Tanya Gordon
Partner
Albany House, 58 Albany St, Edinburgh, EH1 3QR
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An accredited specialist in personal injury, with
particular expertise in retail sector claims.
Tanya is an experienced litigator who is instructed in a wide
variety of personal injury claims by her clients, including
accidents at work and road traffic accidents. She has particular
knowledge and expertise of the retail sector, and of occupational
stress and upper limb disorder claims. Tanya clients include
self-insuring businesses and public bodies, English agents and
insurers.
Tanya enjoys living in Scotland, and is enthusiastic about the
people, the history and holidaying in Arran with her family. She
recently enjoyed attending the Breast Cancer Care charity fashion
show in Glasgow, which Simpson & Marwick support every
year.
Career
Qualified 1994, joined Simpson & Marwick 1996, assumed
Partner 2003.
Accredited specialist in Personal Injury by the Law Society of
Scotland. Managing Partner of the Parliament House Department,
Simpson & Marwick. Trainee Partner, Simpson & Marwick.
A member of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL) and The Law
Society of Scotland.
Tanya is a regular contributor to and speaker at client
conferences, and both internal and external training events.
Recent notable work includes:
Hughes v Grampian Country Food Group Limited [2007] SLT
635. Tanya acted as Lead Partner in this Scottish Appeal
case which considered the interpretation of the Manual Handling
Operations Regulations 1992. The court held that to constitute a
manual handling operation, the activity required to involve the
supporting or transporting of a load.
Cross v HIE & WIE [2001] SLT 1060. Tanya
was involved as Assistant in the successful defence of this
occupational stress case, the first litigated in Scotland.
Specialisms