Peter Milligan
GENERAL INFORMATION:
MA in Accountancy (Aberdeen) (1986)
Dip. L.P. (Edinburgh) (1990)
Ad hoc Advocate Depute
Accredited Mediator (2006)
PRACTICE:
Peter has experience in many areas of civil litigation, including reparation, commercial litigation, construction law and professional negligence. His principal fields of practice include:-
- Personal Injury
- Insurance Litigation
Peter specialises in personal injury work in which he is instructed for both Pursuers and Defenders on behalf of Insurers, Loss Adjusters, Local Authorities and Trade Unions. He is instructed by many of the leading firms in Scotland. In addition to the Court of Session Peter has appeared frequently in the Sheriff Court. He has appeared in the House of Lords.
He has extensive experience of catastrophic claims, including in particular brain and spinal injury cases, claims in respect of industrial diseases (particularly asbestos related disease), psychiatric injury, work related stress claims and fatal claims.
In addition Peter has experience in commercial matters, such as building contract cases, arbitration and company law matters.
As an ad hoc Advocate Depute, Peter has prosecuted a number of cases in the High Court.
SELECTED CASES:
Personal Injuries
- McKie v Strathclyde Joint Police Board - Alleged fabrication of fingerprint evidence against a police officer
- Dingley v Chief Constable Strathclyde - Medical causation - trauma and onset of multiple schlerosis - Proof, Reclaiming Motion and House of Lords Appeal
- Harrison v West Of Scotland Kart Club & Others - Relevancy of claim against club
- Strang v Le Brusque - Jury awards for loss of society
- Morrison v Gardiner - Recent proof on behalf of pursuer regarding claim for multiple injuries sustained by motorcycle police officer
Other Cases
- H. J. Errington & Co. v Clydesdale District Council - Food safety case - listeria monocytogenes - whether Lanark Blue Cheese deemed "fit for human consumption".
- McMullen v MacKenzie - medical negligence - Failure to diagnose breast cancer
- ERDC Construction Ltd v H. M. Love & Co. (No.1) - Arbitration scope of arbiter's jurisdiction - claim quantum meruit (No.2) stated case regarding arbiters powers to allow amendment for damages for breach of contract
PUBLICATIONS AND SEMINARS:
Peter has regularly participated in training for the Devils in particular in matters of professional conduct and responsibility.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
- Member of the Advocates Personal Injury Law Group
- Member of the Advisory Committee to the Scottish Law Commission dealing with Damages for Psychiatric Injury
- Reporter for the Scottish Legal Aid Board