Heather Calderwood > Harper Macleod LLP > Glasgow, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile

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.

Harper Macleod LLP‘s personal injury and reparation department is praised by clients for its ‘great breadth of experience and knowledge’ and operates across a broad spectrum of matters, including public and employers’ liability as well as road traffic accident and product liability claims. Consultant Elizabeth Mitchell and Heather Calderwood, who is routinely called upon to advise on wrongful death and fatal claims, co-lead the team from Glasgow, which includes Suzanne McGarrigle; she specialises in industrial disease claims, including asbestos exposure and hearing loss.

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.