Graeme Watson
Partner
Albany House, 58 Albany St, Edinburgh, EH1 3QR
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A Solicitor Advocate who heads our "excellent and
efficient medical defence team."- The Legal 500 2010.
Graeme specialises in medical and professional negligence and
professional disciplinary and regulatory work. He leads the firm's
Healthcare Unit, which is rated highly in both Chambers and The
Legal 500 Directories. As a solicitor advocate, he represents his
clients in all courts, and well as in disciplinary matters before
the General Medical Council and other regulatory bodies. His
professional negligence practice includes surveyors, accountants
and insurance brokers. Graeme is a standing adviser to the Royal
Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Graeme followed his childhood ambition to become a lawyer,
having discounted his other preferred occupation of war
correspondent. His favourite film is Dr Strangelove.
Career
Qualified 2000, joined Simpson & Marwick 1998, assumed
Partner 2008.
Co-editor of Simpson & Marwick Information Bulletin (SMIB),
Member of the Training Committee, Simpson & Marwick.
Solicitor Advocate. A member of the WS Society, Association of
Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers and The Law Society of
Scotland.
Graeme is standing advisor to the Royal Institution of Chartered
Surveyors. He speaks regularly at client conferences and delivers
training seminars both internally and externally.
Recent notable work includes:
B v Poor Sisters of Nazareth (2008). A House of
Lords decision, Graeme was involved in the successful defence of
this case which considered the scope of time bar provisions in
cases of historic abuse.
Sim v Strathclyde Fire and Rescue (2010).
Graeme acted as Junior Counsel in this action concerning the
collision between a fire engine and a motorcycle. The successful
and complex defence included an expert toxicology report and
accident reconstruction evidence, computer reconstruction and DNA
evidence.
Specialisms
18 January, 2012
In the last issue of SMIB we offered you a pick-n-mix of eight
short articles; this time we have a slightly heavier meal of five
more complex cases. We are sure, however,
18 January, 2012
The independent review of health and safety legislation chaired
by Professor Ragner Lofstedt was published on 28 November 2011,
along with the government's response. They have some interesting
implications, which are sure to
13 October, 2011
Supreme Court rules that pleural plaques will remain compensable
in Scotland.
The decision
Six years on from the first instance ruling in England that
pleural plaques were not a compensable injury, the Supreme Court
has
26 August, 2011
We have a relatively large number of cases for you this time.
Some of them are deeply tragic, such as one involving soldiers
killed while serving in Iraq, or another in which
1 April, 2010
Marinello v City of Edinburgh Council - [2010] CSOH
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The defenders employed the claimant as a community service
assistant. His job was to supervise offenders sentenced to
community service. He alleged he had
1 February, 2010
Findleton v Quarriers [2010] CSIH 99
In a very important decision, the Inner House - Scotland's
appeal court - has revisited the question of whether a claimant can
have separate actions for separate