Pursuers’ offers in Scottish civil litigation


Produced in partnership with Nicola Edgar of Morton Fraser MacRoberts LLP
Practice notes
Scottish Law

Pursuers’ offers in Scottish civil litigation


Produced in partnership with Nicola Edgar of Morton Fraser MacRoberts LLP

Practice notes
Scottish Law
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This Practice Note covers pursuers’ offers in Scottish civil litigation. For guidance on:

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    judicial tenders, see Practice Notes: Tenders in Scottish civil litigation—nature, purpose and expenses implications, Making and responding to judicial tenders in Scottish civil litigation and Tenders in multi-party Scottish civil litigation

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    expenses and taxation, see Practice Note: Judicial expenses and taxation in Scottish civil litigation

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    ADR, see Practice Note: Alternative dispute resolution in Scotland

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    other key areas of Scottish law and procedure, see our Scotland collection, and

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    the closest equivalent provisions applicable in England and Wales, see: Part 36 offers—overview which, in turn, links through to detailed guidance on various aspects, including Precedents, on Part 36

Key:

  1. •

    RCS—Rules of the Court of Session 1994

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    OCR—Sheriff Court Ordinary Cause Rules 1993

The rules highlighted throughout this Practice Note are those which are of particular significance but readers should have regard to the rules as a whole.

Reintroduction of pursuers’ offers in Scotland

On 3 April 2017, new rules came

Nicola Edgar
Nicola Edgar

Partner, Morton Fraser MacRoberts LLP

Nicola is a Partner at Morton Fraser MacRoberts LLP. She is an accredited specialist in personal injury law and certified by the Law Society of Scotland as a trauma informed lawyer. She is also highly experienced in dealing with clinical negligence litigation. 
 
Acting on behalf of both pursuer and defender clients, Nicola specialises in high value, complex claims with a particular focus on fatal claims. She regularly acts on behalf of individuals, large scale insurers, commercial clients and public sector clients and advises on a wide variety of claims including those involving employers' liability, public liability, cycling accidents, motor accidents, occupational disease and accidents abroad. She has successfully resolved medical negligence claims following delayed and missed diagnosis, together with negligent treatment. 
 
Nicola deals with pre-litigated cases in which she focusses on negotiating satisfactory settlements on behalf of her clients. If an agreement is not reached, she provides sturdy advice based on her extensive experience of conducting cases in both the Court of Session and the Sheriff Court. Nicola also has experience of dealing with Health and Safety litigation and has been involved in a number of major Fatal Accident Inquiries.
 
Nicola regularly writes on legal developments and she is also a Tutor on the postgraduate Civil Litigation course on the Diploma in Legal Practice at Glasgow University. 

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Pursuer definition
What does Pursuer mean?

The person raising a civil court action.

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