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Drummond Miller LLP Offices
Tara House, 4th Floor East
46 Bath Street
GLASGOW
G2 1HG
United Kingdom
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Drummond Miller LLP > The Legal 500 Rankings
Employment > Immigration Tier 1
Under the leadership of the Edinburgh-based David Brown, Drummond Miller LLP's practice maintains a significant focus on personal immigration work for private clients; Sarah Jack is a key contact for family migration and domestic abuse cases, while business immigration matters are mainly handled by Glasgow team head Janey Armstrong; Armstrong's recent workload includes advising Scottish hospitality businesses on skilled worker sponsor licensing matters. Elsewhere, the practice stands out for its litigation capabilities; Humphrey Ndubuisi is noted for his deportation and depreciation of citizenship expertise.Practice head(s):
David Brown
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘Always finds solutions to problems.’
‘Informative, proactive and helpful from start to finish.’
‘Plenty of legal knowledge and excellent in providing detailed instructions for counsel.’
‘David Brown has excellent legal knowledge, is good at presenting in court and has the ability to explain complex issues to non-lawyers.’
‘Drummond Miller has a very strong immigration team. They are the specialists in the Court of Session with a strong pool of go-to counsel, but they can also take on their own tribunal work with or without counsel.’
‘Humphrey Ndubuisi and David Brown are standout partners.’
‘Humphrey Ndubuisi combines a deep knowledge of immigration law with a very easy style and an ability to handle stressful situations comfortably.’
‘The immigration team at Drummond Miller is excellent. They have a wealth of experience in this area and can be trusted to get the best result for their client.’
Insurance > Medical negligence: pursuer Tier 1
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. Practice head(s):
Liesa Spiller; Darren Deery
Other key lawyers:
Andrew Pollock; Susith Dematagoda; Lorna Hale; Carrie Burrows; Miranda Becher
Testimonials
‘Experts in the field. The review of reports and the discussion of issues are meticulous, and they do not pursue cases for the sake of work.’
‘Friendly and open to discussion. They are experts in the field of medical negligence. Makes for very efficient working.’
‘The team is always approachable and incredibly helpful. They report to queries in a timely fashion. Bills are settled in good time. Instruction letters are clear and helpful. The medical records come with a chronology, which makes finding key information easier.’
‘My impression is that the individuals at this firm really care for their clients and are willing to go the extra mile to help them in any way they can.’
‘Outstanding firm working in this field. Truly engaged for their clients, with an outstanding understanding of the subject matter.’
‘A complete willingness to go above and beyond in pursuit of a case. Incredible attention to detail, far beyond what would ordinarily be expected of others.’
‘Cohesive team, all individuals are highly skilled, knowledgeable, thorough and person-centred in their approach.’
‘They know their field, are extremely thorough, very personable and approachable to work with.’
Work highlights
- Acted as sole advisors to the family of an individual, who passed away after suffering a delayed diagnosis of cancer where causation was particularly complex.
- Acting in a birth damage claim, in which negligence, causation and quantum are all in dispute. Along with factual disputes, the case involves many complex and hypothetical factual scenarios together with genuine differences of medical/expert opinion.
- Acted for an individual, who sustained an extremely unusual injury during the birth of her first child by caesarean section, which required reports from two prominent experts in obstetrics and gynaecology, and an expert in reproductive medicine.
Drummond Miller LLP > Firm Profile
Drummond Miller is a leading firm of solicitors with offices in five locations throughout central Scotland. It comprises 19 partners and 82 fee-earners.
The firm: Drummond Miller is a modern and progressive law firm with origins dating back to the 19th century.
The firm’s head office is in Edinburgh; branch offices are located in Bathgate, Dalkeith, Glasgow and Musselburgh. This structure benefits clients who can access advice from a local solicitor while at the same time receiving high-quality specialist representation from across the firm.
Drummond Miller mainly acts for individual clients and focuses on providing these clients and their families with specialist advice in niche areas, such as clinical negligence and immigration law, in addition to offering a full legal service in the core areas of family law, private client and property law.
The firm is committed to taking good care of its clients by achieving the best possible outcome for them and by providing them with clear and honest advice from the outset. All its people are fully committed and passionate about providing excellent client care. To the firm excellent client care means not only delivering a positive outcome but ensuring that throughout the journey clients understand the steps in their legal process and have confidence in the firm’s ability to provide a solution to their legal problem.
Types of work undertaken: The firm’s commitment to providing legal excellence in niche areas is underlined by the number of solicitors who hold accredited specialisations from the Law Society of Scotland. The firm has accredited Law Society specialists in the areas of clinical negligence, family law, immigration and personal injury.
Clinical negligence: the firm’s clinical negligence team is led by partners Liesa Spiller and Darren Deery. Both are highly rated within the industry and by UK Chambers and The Legal 500.
Liesa and Darren are both accredited in clinical negligence law by the Law Society of Scotland, and deal exclusively with claims for pursuers.
The team specialises in all types of clinical negligence claims including: birth damage; missed diagnoses; surgical; cancer; orthopaedic; GP failures; and nursing failures.
Family law: the family team is headed by Lynne Stratford who, as well as being recognised by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in this field, is also a trained collaborative lawyer and family law mediator.
The family team is spread across offices, allowing the firm to provide specialist advice at a local level. It has a large Court of Session practice in the Edinburgh office headed by partner Linsey Ferguson who undertakes a wide range of instructions on behalf of individual clients and other solicitors from throughout Scotland, including cases involving international child abduction.
The team is able to offer advice covering the whole spectrum of family law and strives to offer a personal and compassionate service to clients at some of the most difficult times of their lives.
General litigation: the general litigation team is led by partners Miranda Becher and Laura McDonagh. Miranda is an accredited specialist in personal injury litigation, whilst Laura is widely recognized as an expert in the field of Judicial Review.
The team undertakes a wide variety of cases in the Sheriff Court and Court of Session including personal injury, judicial review, commercial actions and statutory appeals. The team also handles Edinburgh agency work for a large number of solicitor firms from outwith Edinburgh, for which it is highly regarded.
Immigration law: the firm’s immigration team is unrivalled in Scotland in terms of both its size and the length of experience of its senior team members. David Brown, the department founder, has practised for over 25 years and is a Band 1 ranked lawyer by Chambers. David sits on the Accreditation Panel of the Law Society and is on the UNHCR Panel of solicitors.
Private client: the private client team is led by Charles Ogilvie. He has developed a particular expertise in guardianships, intervention orders and other matters relating to adults with incapacity.
The firm aims to achieve solutions for clients’ particular circumstances and communicate in easily understood terms.
Examples of the services it provides include: wills; trusts; inheritance tax planning; executries; powers of attorney; guardianship; finance and care for elderly people; administration of trusts and charities.
Other offices: Bathgate, Dalkeith, Glasgow, Musselburgh.
Main Contacts
| Department | Name | Telephone | |
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| Chair | David Brown | dbrown@drummondmiller.co.uk | 0131 243 1203 |
Lawyer Profiles
| Photo | Name | Position | Profile |
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Janey Armstrong | Partner | View Profile |
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Julie McMahon | Senior Associate | View Profile |
Staff Figures
Number of UK partners : 19 Number of other UK fee-earners : 82- Employment > Immigration
- Insurance > Medical negligence: pursuer