Robert Swanney
Direct Dial: 0141 566 9502
Email:
robert.swanney@digbybrown.co.uk
Robert Swanney is a Litigation Partner with Digby Brown, Solicitors who have offices in
Glasgow, Edinburgh , Dundee and Glenrothes. He has over 30 years’ experience in pursuer’s personal
injury claims. He has a special interest in head and spinal injury cases. Robert was a founding
Trustee of the Head Injuries Trust for Scotland and gave of his time as a legal counsellor in their
voluntary counselling service and was latterly Chairman. He provides a legal counselling service
for Spinal Injuries Scotland. Robert is an active speaker to Headway National Brain Injury
Association groups and to other similar groups throughout Scotland. Robert has written for Headway
their publication “Claiming compensation after Head Injury in Scotland”.
He is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in personal injury law, is a
member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers and of the American Association for Justice as
well as the Pan European Organisation of Personal Injuries Lawyers.
Robert has been involved in catastrophic injury cases not only in Scotland but also in other
European countries, and in Canada and the United States and has achieved many awards in excess of
one million pounds for individual clients.
In the last 12 months Robert has been responsible for recovering over £12 million pounds in
damages for clients with head or spinal injury. Chambers and Partners UK Guide has him as
Ranked No1 for personal injury (claimant) and describes Robert as a "big hitter. He will give you a
run for your money" because "he knows what he is doing," say opponents.
