Insurance & Risk Solicitors
Litigation and risk matters, in every industry sector
No matter what business you are involved in, it involves operational risks. We are here to help you deal with the outcome in the best way possible.
Our Insurance & Risk team is one of Scotland’s largest and leading insurance practices, providing a specialist, one-stop service to meet the needs of every client.
We provide legal advice on complex insurance, litigation and risk matters for corporate clients in every sector, including some of the UK’s largest private companies, as well as public sector organisations and the insurance industry.
We offer a complete service, incorporating both contentious and non-contentious experience, and provide extensive technical expertise in insurance law and risk management.
The team also deals with pursuing or defending all aspects of claims, including employers’ liability, public liability and road traffic claims.
Taking a collaborative approach ensures their clients are given accurate assessments of the prospects of success at every stage, and the costs likely to be recovered or incurred.
As part of one of Scotland’s largest independent commercial law firms, we have access to the full range of expertise from our colleagues working in every sector.
Our services
Representing the corporate world in Scotland and beyond on difficult insurance and liability risk issues requires specialist knowledge of employment, consumer and contract law, health and safety legislation, fraud claims, property law, personal injury, probate and criminal law.
Our team brings together practitioners with in-depth practical legal experience and expertise in key disciplines.
Our services include:
- Complex claims litigation & dispute resolution
- Contractual Issues
- Employers’ & occupiers’ liability
- Fatal Accident Inquiries
- Fraud
- Health & safety
- Indemnity
- Insurance contracts
- Medical negligence
- Policy interpretation and placement
- Road traffic accidents
Chambers UK 2021Well-regarded team with considerable experience in employers' and public liability, and industrial disease actions. Also noted for handling cases with cross-border elements. Office presence in the Central Belt and on the islands of Scotland, ensuring clients across the country can receive a full service to meet their needs. Experienced in dealing with fatal accident claims including RTAs and marine and workplace accidents.
"They provide sound advice and have clients' interests at heart."
Elizabeth Mitchell leads the team and manages the relationship with some of the firm’s largest insurer clients.
Legal 500 2021
Heather Calderwood handles catastrophic injury and fatal claims following RTAs and workplace accidents. She also advises on employers' liability and occupational disease matters.
Chambers UK 2021
"She is dedicated and has good attention to detail, focusing on the best results for her clients."
Work examples
Employer’s liability – injured member of staff
Acting for a retail outlet defending a claim where a member of staff fell from a wooden plinth within the course of her employment and sustained an injury to her neck and leg settling the claim on the best terms possibly avoiding the need for litigation. We also successfully defended a claim brought by an employee who tripped over a goal net whilst seeking to attract the attention of a player on the sport’s field.Â
Public liability
Defending an action for a large retail company brought by a member of the public following an injury which resulted in early retirement . We settled the case on a split liability basis in favour of our client.
Contact us
Call us for free on 0330 159 5555 or complete our online form below for legal advice or to arrange a call back.
