Lorna Hale > Drummond Miller LLP > Edinburgh, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile
Drummond Miller LLP Offices
GLENORCHY HOUSE
20 UNION STREET
EDINBURGH
EH1 3LR
United Kingdom
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Lorna Hale
Work Department
Medical & Clinical Negligence
Position
Partner
Career
Lorna Hale is a Partner in the Clinical Negligence team and has specialised in this area since qualifying as a solicitor. She deals with actions raised in both the Court of Session and the All Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court. She has experience in a huge variety of cases (including birth injuries, surgical errors, and delayed or missed diagnoses) but has a particular interest and expertise in complex fatal claims.
She has been described as ‘a very able lawyer with excellent attention to detail and very good experience in clinical negligence’ and ‘very intellectually able and proactive with excellent interpersonal skills’. She is extremely thorough in her preparation of cases and recent comments from senior counsel described her work as ‘absolutely exceptional’.
She has taught on both the LLB (Delict) and Diploma in Professional Legal Practice (Personal Injuries Elective) at the University of Edinburgh.
Lawyer Rankings
Scotland > Insurance > Medical negligence: pursuer
(Next Generation Partners)Drummond Miller LLP‘s dedicated medical negligence offering runs the full gamut of claims with particular strength in informed consent, surgical errors, and delays in diagnosis and treatment. Liesa Spiller
and Darren Deery, both accredited clinical negligence specialists, lead the overall team. Following its merger with Peacock Johnston in June 2022, the firm’s West Coast and Central Belt offering was further strengthened with the arrivals of accredited specialist in clinical negligence Susith Dematagoda and Andrew Pollock, who leads the Glasgow office. Recently promoted partner Lorna Hale is another key member of the team and is particularly experienced in acting for families on complex fatal claims.
Lawyer Rankings
- Medical negligence: pursuer Scotland > Insurance
- Next Generation Partners Scotland > Insurance > Medical negligence: pursuer