A Personal Injury User Group (PIUG) has been established, chaired by Sheriff Robert Fife.
Membership
- Sheriff Principal Mhairi Stephen
- Sheriff Robert Fife (Chair)
- Sheriff Christopher Dickson
- Sheriff John Mundy
- Sheriff Douglas Keir
- Sheriff Kenneth Campbell
- The Sheriff Clerk, Edinburgh
- Elaine Wilson, Head of Civil Department
- Fiona Pryke, ASSPIC Clerk and Secretary to the Users Group
- Rendall Garry, ASSPIC Clerk
- Fiona Cruickshank, ASSPIC Clerk
- Andrew Ireland, DAC Beachcroft
- Andrew Lothian, partner in DWF and FOIL representative
- Bruce Shields, Thompsons
- David McNaughtan, Advocate
- Gordon Tolland, Scottish Legal Aid Board
- Greg MacDougall, BLM Solicitors
- Natalie Gibb, Clyde & Co
- Norma Shippin, NHS Central Legal Office
- Peter Crooks, Lanarkshire Accident Law
- Richard Poole, Thorntons Law
- Simon Hammond, Digby Brown Solicitors
Contact PIUG
If court users have any matters which they wish to draw to the attention of the Court relating to Personal Injury procedures they should contact the Secretary to the Group - Fiona Pryke - by email: NationalPICourt@scotcourts.gov.uk
Alternatively such matters may be raised with members of the group who, if appropriate, will arrange for the topic to be discussed at the next meeting.
Rules
Settlement of Actions
Arising from discussions at the PIUG and from the operation of the rules it has been decided that when actions settle, agents (usually the pursuers' agents), should lodge with the Personal Injury Clerk; preferably by e-mail - the Personal Injury Action Settled (PIAS) form which may be printed off and lodged or downloaded, completed and e-mailed to NationalPICourt@scotcourts.gov.uk
Guidance Notes relating to the form are attached. Use of the form should reduce the need for unnecessary 'by order' hearings when actions have indeed settled and avoid agents having to appear to discharge proofs.
Contact
For further information please contact the Civil Department on 0131 247 2806 or email
NationalPICourt@scotcourts.gov.uk