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Balfour + Manson LLP deals with claims ranging from road traffic accident (RTA) and head injury cases to industrial disease work. The firm’s Aberdeen office, managed by Lisa Gregory, is well placed to deal with offshore industry cases, and chairman Fred Tyler is ‘ top class’.

Clients note that Brodies LLP’s ‘ attention to detail is impressive’, and recommend David Armstrong’s team for its ‘ excellent response time’. The team secured a £1.75m settlement for a brain-injured client struck in the face by a piece of metal.

Digby Brown is a leading personal injury firm with particular expertise in brain and spinal injury work. A founding trustee of Head Injuries Trust for Scotland, Robert Swanney is an accredited specialist.

While Drummond Miller LLP represents private clients seeking compensation, union-based personal injury work is a growing area of focus. Department head Fiona Moore recently handled a paraplegia claim that was set to be the first to go to trial by jury.

‘ A pleasure to deal with’, Mark Higgins heads the practice at Irwin Mitchell, which acts for institutional insurance clients including Sheila’s Wheels and AA Insurance Services. Higgins and Elaine Russell‘ deliver the solutions they promise’.

Thompsons is a dedicated insurance firm described by peers as a ‘ good, solid outfit’. The team successfully acted for UNISON, obtaining a settlement for a council worker discriminated against as a result of her being deaf.

Anderson Strathern LLP’s work for the Royal College of Nurses has seen it develop expertise in the areas of injured backs, work-related stress and MRSA infections. The team, headed by Robert Carr and Catriona Watt, secured a settlement for a nurse who suffered a spinal injury.

HBJ Gateley Wareing LLP, through HBJ Claim Solutions Solicitors, acts for a number of major insurers and legal expenses insurers, handling nearly 12,000 motor claims each year, with almost 3,000 being personal injury cases. Alistair Duff heads the uninsured loss recovery department, and specialises in road traffic claims. Tony O’Malley is appreciated for his ‘ knowledgeable and attentive approach’.

Harper Macleod LLP was successfully reappointed to the RBS Insurance panel, representing both motor and household policies. Elizabeth Mitchell heads the team, and Fergus Thomson was recently accredited as a specialist.

At Lawford Kidd, personal injury specialist Anne Mathie successfully recovered £4,750 for a road accident victim, after insurers argued in Sheriffs Court that the case was worth just £1,700. The firm wins around £5m a year for clients, and union and industrial disease work remains a large portion of its caseload.

The well-known Cameron Fyfe leads the personal injury team at Ross Harper, which has particular expertise in human rights and multi-party actions and has acted for victims seeking compensation in various child abuse cases.

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