Gordon Dalyell > Digby Brown LLP > Edinburgh, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile

Digby Brown LLP
CAUSEWAYSIDE HOUSE
160 CAUSEWAYSIDE
EDINBURGH
EH9 1PR
United Kingdom
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Work Department

Head of network department.

Position

Gordon Dalyell qualified as a solicitor in 1990, and joined Digby Brown, as a partner, in 1998. He heads up the Network Department. He has wide experience in dealing with many areas of personal injury, including accidents at work, and road traffic accidents, as well as fatal accident claims and claims for miscarriages of justice.

Gordon obtained rights of audience as a Solicitor-Advocate (civil) in 2003. He has been accredited as a specialist in Personal Injury Law by the Law Society of Scotland. He is a Fellow of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) and has been the Executive Committee member for Scotland since 2010. He was President of the Association for 2019 – 2020, and is the current Treasurer.

He has given evidence, on behalf of the Association, to the Scottish Affairs Committee at Westminster, and to the Justice, and Economy, Energy, and Fair Work Committees at Holyrood. He has been involved in responding to consultations from, and engaging with, government at both UK and Scottish level.

Career

Trained Gillam Mackie; qualified 1990; partner Digby Brown 1998.

Memberships

Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) – Fellow, elected Executive Member for Scotland since 2010, and current Treasurer; Accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in personal injury; and Society of Solicitor Advocates.

Education

Edinburgh University (LLB (Hons) DipLP).

Lawyer Rankings

Scotland > Insurance > Personal injury: pursuer

(Leading partners)

Gordon DalyellDigby Brown LLP

Housing a sizeable team of highly experienced practitioners spread across the firm’s seven offices in Scotland, the practice at Digby Brown LLP is collectively steered by Fraser Oliver, Brian Castle, Mark Gibson, Gordon Dalyell, Chris Stewart, Euan Love, and Dawn McCafferty. Praised as ‘the best personal injury firm in Scotland’, the team regularly handles complex occupational injury and related cross-border litigation, with ‘impressive breadth and depth of experience’ in historical abuse claims, catastrophic injury and occupational hazard mandates. Neil Davidson is another key contact in the team and assists on RTA cases.