Andrew Smith

Also practises from Compass Chambers, Edinburgh. Andrew has considerable experience in a wide range of civil litigation. In addition to his varied civil caseload, He has also prosecuted before the General Medical Council. His principal fields of practice is clinical negligence, personal injury and insurance litigation, commercial and contract litigation. Personal injury and clinical negligence litigation is approximately half of Andrew’s workload. He has appeared on behalf of pursuers and defenders in many of the leading cases in this field in (at first instance and on appeal). He has led in the House of Lords and Privy Council on a number of occasions and has appeared in the Supreme Court. He has been retained for two further imminent appearances in the Supreme Court. Andrew has a wide experience of complex medical conditions especially neurological conditions. He has conducted many birth injury trials in Scotland, and has experience of negotiation of PPOs and is experienced in the conduct of exceptionally complex and medically controversial trials. Particular experience of handling of controversial medical expert evidence in court.

The University of Dundee (1985 LLB Hons; 1986 Dip LP); The University of Edinburgh (1987).