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 Hamilton and South Lanarkshire
Hamilton is the administrative centre of South Lanarkshire and home to the sheriff court that hears injury claims from across a large part of the county, including East Kilbride, Motherwell, Wishaw and Bellshill.
Our head office in Airdrie is about twenty-five minutes away, and Lanarkshire is where the firm has been based since 1977.
Most of what we need comes from a first phone call. Where a meeting helps we come to you at home or in hospital, at no cost.
Claims we take on in Hamilton
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 →Hamilton Sheriff Court serves a wide area
Hamilton Sheriff Court is one of the busier civil courts in Scotland, covering South Lanarkshire together with Motherwell, Wishaw and Bellshill. If your claim needs local proceedings, that is where an action would be raised.
It is worth knowing that Lanarkshire is split between two courts, Hamilton for the south, Airdrie for the north, and the boundary does not always follow what people expect. We confirm which applies to your claim.
Hamilton Sheriff Court
Covers South Lanarkshire plus Motherwell, Wishaw and Bellshill. A busy court serving a large population.
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 around Hamilton
Hamilton sits on the M74 with substantial retail, public sector and logistics employment, and a residential belt stretching out through Bothwell, Blantyre and Larkhall.
The M74 and A725
A major freight route south, with the Raith interchange and A725 link carrying heavy traffic through the area.
Retail and town centre
Slips on wet floors, falls on stairs and escalators and car park accidents around the town centre and retail parks.
Public sector and care work
Council, health and care employment, where manual handling and patient handling injuries are the recurring pattern.
Logistics and distribution
Warehousing along the M74 corridor, with manual handling, forklift and loading-bay injuries.
Construction and housing
Ongoing residential development across South Lanarkshire, where falls from height remain the leading cause of serious injury.
Industrial disease legacy
Mining and heavy engineering in the area have left a long tail of deafness, vibration and asbestos claims.
Where Hamilton injuries are treated
How we gather your medical evidence
South Lanarkshire is served principally by University Hospital Hairmyres in East Kilbride, with University Hospital Wishaw covering parts of central Lanarkshire. 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 significant injuries we instruct an independent consultant to examine you privately at our cost.
Who would handle your Hamilton claim
Hamilton claims are run from our Airdrie head office, twenty-five 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.