John McKendrick called to the Scottish Bar in March 2008 having established a successful practice at the English Bar after calling in 1999. John is interested in all areas of public law work and in particular judicial review.  He was appointed Queen's Counsel (England & Wales) in February 2016 and served as Attorney General and DPP of the Caribbean island of Anguilla from 2016 to 2018.

• Associate Professor at the Catholic University of Santa Maria La Antigua in Panama City, 2005
• Convenor, Additional Support Needs Tribunals for Scotland, 2010 to 2015
• Standing Junior to the Advocate General, 2012 to 2016
• Called to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Court in the Territory of the Virgin Islands (the BVI), March 2013
• Queen's Counsel (England & Wales), 2016
• Attorney General and DPP of the Caribbean island of Anguilla, 2016 to 2018

• Modifying Procedural Autonomy: Better Protection for Community Rights, European Review of Private Law, Vol 8, No. 4, 2000 565 

• Re NRA and others [2015] EWCOP 59                            
• JM (A Child) and a NHS Trust v Mr. M and others [2015] EWHC 283(Fam)
• R (Bhatt) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015]EWHC 1724 (Admin)
• HH v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] CSIH 33 
• Trust A v X And Others [2015] EWHC 922 (Fam); [2015] Fam. Law 636
• R (Khan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015]EWHC 640 (Admin)
• The Mental Health Trust and Others v DD and Another [2015]EWCOP 4
• MASM v MMAM and Others [2015] EWCOP 3
• London Borough of Tower Hamlets v TB and Another [2014] EWCOP 53
• Derbyshire County Council v AC [2014] EWCOP 38
• Re. X and Others (Deprivation of Liberty) (Number 2) [2014]EWCOP 37
• X and Others (Deprivation of Liberty) [2014] EWCOP 25
• LBX v TT and Others [2014] EWCOP 24
• Archer v Governor of Low Newton Prison [2014] EWHC 2407(Admin)
• The Mental Health Trust and Others v DD and BC (No. 2) [2014]EWCOP 13
• BK and AS v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014 CSOH 109
• The Mental Health Trust and Others v DD and BC [2014] EWCOP 11
• The Mental Health and Acute Trust and The Council v DD and BC[2014] EWCOP 8
• Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Trust v ML and Others [2014] EWCOP 2 
• R (ota Lee Hirons) v Secretary of State for Justice [2014] EWCA Civ 514
• HY (AP) Re Judicial Review [2014] CSOH 72
• A Local Authority v TZ (No. 2) [2014] EWHC 973 COP
• HH (AP) Re Judicial Review [2014] CSOH 26
• AR (FC) v SSHD [2013] CSOH 195
• DC Accountancy Services v Education Development International PLC [2013] EWHC 3378 (QB)
• Kasonga & Another Re Judicial Review [2013] CSOH 152
• A NHS Trust v DE [2013] EWHC 2562 (Fam)
• A Local Authority v TZ [2013] EWHC 2322 (COP)
• R (ota Lee Hirons) v Secretary of State for Justice [2013] EWHC 1784 (Admin)
• Harrow Council v AM [2013] UKUT 157 (AAC)
• A Local Authority v K [2013] EWHC 242 (COP)
• AB Re Judicial Review [2013] CSOH 20
• Secretary of State for the Home Department v Darwins College [2012] EWCA Civ 354
• AB v LCC [2011] EWHC 3151 (COP)
• A v A Local Authority [2011] EWHC 727 (COP)
• Salisbury Independent Living v Wirral MBC [2010] UKUT 44 (AAC)
• MM and DM v London Borough of Harrow [2010] UKUT 395 (AAC)
• R (ota Bewry) v Norfolk County Council [2010] EWHC 2545 (Admin)
• R (ota R) v Kent County Council [2007] EWHC 2135 (Admin)