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Brodies LLP Offices
Capital Square
58 Morrison Street
EDINBURGH
EH3 8BP
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Laura McMillan
Work Department
Litigation
Position
Laura specialises in health & safety, claims defence and insurance issues. She acts for corporate, public sector, insurer and individual clients. As a solicitor advocate and Brodies’ director of advocacy, she is regularly instructed to appear in actions involving large and complex personal injury loss (including fatalities), industrial disease, clinical negligence, motor, general commercial litigation and public inquiries.
She also advises on contractual matters relating to insurance, health & safety and claims liability and regularly delivers in-house training to clients on claims avoidance, court procedure and witness familiarisation.
Lawyer Rankings
Scotland > Insurance > Medical negligence: defender
Brodies LLP‘s full-service medical negligence practice advises clients on claims across various specialist areas, including ophthalmology, dentistry, product liability and social care. The firm has a growing cosmetics and aesthetics claims practice and is particularly skilled at representing governmental and private sector clients in national medical inquiries. Laura McMillan and Lynn Livesey now lead the team following the departure of former practice head Duncan Mawby to BTO Solicitors LLP in 2022. McMillan, an experienced clinical negligence solicitor advocate, acts for private healthcare clients on contentious and non-contentious matters, while associate Livesey advises insurers and private healthcare clients on fatal accident inquiries and cosmetic surgery cases. Associate Kate Donachie is another key individual.
Scotland > Insurance > Personal injury: defender
Known for its ‘good quality work and experienced practitioners’, the workload of Brodies LLP‘s liability claims defence team includes catastrophic and foreign claims as well as construction and high-risk workplace matters. Co-head Carly Forrest in Glasgow is well versed in catastrophic injury work as well as fatal claims, and continues to handle highly sensitive and high-value matters, while Edinburgh-based fellow co-head Laura McMillan‘s broad practice includes a notable specialism in historic asbestos disease claims. Duncan MacLean heads the insurance and risk practice; he and Malcolm Mackay are both noted for their expertise in marine and offshore sector claims.