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Frank Hughes

Frank conducts insurance related litigation across major and complex loss, emerging risks and international litigation, including to the UK Supreme Court. He is an accredited Specialist in Personal Injuries and has acted as an expert witness on solicitor's negligence. He tutored for many years in Public Law/Judicial Review at Glasgow University and he is a member of the core committee of the Law Society of Scotland, its Regulatory Committee. He has presented on many insurance related subjects throughout the UK and internationally. He is a former Chair of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers in Scotland.

Practice Area

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Qualified Year

  • 1989

Education

  • St Aidan's High, Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland

1 Contributions by Frank Hughes

ASPIC (All-Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court): Jurisdiction, Rules, Practice Notes, Timetables, Hearings, Sanction for Counsel, Digital Working and Statistics
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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