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Charlotte Edgar

Associate

Contact
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Saltire Court
20 Castle Terrace
Edinburgh
EH1 2EN
United Kingdom
Languages English, French

Charlotte Edgar is an Associate within the Dispute Resolution team at CMS, specialising in Commercial Litigation. She acts for a wide range of clients, including those in the financial services, energy, and higher education sectors. Charlotte advises on commercial contracts disputes, procurement litigation, company disputes and directors’ duties, insolvency and cyber breach matters. Her work also includes some personal injury and product liability cases.

Charlotte plays an active role in promoting the interests of young lawyers within the Scottish legal profession. In October 2020 Charlotte was elected as the New Lawyers representative on the Law Society of Scotland’s Council. 

Outside her area of legal practice, Charlotte is interested in the development of animal welfare law in Scotland, the UK and worldwide, as well as protection of wildlife and the natural environment. She holds an LLM in Animal Law from Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon (United States).

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Relevant experience

  • Financial services: Achieved sanction of a creditor scheme of arrangement for a major energy company in the Scottish courts, featuring opposition by one of the company’s significant creditors.
  • Corporate petitions: Completed court applications for reduction of share capital and a members’ scheme of arrangement.
  • Company disputes: supported a director of a family business in bringing a claim for unfair prejudice under ss.994 to 996 of the Companies Act 2006.
  • Intellectual property litigation: successful protection of a client’s brand in an action for passing off, infringement of trademark and breach of copyright.
  • Contractual claim: A complex contract dispute involving the Scottish and Dubai courts. 
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Education

  • 2023 – LL.M (Animal Law), Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland, Oregon.
  • 2015 – Diploma in Legal Practice, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh.
  • 2014 – LL.B (Hons) Scots Law, University of Glasgow, Glasgow.
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22/11/2022
Disputes 101: Emergency Measures & Injunctions Against Protestors
Welcome to the Disputes 101: CMS Autumn Webinar Series for 2022 This series will take place on most Tuesdays from 6 September – 29 November at 2pm - 3pm, taking a short break only for October half...
08/11/2022
Technology Transformation – Media
The media sector is known to be highly competitive, with that competition driving innovation. Older media businesses have had to grapple with disruptive new entrants. And those new entrants are constantly working to deliver better and more engaging content and user experiences to maintain their advantage. Digitisation has changed how media companies interact with their audience in ways we could not have imagined just a few years ago, but this comes with risk. This report is a deep dive into the data first produced for the report Technology Transformation: Managing Risks in a Changing Landscape. This saw over 500 corporate counsel and risk managers surveyed from multiple industries across the world. Here we look in detail at the 75 respondents from the media sector, and their perspectives on the risks associated with busi­ness-crit­ic­al technologies, including emerging technologies. What did we find? Media is a dynamic sector and can be an early adopter of many novel technologies as companies push for competitive advantages to create and satisfy customer demand. As we look to the future, the sector does seem underprepared in some areas, which is a potential cause for concern. Download the Technology Transformation media sector report now to read aboutThe principal drivers in the adoption of busi­ness-crit­ic­al technology in the media sectorConfidence in managing tech-related risks among senior media executivesFuture threats from new technologies like AI and blockchainWhich plans and processes media companies are putting in place to protect tech in­fra­struc­ture­Cul­tur­al barriers to managing tech risks in the media sectorPreferred approaches to dispute resolution in the media sector
20/09/2022
Disputes 101: Introduction to Mediation and Settlement
Welcome to the Disputes 101: CMS Autumn Webinar Series for 2022 This series will take place on most Tuesdays from 6 September – 29 November at 2pm - 3pm, taking a short break only for October half...
08/09/2021
Disputes 101 - Introduction to Civil Litigation
Welcome to the Disputes 101: CMS Autumn Webinar Series This series will take place over 11 weeks, every Wednesday from 8 September – 1 December 2021 at 2-3pm. Partners and associates from CMS’ litigation...
03/02/2020
Court rules in favour of manufacturers in first metal on metal hip replacement...
Facts In the case of Hastings v Finsbury Orthopaedics Ltd and Stryker UK Ltd [2019] CSOH 96, Mr Hastings brought a claim under Section 2 of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 (“the CPA”) against the...
09/10/2019
Data protection and class actions: iPhone users’ claim against Google gets...
Summary Last week the Court of Appeal permitted service out of the jurisdiction of an unusual form of class action against Google (Richard Lloyd v Google LLC [2019] EWCA Civ 1599), overturning Warby J’s...