his own practice, Taylor & Kelly, which subsequently became the leading firm for issues arising from prisoner’s rights.
In 2004 he was granted rights of audience in the High Court of Justiciary. Subsequently based in Edinburgh, he practised extensively in the Court of Appeal before joining Crown Office in 2012 as an Advocate Depute, where he served until 2019.
During his time as an Advocate Depute, David prosecuted exclusively in the High Court, including drugs, rape and murder cases.
Selected Cases
Napier v Scottish Ministers 2005 1 SC 229
Martin v HMA [2006] HCJAC 86, 2007 JC 70, 2006 SCCR 683
McGhee v HMA [2006] HCJAC 87, 2006 SCCR 712
Burzala v HMA [2007] HCJAC 67, 2008 SLT 61, 2008 SCCR 199
Logan v Speirs (PF Hamilton), Beattie v Welton (PF Jedburgh), [2008] HCJAC 61, 2008 SCCR 815
Cannell v HMA [2009] HCJAC 6, 2009 SCCR 207
Anderson, McLennan and Wicksted v HMA [2009] HCJAC 91, 2010 SCCR 382
Niblock v HMA [2010] HCJAC 21, 2010 SCCR 337
Kyle v HMA [2010] HCJAC 28, 2010 SCCR 458
Stuart v HMA [2010] HCJAC 34, 2010 SCCR 498
HMA v Graham [2010] HCJAC 50, 2010 SCCR 641
Howes v HMA 2010 HCJAC 123, 2011 SCL 306
HMA v Paterson [2012] HCJAC 105, 2012 SLT 1182
Lin, Lu, He + Chen v HMA [2012] HCJAC 151, 2014 SCCR 109
Blockley v PF Cupar [2013] HCJAC 2, 2013 SCCR 181
HMA v PB & VW [2013] HCJ 71, 2013 SLT 810, 2013 SCCR 361
RB v HMA [2017] HCJAC 24, 2017 SCCR 278
BM v HMA [2017] HCJAC 55, 2017 SCL 882
Perreault v HMA [2018] JC 158