Alistair MacDonald QC
B Sc (Hons) Biochemistry - (University of Bath); Diploma in Law (City University)
1983 – Called Gray’s Inn
Main Areas of Practice:
- Murder and Manslaughter
- White collar fraud
- Cases with specialist medical and scientific issues
- 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.
Recommendations:
Recommended in Legal 500 2010-11 (Crime): "... handles cases of medical complexity."
Recommended in Legal 500 2009-10 (Crime): "... handles cases of medical complexity."
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
