In the past few years Mike has increasingly been called on to prepare independent reports for solicitors, typically in the context of Mental Health Tribunals and Welfare Guardianship issues, though also a range of other issues, including: planning enquiry, contested adoption proceedings, challenge to withdrawal of Care Commission registration, and judicial review proceedings in relation to Probation Service management of after care of a disabled offender.

As well as producing independent reports, Mike has assisted solicitors in identifying and recruiting other expert witnesses and independent reporters from a range of backgrounds. Mike is currently working on development of a social enterprise business to provide support to solicitors and agencies wishing to identify specific expertise from across the range of professional disciplines.

Mike works with a number of legal firms on a regular basis, and has taken instruction from the following:

Adam Cochran, Aberdeen

Anderson Strathern, Edinburgh

Black and Markie, Cowdenbeath

Cheshire Legal Services, Wakefield

Digby Brown, Glasgow

Hamilton Burns, Glasgow

Higgins Hollywood Deazley, Belfast

Hughes Dowdall, Glasgow

Hughes Walker, Edinburgh

Innes Johnston and Co, Glenrothes and Kirkcaldy

J C Hughes, Glasgow

Lupton Fawcett, Sheffield

Lynn Herbert, Leven

MacLennan Adam Davies, Ayr

Morgan Law, Kirkcaldy

Patrick Campbell, Glasgow

Ross and Connel, Dunfermline

Russel and Aitken, Falkirk

Stevenson Marshall,Kirkcaldy

West Lothian Council Legal Services