Hamish Dunlop

Call 1991
Email hamish.dunlop@3pb.co.uk
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Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence

Hamish acts for both Claimants and Defendants in all types of personal injury claims in the High Court and County Court. His practice covers:

• industrial accident and employer’s liability cases (offices, industry and construction)
• industrial disease and deafness claims
• actions against the MOD involving service personnel
• fatal accidents
• occupiers’ liability
• product liability
• road traffic accidents (including those involving low velocity impact)
• Highways Act claims
• leisure/sporting accidents
• marine accidents
• proceedings against clubs and societies
• assault
• injury at school
• fibromyalgia and claims involving alleged malingering.

His workload includes high value claims involving: serious multiple injuries; housing requirement; lifetime personal and medical care. 

Hamish undertakes clinical negligence claims involving both injury and death. 

He is willing to accept instructions under a conditional fee agreement.

Notable Cases

Cook v Kurwa and Turner (2007)
Claim against treating clinicians alleging late diagnosis of malignant tumour.

Evans v Oxford Radcliffe Hospital (2007)
Suing on behalf of a widow (and executrix) for the death of her husband. Claim alleged negligence in the course of operative procedure to treat an aneurysm.

Fellows v John Werrell & Sons (2004):
Junior in High Court action arising out of an accident at work. Case involved a cauda equina lesion; life-long severe disability;

Kwumasi v Sarfo (2006);
RTA in which Claimant suffered significant spinal damage and rendered a paraplegic;

Sorensen v Royal United Hospital NHS Trust (2006)
Suing on behalf of a widow (and executrix) for the death of her husband. Claim alleged negligence in their treatment of him as his condition deteriorated from hypoxia and hypotension.

Timmings v Ministry of Defence (2007);
representing a soldier who suffered traumatic brain injury in an accident at work.

Woodcock v Ministry of Defence (2005):
representing a soldier who suffered a serious brain injury while on manoeuvres in Kosovo;