Garry Ferguson

Practice Areas

Extensive experience across the full spectrum of defender personal injury claims. His practice includes cases involving injuries such as head/brain injury, amputations, neurological conditions, chronic pain, psychiatric and psychological disorders and fatalities.

He is regularly instructed in complex cases which have an international element to them involving arguments regarding jurisdiction and applicable law.

Garry is also an accredited civil and commercial mediator and regularly acts as a mediator in a wide range of disputes.

Career

Trained Boyds solicitors; qualified (1994); partner BTO Solicitors LLP (2013). Boyds (1992-95); McGrigor Donald (1995-97); Dundas & Wilson (1997-2007); career break (2007-10); BTO Solicitors LLP (2010 to date).

Professional Memberships

Garry is member of the Law Society of Scotland. He is also an active member of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL) and is a former Chair of FOIL in Scotland and Scottish representative on the FOIL UK National Committee. He is currently a member of the Scottish Major Loss SFT, and the (only) Scottish member on the FOIL UK Rehabilitation SFT. He is a member of the Insurance Fraud Investigators Group. He is also a member of the Scottish Mediation Clinic. He is also a member of ADR Group.

Personal

Running, particularly Scottish Parkruns; Member of the Gym Group; spending time with family; reading – principally thrillers; holidaying in the Kingdom of Fife.

Clients

• RSA

• American International Group UK Limited

• NFU Mutual Insurance Society Limited

• Chubb European Group Limited

• Newline

• Tokio Marine

• Riverstone Insurance Limited

• UK General Insurance Limited

Work Highlights

• £2.7million Court action arising from an accident at work, in which the pursuer, who had previously suffered traumatic amputation of two fingers, suffered a serious crush injury to his other hand.

• Instructed in a clinical negligence case by a software company, where a misdiagnosis of cancer lead to unnecessary surgical treatment.

• Employer’s liability, stress, bullying and harassment at work court action arising from alleged failure to address employee’s concerns over covid safety measures.

Industry Sector Expertise

Head/brain injuries

Chronic Pain

Fatal Claims

Amputations

Psychiatric/Psychological Disorders

Mediation/ADR

Languages Spoken

English

Experience

Garry has over 28 years’ litigation experience, which has involved working almost exclusively in the Defenders’ personal injury field. He has extensive experience across the full spectrum of defender personal injury claims. His practice includes cases involving injuries such as head/brain injury, amputations, neurological conditions, chronic pain, psychiatric and psychological disorders and fatalities.

He is regularly instructed in complex cases which have an international element to them involving arguments about jurisdiction and applicable law.

Garry understands the needs of his clients and guides them with an experienced, pragmatic, yet technically excellent hand. Garry has an insight and empathy which clients often report makes him a pleasure to deal with and enables him to build a rapport with clients, experts, witnesses and opposing agents in even the most challenging of cases.

Garry is also an accredited civil and commercial mediator.

Education