Emma Fraser (Toner) KC (Scotland)

Emma's principal areas of practice are regulatory crime and Fatal Accident Inquiries. She is ranked Band 1 in both Health & Safety and Public & Fatal Accident Inquiries in Chambers UK 2026. Emma is also ranked Band 1 in Crime and Regulatory in Legal 500 2026.

She has extensive experience of cases brought under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Road Traffic Act 1988, particularly cases involving fatalities. She is regularly instructed in the High Court of Justiciary and Sheriff Courts across Scotland and has conducted a wide range of trials, under both statute and common law, including cases involving financial crime.

Emma has been instructed in many of the most significant Fatal Accident Inquiries and Public Inquiries in recent years and has appeared on behalf of companies, public bodies, professionals and private individuals. Her clients have included health boards, health care professionals, Police Scotland, local authorities, aircraft manufacturers, Maritime and Coastguard Agency, His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland and the Care Inspectorate. Most recently, she acted on behalf of Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board in the Scottish Hospitals Public Inquiry and on behalf of Police Scotland in the Park Inn Fatal Accident Inquiry in Glasgow. 

Emma is the Editor of Session Cases law reports.

Appointments / Professional

Editor, Session Cases 2020 -

Deputy Editor, Session Cases 2016 - 2020 

Reporter, Session Cases 2013 - 2016

  • Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
  • Health and Safety Lawyers' Association
  • Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers
  • Scottish Medico-Legal Society
  • Scottish Criminal Bar Association