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 Paisley and Renfrewshire
Paisley is one of Scotland’s largest towns, with its own sheriff court and district general hospital, and Glasgow Airport immediately to the north.
That airport matters to the accident profile here. Airside ground handling, baggage, catering and maintenance work is physically demanding and carries a distinctive set of risks, alongside the town’s manufacturing and retail employment.
We cover Paisley from our Airdrie head office and visit clients at home or in hospital across Renfrewshire at no cost.
Claims we take on in Paisley
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 →Paisley Sheriff Court
Paisley Sheriff Court on St James Street covers Renfrewshire, including Paisley, Renfrew, Johnstone, Linwood and Erskine. Local civil actions would normally be raised there.
Most claims settle without proceedings, and for higher-value cases the All-Scotland Personal Injury Court in Edinburgh is often the better forum.
Paisley Sheriff Court
The local forum for Renfrewshire claims, on St James Street, covering Paisley, Renfrew, Johnstone, Linwood and Erskine.
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 Paisley
Renfrewshire combines airport and aviation employment with manufacturing, distribution and a dense town centre, and the M8 running through it.
Glasgow Airport and aviation
Ground handling, baggage, catering and maintenance work brings manual handling, vehicle strike and falls from height risks on a large scale.
The M8, A737 and A761
Heavy commuter and freight traffic, with the airport spur and M8 junctions seeing regular collisions.
Manufacturing and engineering
Machinery guarding failures, crush injuries and noise exposure across Renfrewshire’s manufacturing base.
Distribution and logistics
Warehousing around the airport and motorway corridor, with manual handling and forklift injuries the pattern.
Town centre and retail
Slips on wet floors, falls on stairs and trips on defective pavements around Paisley town centre.
Industrial disease
A textile and engineering history that continues to generate deafness, vibration and asbestos claims.
The Royal Alexandra serves Renfrewshire
How we gather your medical evidence
The Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley is the district general for Renfrewshire, so most local A&E attendances and fracture clinics are recorded there. Serious trauma is usually taken to the Queen Elizabeth in Glasgow.
We request your records directly from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde 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 Paisley claim
Renfrewshire 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.