Digby Brown Solicitors

Digby Brown Solicitors: personal injury claims in Scotland

Digby Brown Solicitors is a Scottish law firm focused on providing legal assistance to people who have suffered injuries through no fault of their own. The firm presents itself as a specialist in personal injury law and operates from seven local offices: Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Inverness, Kirkcaldy, Aberdeen and Ayr. Its work covers both claiming compensation and advising on funding the procedure.

Areas of accidents covered

The firm organises its work by type of incident. In the area of road traffic, it handles cases involving drivers, passengers, pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, buses and coaches, public transport, whiplash injuries and accidents with uninsured drivers. In the workplace, it covers accidents in agriculture and farming, construction, factories, fishing, offices, warehouses, shipping and the oil, gas and offshore sectors, as well as those caused by dangerous weather conditions.

The firm also handles claims for accidents abroad, including road traffic accidents outside Scotland, accidents on holiday, food poisoning while travelling, accidents on ships and aircraft, injuries to workers posted abroad and compensation for foreign nationals injured in Scotland. It also covers cases linked to asbestos exposure and industrial diseases: asbestosis, lung cancer, mesothelioma, pleural plaques and thickening, and silicosis.

Serious injuries, clinical negligence and other cases

The firm includes a specific section for particularly serious injuries, such as amputations, brain injuries and spinal injuries, along with fatal accidents and advice on welfare benefits. In clinical negligence, it addresses birth injuries, cerebral palsy, cancer misdiagnosis, dental, GP and gynaecological negligence, surgical errors, infected blood, care home injuries and birth cases. The list is completed by claims for defective products, faulty medical devices, laser eye surgery, food poisoning, foreign objects in food, criminal injuries, dog bites, horse riding accidents, beauty treatments and occupiers' and public liability.

Historical abuse and the Post Office Horizon scandal

The firm dedicates a line of work to historical abuse, with specific attention to the Scottish Redress Scheme and the Post Office Horizon scandal. It also maintains a frequently asked questions section about the claims process and how the case is funded.

Background and relationship with social organisations

The site states that Digby Brown has been helping people for over a hundred years. The company declares that it collaborates with Scottish organisations such as Asbestos Action, Back Up in Scotland, Brake, Cerebral Palsy Scotland, Clydebank Asbestos Group, Global's Make Some Noise, Headway, Horatio's Garden and Spinal Injuries Scotland. It has a trainee solicitor programme and its own training (Digby Brown Academy), as well as a case referral package for other professionals.

Cases and reviews

The website includes client stories, among them that of a nursery teacher knocked down by a 4x4 while cycling to work, that of a person left in a wheelchair after a workplace accident and that of a worker injured at a golf club. It also mentions settlements such as that of a father from Fife who obtained more than four times the initial offer after a hit-and-run, and that of a woman awarded more than £17,000 for a fall in an Edinburgh salon. The site shows an "Excellent" rating based on 3,635 reviews.