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Fiona Paterson

CALLED TO THE BAR 2003

Junior Counsel


Mediator Profile

Background

 

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



General Information

 


Directory Comments

 


Nature of Practice

 

Mediation


Fiona is a CEDR accredited mediator who has mediated a variety of disputes both as a lead and assistant mediator, including multi party commercial disputes, clinical negligence, personal injury and contractual disputes. She also contributed to CEDR’s response to the Chief Medical Officer’s Report Making Amends.



Specialist Information

 


Reported and other cases of Interest

 

R (on the application of P) v HM CORONER FOR THE DISTRICT OF AVON [2009] ewca cIV 1367

 

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



Clients

 


Publications

 
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’

Lectures and Seminars

 
Fiona has recently provided lectures to solicitors' firms on developments in regulatory law and the law on limitation, as well as claims under the Fatal Accident Act 1996.

Related Professional Activities

 

Member of:

AvMA
Professional Negligence Bar Association
Association of Personal Injury Lawyers
Justice



Other Information