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.
Acting for injured workers across Glasgow
Glasgow has one of the largest and most varied workforces in Scotland, construction, hospitality, transport, warehousing, healthcare and the public sector. What they have in common is that every employer owes the same duties: safe equipment, proper training, risk assessment and the protective kit the job needs.
When someone is badly hurt at work in the city, there is almost always a failure behind it. Our job is to identify which duty was breached and who held it.
You do not need to come to us. We take the details by phone and visit at home or in hospital anywhere in Glasgow at no cost.
Claims we take on in Glasgow
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 a Glasgow work accident claim is heard
Glasgow Sheriff Court at Carlton Place handles local civil business, but many Glasgow work accident claims are better raised in the All-Scotland Personal Injury Court in Edinburgh, whose judges hear only injury cases.
The vast majority settle without a hearing. Employers’ liability insurers deal with the claim, not your employer directly.
All-Scotland Personal Injury Court
The specialist national court for injury actions, often the better forum for Glasgow work accident claims.
Glasgow Sheriff Court
The local forum at Carlton Place for lower-value actions arising in the city.
Court of Session
Edinburgh. For the highest-value and most complex claims, including catastrophic and fatal cases.
How people get hurt at work in Glasgow
The pattern follows the city’s employment base. These are the workplace claims we handle most often here.
Construction and regeneration
Falls from height, scaffolding failures, struck-by incidents and excavation collapses across the city’s development sites.
Hospitality and licensed premises
Kitchen burns, cellar hatch falls, wet floors and manual handling in bars, restaurants and hotels.
Warehousing and distribution
Manual handling, forklift and pedestrian incidents, racking failures and loading-bay falls.
Transport and delivery
Injuries to drivers and couriers loading, unloading and working at roadside, including vehicle strikes in yards.
Healthcare and care work
Patient handling injuries where staffing, hoists or training were inadequate.
Public sector and schools
Slips, trips, manual handling and violence at work in council, education and public-facing roles.
Where Glasgow work injuries are treated
How we gather your medical evidence
Serious workplace trauma in Glasgow is usually taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, with Glasgow Royal Infirmary covering much of the city centre and east.
As well as hospital and GP records we obtain your employer’s accident book entry, RIDDOR report where one was made, risk assessments, training records and any HSE investigation file.
For significant injuries we instruct an independent consultant to examine you privately at our cost.
Who would handle your claim
Glasgow work accident claims are 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.