2009             Appointed to Attorney General's "C" Panel

2003             Called to the Bar
1994-2003    Solicitor practising in Scotland
1990-1991    Diploma in Legal Practice Edinburgh University.
1987-1990    Bachelor of Laws, Edinburgh University

Email: fpaterson@3serjeantsinn.com

Clinical Negligence and Healthcare - CLICK HERE TO SEE SPECIALIST PROFILE

Clinical negligence
Professional discipline
Group litigation
Professional negligence
Inquests
CEDR accredited mediator

Professional discipline - CLICK HERE TO SEE SPECIALIST PROFILE

GMC

GDC

HPC

NMC

Other work

Personal injury
Product liability

Dr Casey v General Medical Council (2011) NIQB 95

R (on the application of P) v HM Coroner for the District of Avon [2009] EWCA Civ 1367

Multiple Claimants v Sanifo-Synthelabo Ltd & Anr [2007] EWHC 1860 (QB)

Contributing author to Medical Treatment: Decisions and the Law - The Mental Capacity Act in Action Second Edition edited by Christopher Johnston and published by Bloomsbury Professional in December 2009 

August 2006 onwards – contributing editor to APIL’s ‘Personal Injury Law, Practice and Precedents and Personal Injury Manual’

Edited chapter entitled “Accountability” in ‘Medical Ethics: A Case Based Approach’ by Hendry, Schwartz and Preece, Saunders (2002)
Instructed by the GMC’s solicitors, Field Fisher Waterhouse to advise on Scots Law implications for GMC’s booklet, ‘Research; The Role and Responsibilities of Doctors’

Member of:

AvMA
Professional Negligence Bar Association
Association of Personal Injury Lawyers
Justice