Kiera Dargie becomes senior associate at Balfour and Manson

Ms Dargie joins the firm from the Medical Protection Society where she was medical negligence litigator within its Pathway 4B team. As part of this, she represented doctors in South Africa on a number of highly complex medical negligence claims.

Before this she spent seven years with Anderson Strathern where her case portfolio included complex claims in areas such as obstetric, ophthalmic and dental negligence. Many of these claims, settled for millions of pounds.

Ms Dargie was also a member of the sub-group of the personal injury committee of the Scottish Civil Justice Council, which at the time was considering pre-action protocols in medical negligence claims and, in 2015, she completed a one-year secondment at the Lord President’s Private Office.

Whilst there, she was at the forefront of discussions surrounding the implementation of the court reforms.

Welcoming her to Balfour and Manson, chairman Elaine Motion said: “Medical negligence remains a significant area of specialism and we are delighted that Kiera has joined us with her wealth of experience gained across a broad reach of national and international work.

“Not only does her medical negligence experience speak volumes, she has gained a vast amount of medical procedural knowledge too, which gives her a greatly rounded perspective of these matters which are crucial to every case. She will be a valuable addition to our litigation team.”

Ms Dargie said: “Whilst my law career has largely focused on medical litigation, I have covered a great deal of regulatory work, having been instructed by the General Medical Council and the General Dental Council in matters of judicial review.

“I firmly believe that the experience I bring to Balfour+Manson dovetails nicely with the firm’s long-standing pedigree and where my skills and experience will add value to clients who seek our help in these matters.”