It’s important to have the right people advising and supporting you when raising a claim and setting up a trust. It is not a one size fits all appr...

• 6 December 2021
• | Sarah Lonie
• | Robbie Wilson

Appellants seeking to bring late appeals in the Inner House of the Court of Session will have to show that they have ‘done all ...

• 14 August 2019
• | Catriona Watt

The Court of Session has dismissed an 

A court in a medical negligence case has decided that non-clinical hospital staff, as well as the clinicians, owe a duty of care to patients. The c...

• 8 November 2018
• | Robbie Wilson

The dangers of expert evidence in a medical negligence case being based on only one witness’s account where that account ...

• 1 October 2018
• | Robbie Wilson

The court has emphasised that where the actions of a professional are alleged to amount to a “failure”, it is necessary for the...

• 1 August 2018
• | Gary Burton

The English Court of Appeal has recently confirmed that the concepts of “dishonesty” and “lack of integrity” ...

• 30 May 2018
• | Catriona Watt

Medical negligence cases involving injuries at birth can present difficulty for pursuers when attempting to prove the facts.

• 9 October 2017
• | Robbie Wilson

The potentially serious consequences for registrants of a failure to attend disciplinary proceedings was confirmed in the recen...

• 24 July 2017
• | Catriona Watt

The Court of Session has ruled that a Minute of Amendment which would have introduced a new case into a medical negligence acti...

• 29 May 2017
• | Robbie Wilson

The Inner House has upheld a Lord Ordinary’s decision to refuse to allow a late Minute of Amendment in a medical negligence act...

• 7 April 2017
• | Robbie Wilson