Wendy Thomson > BTO Solicitors LLP > Edinburgh, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile

BTO Solicitors LLP
ONE EDINBURGH QUAY
133 FOUNTAINBRIDGE
EDINBURGH
EH3 9QG
United Kingdom

Work Department

Insurance

Position

Partner

A Civil Solicitor Advocate with over 20 years’ experience of acting for Defenders in a wide range of insurance cases and for commercial and private clients in commercial and civil litigation. Acting predominantly as solicitor advocate for insurance clients for last 15 years. Personal injury practice includes a range of industrial disease cases as head of team as well as other employers’ liability cases, public liability cases and road traffic claims, including high value and fatal claims. Also has experience of cases in the Commercial court. Has acted for commercial and private clients in a wide range of commercial disputes and civil matters, including interdict and defamation cases. Wendy is one of the few Solicitor Advocates to appear regularly in the Court of Session. She conducts settlement negotiations and pre-trial meetings. Regularly instructed in cases against senior and junior counsel. Extensive knowledge of Court of Session practice and procedure and excellent reputation as an insurance litigator in the Court of Session.

Career

Trained Simpson and Marwick; Qualified (1998); BTO Solicitors LLP (1998 – 2000); Vizards Staples and Bannisters, London (2000 -2001) (Qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales 2000), Semple Fraser, Edinburgh (2001 – 2003); Associate, BTO Solicitors LLP (2003-2008)Partner, BTO Solicitors (2008-present).

Memberships

Law Society of Scotland, Society of Solicitor Advocates, The Society of Writers to HM Signet.

Education

Aberdeen University, LLB (Hons), Dip LP (1996), NP (1997), Solicitor Advocate (2004).

Leisure

Spending time with her son and twin daughters and skiing.

Lawyer Rankings

Scotland > Insurance > Personal injury: defender

Housing a deep bench of highly experienced practitioners, the personal injury practice at BTO Solicitors LLP is led by Stephen Bryceland, who is well-versed in pre-litigation public liability claims. The team handles highly sensitive workplace abuse cases in the care sector, and complex road traffic accident claims. Experienced mediator Garry Ferguson has extensive litigation experience, with a particular focus in brain injury, neurological conductions and workplace related chronic pain mandates. Solicitor advocates Catherine Currie and Mark Hastings handle catastrophic injury claims and offshore litigation damages claims, and Wendy Thomson is another active member of the team.