Three questions that usually decide it
Was someone else at fault?
Another driver, an employer, an occupier or a manufacturer. Shared fault does not end a claim, it reduces it.
Was it in the last three years?
Scotland allows three years from the accident, or from diagnosis for an industrial disease. Children have longer.
Did you need treatment?
A GP or hospital record from the time is the single most useful piece of evidence in any claim.
Coatbridge is on our doorstep
Coatbridge is about ten minutes from our Airdrie head office and sits in the same sheriff court district. Nicola Crielly, one of the senior paralegals in our Airdrie office, was born and went to school in Coatbridge.
The town grew on iron and engineering, and that history still produces industrial disease claims today alongside the modern distribution and retail work that replaced it.
Most of what we need comes from a first phone call, and we visit at home or in hospital at no cost.
Claims we take on in Coatbridge
Accidents at work
Unsafe equipment, manual handling, falls from height and inadequate training.
Read more →Road traffic accidents
Drivers, passengers, motorcyclists, cyclists and pedestrians.
Read more →Serious injuries
Head, brain and spinal injuries needing lifetime care and support.
Read more →Slips, trips and falls
Public places, shops, workplaces and defective pavements.
Read more →Industrial disease
Deafness, HAVS, dermatitis, asbestos and occupational asthma.
Read more →No win – no fee
We fund the claim. Nothing to pay unless we win it for you.
Read more →Coatbridge claims go to Airdrie Sheriff Court
Coatbridge falls within the Airdrie Sheriff Court district, which covers North Lanarkshire. The court is on Graham Street in Airdrie, the same street as our head office, about ten minutes from Coatbridge.
Most claims settle without proceedings, and for higher-value cases the All-Scotland Personal Injury Court in Edinburgh may be the better forum.
Airdrie Sheriff Court
The local forum for North Lanarkshire claims, on Graham Street, the same street as our head office.
All-Scotland Personal Injury Court
A specialist national court in Edinburgh, hearing injury actions from anywhere in Scotland before judges who deal only with injury work.
Court of Session
Edinburgh. For the highest-value and most complex claims, including catastrophic and fatal cases.
How people get hurt in Coatbridge
Coatbridge was built on iron and heavy engineering. The works have gone but the health consequences have not, and the modern economy of distribution, retail and construction brings its own pattern of injuries.
Industrial disease legacy
Iron, steel and engineering work left substantial noise, vibration and asbestos exposure. Claims are still being diagnosed and brought today.
The A8 and M8
The main routes between Coatbridge, Glasgow and Edinburgh, carrying heavy commuter and freight traffic.
Distribution and warehousing
Manual handling, forklift and loading-bay injuries across the industrial estates around the town.
Construction and regeneration
Housing and commercial development across North Lanarkshire, where falls from height remain the leading cause of serious injury.
Retail and town centre
Slips on wet floors, falls on defective pavements and accidents in shops around the town centre.
Public and leisure facilities
Falls in leisure centres, parks and public buildings where maintenance or inspection was inadequate.
Monklands is the hospital for Coatbridge
How we gather your medical evidence
University Hospital Monklands in Airdrie is the district general for Coatbridge, so most local A&E attendances, fracture clinics and orthopaedic follow-ups are recorded there. Serious trauma often goes to the Queen Elizabeth in Glasgow.
We request your records directly from NHS Lanarkshire and your GP practice on your authority.
For industrial disease claims we also trace your full employment history, which usually means obtaining HMRC records going back decades.
Who would handle your Coatbridge claim
Coatbridge claims are run from our Airdrie head office, ten minutes away.
Our record
A 99% success rate
Across personal injury claims, built on preparing cases properly and being honest at the outset about the ones that will not succeed.
Millions recovered
We have helped thousands of injured people win millions of pounds in compensation, from minor slips to catastrophic injury.
Referred by other solicitors
Firms in Scotland and England send us their clients’ personal injury claims, which is the endorsement we value most.
“From the very first phone call to the last they were friendly, courteous and very professional. What helped a great deal was the way they kept me informed.”
“They were so professional, courteous and diligent throughout the process. My compensation came through at the high end of my expectations.”
Scotland has its own rules and timeframes
Scots law differs from the rest of the UK in ways that matter to your claim, which is why a Scottish solicitor is worth having.
Three-year limitation
Most claims must be raised within three years of the accident, or from the date you knew an illness was work-related. Miss it and the claim is usually lost.
Pre-action protocol
Scotland operates a voluntary pre-action protocol for personal injury. It sets out timescales for insurers to investigate and respond before court is needed.
No win – no fee
We fund the cost of running your claim. If we do not win you pay nothing, and any success fee is capped and agreed with you in writing first.