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Quantifying a serious motor accident claim
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Vikki is currently Managing Partner for Scotland. She is a highly experienced litigator acting on behalf of insurance and commercial companies, dealing with a wide range of disputes throughout the Scottish Courts but particularly in the Court of Session, Edinburgh. Vikki's practice covers catastrophic and large loss RTA claims, indemnity and coverage issues, high value EL and PL claims, general insurance liability disputes as well as commercial litigation.
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Vikki is currently Managing Partner for Scotland. She is a highly experienced litigator acting on behalf of insurance and commercial companies, dealing with a wide range of disputes throughout the Scottish Courts but particularly in the Court of Session, Edinburgh. Vikki's practice covers catastrophic and large loss RTA claims, indemnity and coverage issues, high value EL and PL claims, general insurance liability disputes as well as commercial litigation.
Vikki has particular expertise acting for insurance and self-insured commercial entities and acts as the sole Scottish panel solicitor for a number of the firm's clients. Vikki handles a wide range of claims raised in both the Sheriff Courts and the Court of Session, including litigation in the Commercial Court Division.
She regularly handles high value claims including catastrophic injury claims, such as brain injury, amputation, and spinal injury claims, and fatal claims, arising from road traffic incidents, employers liability and public liability claims. She is often instructed by insurer clients to handle catastrophic and large loss claims from the pre-litigation stage, and also regularly handles litigated claims in the National Personal Injury Court and Court of Session. She has a strong local knowledge of Scottish experts and of the Scottish claimant solicitors who regularly pursue high value claims. Vikki is also regularly instructed for advice on policy coverage concerns arising from large loss cases.
Consistently highly ranked in Chambers, she is the only lawyer ranked at band 1 for Personal Injury Defender litigation in Scotland, and leads the only firm ranked at band 1 in the same category. The 2025 edition states that "Vikki is excellent. She is a go-to lawyer in this field of work." and “Vikki has good client knowledge allied to technical ability. She is one of the best.”
Vikki also takes a keen interest in Scottish Government reforms, legislative and lobbying processes, and has contributed to several working party consultation responses. Vikki has served previously as a Council Member of the Law Society of Scotland and most recently, she was appointed as a member of the Scottish Civil Justice Council’s Personal Injury Committee for a 3 year tenure from July 2022 - 2025.
Quantifying a serious motor accident claim
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