Ranked in 2 Practice Areas
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Band 1

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Band 2

Insurance

Scotland

4 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Catherine A Currie

UK

Practice Areas

Catherine has been a Partner and Solicitor Advocate with BTO for over 20 years and has worked in the Insurance and Defender Personal Injury sectors for over 35 years.

In that time, she has dealt with cases spanning the full range of personal injury and liability areas including RTAs, public, employers’ and product liability, and cases with an international dimension. She is the ‘go to’ lawyer at BTO for the highest value catastrophic injuries cases. She handles complex, high value and catastrophic injury cases including amputations, spinal and brain injuries, and fatalities for some of the UK’s largest insurers.

Catherine frequently becomes involved in cases from almost as soon as the accident has happened and works with her insurance clients to plan and implement a strategy through investigating liability and quantum issues with a view to achieving the best possible outcome. She has good relationships with her opposing solicitors and is able, through early intervention, discussion and collaboration, to negotiate effective solutions for her insurance clients. Catherine is adept at guiding such cases through to fruition often through the court process, but increasingly often without litigation, reflecting our clients’ aims of reducing claims lifecycles and cost.

She has extensive court experience, including as a solicitor advocate in the Court of Session, and is able to utilise her experience using the litigation process, where appropriate, as a tool to achieve the clients’ aims.

Career

Qualified 1987; BTO Solicitors LLP, Partner (2003 - present); Admitted as a solicitor advocate 2007.

Professional Memberships

Member for Scotland on the Forum of Insurance Lawyers Catastrophic Injury Sector Focus Group;

Member of All Scotland Personal Injury Court Personal Injury Users Group

Personal

Catherine enjoys walking, theatre and dancing.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Personal Injury: Mainly Defendant - Scotland

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Band 1
Individual Editorial
Catherine Currie acts for major insurance companies and their clients on the full gamut of personal injury matters. She offers particular strength in catastrophic injury claims arising from motor incidents, with further experience of food contamination issues.

Insurance - Scotland

2
Band 2
Individual Editorial

Catherine Currie is extremely well versed in insurance defence work, particularly with regard to high-value personal injury and fatality claims. A solicitor advocate, she has experience representing leading insurers in a wide variety of cases.

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