Rachel Henry
Rachel has 16 years’ experience, specialising in large loss and catastrophic claims for 10 years. She is highly-regarded in her niche expertise in defending catastrophic and complex claims. She deals with a wide spectrum of cases, including RTAs, employers’ liability, public liability and international claims. They primarily involve brain injuries, spinal injuries and chronic pain. She also deals with claims involving fatalities.
She has extensive knowledge in dealing with stakeholders and understands the importance of working closely with them to achieve the best outcome is achieved for each.
Rachel will often work alongside our regulatory team in early investigations of serious accidents.
Practice Area
Panel
- Contributing Author
Qualified Year
- 2008
Experience
- Clyde and Co (previously BLM / HBM Sayers) (2006 - Present)
Membership
- Law Society of Scotland
- FOIL
Qualifications
- Diploma (2006)
- LLB Hons 2:1 (2003)
Education
- GGSL (2005-2006)
- Glasgow University (1999 - 2003)
- Craigholme School (1986-1999)
1 Contributions by Rachel Henry
PRACTICE NOTES
ASPIC (All-Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court): Jurisdiction, Rules, Practice Notes, Timetables, Hearings, Sanction for Counsel, Digital Working and Statistics
The Court’s background and name
Section 41 of the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 empowered Scottish Ministers, with the Lord President’s consent, to provide, by order, that the jurisdiction of a sheriff of a specified sheriffdom, sitting at a specified sheriff court, extends territorially throughout Scotland for the purposes of dealing with specified types of civil proceedings. The Act came into force on 22 September 2015. From that date, the exclusive monetary jurisdiction of Scotland’s sheriff courts was increased from £5,000 to £100,000. The All‑Scotland Sheriff Court (Sheriff Personal Injury Court) Order 2015, SSI 2015/213, was the first, and, to date, the only, order made under the section 41 power. The key parts of this order are as follows:
Article 2(2): an all‑Scotland sheriff court sitting by virtue of this order is to be referred to as the Sheriff Personal Injury Court.
Article 3: this new court can deal with actions of damages for, or arising from, personal injuries or death of a person from personal injuries if Article 4 or 5 applies...
PI & Clinical Negligence
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