Meet your Scottish team

Medico-legal advisers

 Catriona James

Dr Catriona James

Catriona graduated from Glasgow University and trained as a GP in the West of Scotland, before joining the MDU in 2001. Since that time she has completed an LLM in the Legal Aspects of Medical Practice and become a foundation member of the Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine. Catriona is based in Glasgow.


Christine Bradford

Dr Christine Bradford

Christine originally trained at the University of Glasgow. She was a GP principal for eight years. Before joining the MDU she worked as a GP locum and as a senior medical adviser to life insurance companies. As well as working as a medico-legal adviser she is a course tutor in Medical Ethics to undergraduate medical students at the University of Edinburgh. Christine is based in Glasgow.


Jerard Ross

Mr Jerard Ross

Jerard graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 1994. He then moved into surgical training in Edinburgh before completing his M.D. at the University of Manchester. Before joining the MDU he was a consultant in adult and paediatric neurosurgery in Edinburgh where he was the surgeon to the Scottish National Paediatric Epilepsy Programme.

Jenna Fowler 

Jenna Fowler

Jenna graduated with honours from the University of Edinburgh and trained as a GP in the North of Scotland. She worked as a GP prior to initially joining the MDU as a medico-legal fellow and is now a medico-legal adviser.