Dawn McCafferty > Digby Brown LLP > Glasgow, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile

Dawn McCafferty

0141 566 9567 dawn.mccafferty@digbybrown.co.uk

Work Department

Insurance litigation.

Position

Dawn joined the firm in 2008 having graduated from Strathclyde University in 2000, and qualified as a solicitor in 2002. Dawn is a partner in the firm’s insurance litigation department and deals with accidents on the roads, at work, occupier and public liability claims, as well as fatal accidents. Dawn has considerable experience of cases in both the Court of Session and Sheriff Court and has a particular expertise in employers liability cases, becoming one of the leading practitioners within the firm. Dawn was admitted as a Writer to the Signet and was the instructed solicitor in the case of Annette Miller v Chivas Brothers Limited (2014) CSIH 65.

Career

Carr & Co Solicitors 2000-03, trainee/solicitor; Bishops LLP 2003-05, solicitor; Simpson & Marwick LLP 2005-08, senior solicitor; Digby Brown LLP 2008-present, partner.

Memberships

Dawn received Fellow status from the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers in 2019 – the first female in Scotland to achieve this level of recognition. She is also an accredited specialist in personal injury law with The Law Society of Scotland.

Education

Lomond School; University of Strathclyde.