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.
Edinburgh’s roads, and the claims they produce
Edinburgh combines a dense historic centre with a busy orbital bypass, trams sharing road space with cyclists, and a large pedestrian and tourist population. The collision profile reflects all of that.
We act for anyone injured through another road user’s negligence, and where the driver is untraced or uninsured we pursue the claim through the Motor Insurers’ Bureau.
Both specialist injury courts sit in Edinburgh, and our solicitors appear in them.
Claims we take on in Edinburgh
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 →Where an Edinburgh road traffic claim is heard
Most Edinburgh road traffic claims that need proceedings are raised in the All-Scotland Personal Injury Court, which sits in the city. The Court of Session at Parliament House takes the highest-value and most complex cases.
The majority settle without any hearing once liability and medical evidence are established.
All-Scotland Personal Injury Court
The specialist national court for injury actions, sitting in Edinburgh before judges who hear only injury cases.
Court of Session
Edinburgh, at Parliament House. For the highest-value and most complex claims, including catastrophic and fatal cases.
Edinburgh Sheriff Court
Chambers Street. The local forum for lower-value actions arising in the city and the Lothians.
Where collisions happen in Edinburgh
Some patterns recur often enough here to be worth naming specifically.
The A720 City Bypass
Heavy commuter traffic and high-speed collisions around the Sheriffhall, Straiton and Hermiston junctions.
Tram tracks and cyclists
A recognised hazard where wheels catch in the rails. These claims turn on layout, signage, surface and maintenance.
City-centre junctions
Multi-lane one-way systems shared with buses, taxis and delivery vehicles, where turning collisions are common.
Pedestrians and tourists
Crossings and junctions in a city centre with very high footfall, including reversing and failure-to-give-way incidents.
Motorcyclists
Among the most seriously injured road users, frequently in vehicles turning across their path.
Winter and gradients
Steep streets and untreated surfaces that make loss of control markedly more likely in cold weather.
Where Edinburgh collision injuries are treated
How we gather your medical evidence
Serious road trauma in Edinburgh is taken to the major trauma centre at the Royal Infirmary at Little France, with injured children treated at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People on the same site.
Alongside medical records we obtain the police report, dashcam or CCTV footage and vehicle damage evidence, all of which disappear quickly.
For significant injuries we instruct an independent consultant to examine you privately at our cost.
Who would handle your claim
Edinburgh road traffic claims are led by April Meechan in our Court of Session office.
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.