Year of Call: 1999

Areas of Practice:
- Personal Injury

Sandy Forsyth

Sandy Forsyth was a court solicitor in Glasgow for eight years before calling at the Bar in 1999. He specialises in personal injury litigation and has acted regularly in the Outer and Inner Houses of the Court of Session, and in the Sheriff Court, in cases of all values for both pursuers and defenders. He returned to the Bar in June 2011, following a break to complete undergraduate and postgraduate theology degrees.

Significant cases include:

Matthews v Glasgow City Council 2006 SC 349 - ambit of definitions of work and employees covered by the Construction Regulations.

Ashbridge v Christian Salvesen plc 2006 SLT 697 - application following proof of various Regulations at work.

Annandale v Santa Fe International Services Inc 2006 SLT 676 - allowance of issues for a jury trial in a high value case.

Dodds v Ministry of Defence [2006] CSOH 132 - liability after proof following military cadet training accident.

Ross v Pryde 2004 Rep LR 129 - meaning of section 1(4) of the Damages (Scotland) Act 1976.

 

Mobile: 07739 639 037

Email Sandy Forsyth