Amy Dickson > Harper Macleod LLP > Glasgow, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile

Harper Macleod LLP
THE CA'D'ORO
45 GORDON STREET
GLASGOW
G1 3PE
United Kingdom

Position

Senior Associate

Amy is an experienced Personal Injury solicitor and delivers advice and assistance to insurer and individual clients in relation to pursuer and defender cases, including high value cases. Amy has significant experience in relation to serious injury cases, credit hire and fraudulent claims. In addition, she provides training and assistance to the Personal Injury team for technical advice. She is technically sound in relation to all aspects of liability decisions and is experienced in dealing with Road Traffic Accidents, Employers Liability, Public Liability and all serious injury cases.

She carries out regular appearance work in relation to actions raised in Sheriff Courts throughout Scotland, including the All Scotland Personal Injury Court and the Court of Session. Amy has also appeared frequently before Sheriff Principals in relation to Appeal cases.

Amy provides frequent training sessions to clients and third-party organisations and provides opinions on prospects of success and valuations for pre-litigation and post-litigation cases. Amy runs our internal technical liability clinic for solicitors and paralegals in order to ensure we obtain a favourable, fair and just outcome for clients.

Amy also coordinates the Mexico country desk, part of Harper Macleod’s international offering.

Amy is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in Personal Injury.

Education

LLB (Hons) Dip LP

Lawyer Rankings

Scotland > Insurance > Medical negligence: pursuer

(Next Generation Partners)

Amy DicksonHarper Macleod LLP

Operating within the firm’s wider personal injury and reparation department, the clinical negligence team at Harper Macleod LLP handles fatal claims, wrongful death cases and surgical injuries. Described as a ‘powerhouse,’ Heather Calderwood co-heads the team with consultant Elizabeth Mitchell and regularly appears before the Court of Session. The ‘very talented’ Amy Dickson was promoted to partner in April 2023 and is routinely called upon to advise on surgical errors, sepsis cases, and nursing and midwifery errors.

Operating within the firm’s wider personal injury and reparation department, the clinical negligence team at Harper Macleod LLP handles fatal claims, wrongful death cases and surgical injuries. Described as a ‘powerhouse,’ Heather Calderwood co-heads the team with consultant Elizabeth Mitchell and regularly appears before the Court of Session. The ‘very talented’ Amy Dickson was promoted to partner in April 2023 and is routinely called upon to advise on surgical errors, sepsis cases, and nursing and midwifery errors.

Operating within the firm’s wider personal injury and reparation department, the clinical negligence team at Harper Macleod LLP handles fatal claims, wrongful death cases and surgical injuries. Described as a ‘powerhouse,’ Heather Calderwood co-heads the team with consultant Elizabeth Mitchell and regularly appears before the Court of Session. The ‘very talented’ Amy Dickson was promoted to partner in April 2023 and is routinely called upon to advise on surgical errors, sepsis cases, and nursing and midwifery errors.

Scotland > Insurance > Personal injury: pursuer

With a strong presence in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Inverness, Harper Macleod LLP‘s personal injury team has a strong track record acting on road traffic accident-related mandates, employers’ and public liability matters and on catastrophic injury cases. Heather Calderwood leads the team alongside consultant Elizabeth Mitchell, and has particular expertise in handling complex and high-value wrongful death and fatal claims. Accredited personal injury specialist Amy Dickson was promoted to partner in 2023 and handles road traffic accident matters and liability claims. At associate level, the team is supported by Laura Ann Sheridan and Christina Wason.