Park Court Chambers member

Alistair MacDonald QC

B Sc (Hons) Biochemistry - (University of Bath); Diploma in Law (City University)

1983 – Called Gray’s Inn

Main Areas of Practice:

Crime:

  • Murder and Manslaughter
  • White collar fraud
  • Cases with specialist medical and scientific issues

Civil:

  • Personal Injury
  • Clinical Negligence
  • Commercial
  • Aviation Law

Clerk(s):

Jo Pickersgill: 0113 203 5500 (jo@parkcourtchambers.co.uk)

Kirsten Frankland: 0113 203 5501 (kirsten@parkcourtchambers.co.uk)

Appointments:

1995 – Recorder
1996 – QC

Additional Information:

Member of Specialist Associations: Criminal Bar Association.

Private pilot licence holder

Medical experience:

1974: Central Veterinary Laboratory, Weybridge. Work on the analysis of human foodstuffs to detect organophosphate pesticide residues.
1975: Institute of Animal Physiology, Cambridge. Original research on pig lymphocytes (paper published)
1976-1978: Toxicologist Department of Forensic Medicine, Charing Cross Hospital Medical School
1978: Research Assistant, Liver Unit, King’s College Hospital Medical School. Work on the origin of liver disease associated with cystic fibrosis. Work on the immunology of liver transplantation