Scottish Judicial Rate increases by 22.8%: What it means for defenders’ reserves in personal injury cases
Litigation
Senior Associate
Ellen Andrew
Ellen is qualified as a Solicitor in both Scotland and England and Wales. She joined the liability claims defence team in August 2019. She has a varied practice which includes road traffic cases, fatal incidents and claims arising from workplace injury or the acts and omissions of occupiers. She has an established specialism in claims involving occupational disease including hand and arm vibration syndrome, respiratory disease, and stress. Ellen also handles clinical negligence claims, regularly advising clients in the aesthetics sector when faced with claims for compensation or incidents giving rise to reputational risk. She acts for insurer clients and self-insured businesses in cases litigated in both the Sheriff Courts and the Court of Session as well as in pre-action matters.
Ellen has been complimented on her pragmatic approach to litigation, and her tenacity, qualities which have helped to deliver success for our clients. She takes into account each client's commercial and reputational interests when devising strategies and tailors the advice she provides accordingly. She represents the firm at the Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL) Sector Focus Team for Disease.
Living Brodies' values
Ellen’s open, approachable, and positive attitude with her clients promotes a collaborative approach. She delivers clear, concise advice, with her client’s interests in mind.
Highlights
- Ellen is qualified as a Solicitor both in Scotland and in England and Wales.
- Co-editor and contributor to the Brodies Industrial Disease newsletter.
- She is a member of firm’s CARE team helping to support our charity partner; and a member of the management committee and a volunteer for a youth charity in Scotland.
Ellen Andrew dealt with one of our claims. From the outset, she had a clear plan of what we should do, understanding all the key issues and able to present them concisely. She was confident in her approach and clear in what she needed from us to proceed, which was very refreshing and reassuring. She knew what she wanted to do and executed it to a high standard, getting a great result for us. She was very knowledgeable and we were happy to trust her opinions.
Legal 500 UK 2025
Laura McMillan and Ellen Andrew stand out.
Legal 500 UK 2025
…Ellen Andrew - Client engagement is excellent; quality of reporting is also excellent.
Legal 500 UK 2025
