125 WEST REGENT STREET, GLASGOW, G2 2SA, SCOTLAND
- Tel:
- Work 0141 248 6688
- Fax:
- Fax 0141 248 9697
- DX:
- 512403 GLASGOW - BATH STREET
- Web:
- www.andersonsllp.co.uk
- Email:
Gilbert Mackenzie Anderson
- Tel:
- Work +44 141 223 8557
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Work Department
Insurance litigation and dispute resolution.
Position
Chairman; head of firm’s insurance litigation and dispute resolution department and chairman of firm’s management board. Main specialist area: advising a wide variety of insurers in claims involving high value and complexity, ranging from property damage and coverage issues to personal injury cases involving maximum severity injuries and disease (especially asbestos related). Has lectured widely to the profession and insurance industry on various aspects of insurance, with particular reference to quantification of damages in PI cases. Also provides advice to police authorities on matters relating to complaints, discipline and conduct. Accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in personal injury law.
Career
Served apprenticeship with Sir James Falconer, Town Clerk, Glasgow Corporation 1973-75; assistant Holmes MacKillop 1977, partner 1979; Notary Public 1978; co-founding partner Andersons 1994; accredited by Law Society of Scotland as specialist in personal injury law 2003. Won ‘Solicitor of the Year’ at the Law Awards of Scotland Ceremony in September 2009 and won ‘Personal Injury Lawyer of the Year (Defending)’ at the Eclipse Proclaim Awards Ceremony in London in November 2009.
Member
Law Society of Scotland (member of society’s civil justice committee); past Dean of Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow (RFPG); past regional representative for Scotland, Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL); Scottish Law Agents Society; member of advisory panel to School of Law unit, University of Glasgow; director and former president and secretary of The Arran Society of Glasgow.
Education
Queens Park Secondary School; University of Glasgow (1973 LLB).
Leisure
Family, jogging, hill walking, watching Partick Thistle.
Practice Areas
Insurance (non-contentious); Litigation - insurance/reinsurance; Personal injury - defendant
