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.
Covering East Kilbride and South Lanarkshire
East Kilbride is Scotland’s largest new town, with a big engineering and distribution employment base, an unusually road-dominated layout and one of the country’s largest covered shopping centres. All three shape the claims we see here.
We have long-standing connections across South Lanarkshire and have previously had a presence in the town. Our Airdrie head office is roughly half an hour away, and we are in this part of Lanarkshire constantly.
If getting out is difficult after an injury, we come to you, at home, in hospital or at Hairmyres, anywhere in East Kilbride, at no cost.
Claims we take on in East Kilbride
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 →East Kilbride claims go to Hamilton Sheriff Court
East Kilbride sits in South Lanarkshire, and local civil actions are raised at Hamilton Sheriff Court rather than Airdrie. It is a busy court covering Hamilton, East Kilbride, Motherwell, Wishaw, Bellshill and Blantyre.
Most claims settle long before that stage. Where proceedings are needed, we will advise whether Hamilton or the specialist All-Scotland Personal Injury Court is the better forum for your case.
Hamilton Sheriff Court
The local forum for South Lanarkshire claims, generally quicker and less costly than the national courts.
All-Scotland Personal Injury Court
A specialist national court in Edinburgh, hearing injury actions from anywhere in Scotland.
Court of Session
Edinburgh. For the highest-value and most complex claims, including catastrophic injury.
How people get hurt in East Kilbride
East Kilbride was designed around fast dual carriageways and roundabouts, with large industrial estates on the edges and a major covered shopping centre at the centre. The accident pattern follows that layout closely.
The A725 and A726
Fast dual carriageways with high-speed roundabout junctions, carrying commuter traffic between East Kilbride, Hamilton and the M74.
Engineering and manufacturing
A substantial precision engineering and manufacturing base, where machinery guarding, crush injuries and noise exposure are recurring issues.
Distribution and warehousing
Manual handling, forklift and loading-bay injuries across the town’s industrial estates.
The shopping centre and retail parks
Slips on wet floors, falls on escalators and stairs, and accidents in car parks across one of Scotland’s largest covered centres.
Underpasses and walkways
A new-town network of pedestrian underpasses and paths, where lighting, surface defects and winter ice cause falls.
Construction and housing
Continuing residential and commercial development, bringing falls from height and site traffic incidents.
Hairmyres treats most East Kilbride injuries
How we gather your medical evidence
University Hospital Hairmyres is the district general hospital serving East Kilbride, so most local A&E attendances, fracture clinics and orthopaedic follow-ups are recorded there. The most serious trauma may go to the Queen Elizabeth in Glasgow.
We request your records directly from NHS Lanarkshire and your GP practice on your authority.
For significant injuries we instruct an independent consultant to examine you privately at our cost.
Who would handle your East Kilbride claim
Your claim is run from our Airdrie head office by a named solicitor with in-house paralegal support.
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.