Personal injury: defender

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Carly Forrest
Brodies LLP
Carly is a Partner and Solicitor Advocate who has worked exclusively in the personal injury field for almost 20 years handling a full range of EL, PL and motor claims. Her specialty is in catastrophic injury claims involving head/brain injuries, severe spinal conditions and amputations as well as psychiatric and psychological disorders. Carly is also extremely experienced at handling fatal claims having defended a case which reaffirmed the law in relation to secondary victim claims and having represented her insurer clients in the UK Supreme Court. Carly routinely assists insurers and their policyholders in the immediate aftermath to coordinate post-accident investigations as well as their internal and external communication strategy and approach. She is often instructed at the outset of a claim, well before any litigation has commenced to assist develop a clear defence strategy. Carly also frequently assists clients negotiate and conclude any claim/s well in advance of any court proceedings being raised.
Pamela Stevenson
Weightmans LLP
Pamela joined Weightmans in Glasgow in September 2014 as an Insurance Partner. She has worked exclusively in the personal injury field her entire career. She qualified as a solicitor in 1999 following the completion of her traineeship with Thompsons Solicitors, one of the largest pursuer personal injury practices in Scotland. At Thompsons, she worked within their disease department dealing with a diverse case load including claims for bladder cancer, asthma, silicosis and asbestos related diseases. In December 2001, Pamela moved to bto solicitors, an insurance defender firm, as she was interested in approaching claims from a different perspective. Her caseload was very diverse including all types of employers liability, public liability, disease, motor, fatal, stress/harassment at work, medical negligence, professional negligence and consumer protection claims where there was a personal injury element. In April 2011, Pamela was assumed as a Partner of bto, and headed up their Disease team although her remit also involved running the £50,000 to £500,000 team. Through the work undertaken for one of bto's insurance clients, she managed to secure instructions / nominations from two large insureds to deal with their asbestos cases. Pamela was also part of the Marine Team at bto dealing with personal injury claims arising from accidents or the contraction of illnesses/diseases whilst on board ships or in shipyards. Pamela’s in depth technical knowledge and pragmatic approach has resulted in her being viewed by a number of clients as their "first port of call" both for dealing with claims and providing ad hoc advice. Pamela has been involved in a number of high profile cases, including Amanda Chinn v Cyclacel (2013) where she successfully defended a preliminary proof on time bar in a WRULD claim, and Mair v Amey (2013), where she obtained judgement for her client in an action arising from alleged defects in the road and the defenders failure to inspect and repair. She also recently obtained abandonment for her insurance clients in a Lyme Disease and COPD claims. The Lyme Disease abandonment was a significant result as liability had been admitted and an interim damages payment had been made pre litigation. Pamela is also an active member of FOIL Scotland.
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Sarah Morris
Ledingham Chalmers LLP
Sarah is a partner in the firm’s Edinburgh office, which undertakes exclusively litigation work with an emphasis on work in Scotland’s higher civil court, the Court of Session. Sarah also deals with referral work in the Court of Session for solicitors outside Edinburgh. Her focus is on work for public sector clients and major insurers. Acts for one of the UK’s largest general insurers, handling a large volume of damages claims in both the Sheriff Courts and Court of Session. Experienced in defending reparation claims involving public liability, home liability, motor and employer liability. Handles property disputes, including high-value-subrogated claims for insurers seeking to recover their outlays. Sarah also deals with commercial work in the Court of Session, including contractual claims against both public sector and non public sector organisations, intellectual property and interdict claims, as well as media work including defamation and privacy. Sarah oversees the debt recovery work in the Edinburgh office. Advises on pre-action recovery, the tracing of debtors abroad, the raising of proceedings and enforcement.

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