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

Harper Macleod LLP
THE CA'D'ORO
45 GORDON STREET
GLASGOW
G1 3PE
United Kingdom
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Position

Partner

Heather has experience in a variety of civil litigation including road trafficmedical negligence, credit hire, employer liability, public liability and beauty claims.  Heather specialises in complex personal injury reparation involving catastrophic injuries, fatalities, fraudulent claims, indemnity disputes, liability disputes and medical negligence.  In this role, Heather acts for a variety of insurance companies, private individuals and private companies in connection with litigated and non-litigated claims and regularly appears in Sheriff Courts throughout Scotland and handles a wide range of cases in the Court of Session.

Heather regularly provides training for clients’ on a variety of issues including developments in case law and aspects of Scottish court procedure.

Accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in Personal Injury, Heather has experience in a variety of civil litigation and specialises in complex personal injury reparation involving catastrophic injuries and fatalities.

Memberships

Heather is a member of the Chartered Insurance Institute, the world’s largest professional body dedicated to insurance and financial services. Within this role, Heather is also a member of her local Institute, the Insurance and Actuarial Society of Glasgow.

Education

LLB (Hons) Dip LP

Lawyer Rankings

Scotland > Insurance > Medical negligence: pursuer

With a dedicated personal injury and reparation department, Harper Macleod LLP is praised for its ‘unwavering diligence and determination to investigate every avenue‘ and regularly handles matters concerning surgical negligence, misdiagnosis, and treatment and prescription errors. Heather Calderwood leads the team, handling delay-related disputes, while Amy Dickson focuses on wrongful death claims. Craig McKellar is another key contact in the group.

Scotland > Insurance > Personal injury: defender

Harper Macleod LLP’s ‘well-organised and highly knowledgeable’ personal injury practice is situated within the firm’s wider insurance department and regularly handles industrial disease, road traffic accident and employ and public liability cases. Practice head Heather Calderwood has considerable experience in catastrophic injury and fatal claims, while ‘established and confident practitioner’ Suzanne McGarrigle is instructed on Covid-19 industrial disease mandates. Assisting with spinal injury cases and litigation, Amy Dickson is another key contact in the group.

Scotland > Insurance > Personal injury: pursuer

Harper Macleod LLP’s ‘exceptional’ personal injury team provides support to clients on road traffic accident cases, in addition to employers’ and public liability mandates and catastrophic injury claims. ‘Extremely able and experienced’ Heather Calderwood spearheads the practice, leading on employers’ liability, catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases. Calderwood is assisted by ‘outstanding’ personal injury specialist Amy Dickson, who regularly advises on occupational hazard matters. Craig McKellar is another key contact in the group.