Isla Taylor

Isla specialises in a wide range of insurance claims including personal injury, fatal claims, motor, employer’s liability and public liability, property damage, fatal accident enquiries, contractual disputes and indemnity issues.

She has over 17 years’ experience advising clients across a range of sectors including insurance.

Isla personally handles high value claims (£250,000- £2,000,000) raised in the Court of Session and Sheriff Court. She is known for her pre litigation investigative skills and her ability to avoid protracted litigation. She has a reputation as a skilled negotiator and is frequently identified by clients as their solicitor of choice. In addition to running her own caseload, Isla also supervises junior members of the motor team dealing with lower value pre litigated Protocol claims and all litigated Sheriff Court tracks.

Relevant experience includes:

• Advising on pre litigation liability enquiries following a fatal road traffic accident in Scotland and the subsequent Court of Session action involving parties from South East Asia where complex issues of applicable law were raised in addition to the presence of vapour lock in the insured vehicle. Savings of over 80% were secured for the client.
• Securing prompt settlement of a claim where the pursuer claimed an inability to work due to accident related injuries. Early intervention via vocational rehabilitation identified significant non accident related alcohol abuse issues which significantly impacted on the pursuer’s ability to engage the appropriate treatment necessary to return to employment.
• On a fatal jury trial in the Court of Session involving an estranged family. The unusual step of securing witnesses from the pool of settled pursuers was taken to highlight misrepresentations made by estranged family members regarding the extent of their relationship with the deceased. The claim settled at the doors of court at the figures tendered months previously providing effective cost protection for the client in their defence.
• Securing an advantageous settlement for a brain injured teenager in a high speed road traffic accident following extensive investigation into issues of ex turpi causa non oritur action and indemnity.

Isla has been described as ‘extremely clever, personable and thorough, leaving no stone unturned when preparing a case’. (Legal 500 Personal Injury, Defendant 2018.)

In addition, Isla is a member of the Law Society of Scotland, a Notary Public and is a Law Society of Scotland Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law. She is currently studying under the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Scheme to practice as a solicitor in England and Wales.