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Graham Primrose QC

Queen's Counsel : 2008 Year Of Call : 1993 Ad-hoc Advocate Depute: 2007 to date Areas of practice Commercial Law Employment And Discrimination Law Fatal Accident Inquiry Health And Safety Law Medical/Clinical Negligence Law Personal Injury Law Professional Negligence Law Property Law And Conveyancing

Summary

Graham Primrose QC has a wide and varied broadly civil practice, with particular emphasis on reparation and professional negligence. He also practices in the areas of employment, property and commercial law. He is regularly instructed by several high profile organisations, including Strathclyde Police, Scottish Power and various large Insurance companies. He has particular knowledge of, and expertise in, cases relating to shipping and offshore oil and gas installations. He has appeared in several Fatal Accident Inquiries.

Experience

Graham Primrose has experience in all of the courts in Scotland from the Inner and Outer Houses of the Court of Session to Sheriff Courts. He has appeared at the Employment Appeal Tribunal as well as the Employment Tribunal and at Fatal Accident Inquiries.

Selected cases

• Kelly Morton v West Lothian Council [2008] CSIH 18 - Reclaiming Motion on liability in Personal Injury case before Inner House, Court of Session (opening speech). Proof - Kelly Morton v West Lothian Council [2005] CSOH 142
• Tracey Ormsbey v Chief Constable, Strathclye Police [2008] CSOH 143 - 3 week proof on liability in respect of Chief Constable's duty towards an office at public demonstration
• Balfour Beatty Limited v Gilcomston North Limited & others [2006] CSOH 81 - 6 day procedure roll (3 parties) on interpretation of insurance and indemnity clauses in a construction contract (opening speech)
• Variety of Personal Injury cases, including: Johnston v Amco and Alexander Stuppart v Bonar Textiles

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