Terms of use

Published by Rooney Family Law Limited, solicitors, regulated by the Law Society of Scotland. Last reviewed 20th September 2026.

Who operates this site

Rooney Family Law Limited, a Scottish law firm regulated by the Law Society of Scotland, company number SC555767, 2 Candymill Lane, Hamilton ML3 0FD.

This site is information, not advice

The pages here describe the law of Scotland in general terms. They are not advice about your own situation and you should not act on them without taking advice. Law changes, and although we date every page and review them, we cannot guarantee that every page is current at the moment you read it.

What sending an enquiry does, and does not, do

If we take your enquiry forward, we undertake a limited piece of work for you, and nothing beyond it: we read what you tell us, ask for anything else we need, form a view on whether a specialist firm is likely to want the claim, and, with your consent, offer it to one. Before we give you any view on your claim we send you an email setting that scope out in writing, naming the solicitor responsible for it, and confirming that it costs you nothing. We do not conduct your claim, we do not correspond with anyone on your behalf, we do not gather evidence, and we take no step to protect the time limit. No one is acting for you in the claim itself until a solicitor confirms in writing that they have accepted your instructions and you have agreed their terms.

Time limits are your responsibility until someone is instructed

Most injury claims in Scotland must be raised in court within three years. Making an enquiry does not stop that clock running. If your time limit is close, say so, and do not rely on this service alone.

What our service is

We assess injury enquiries and, with your consent, refer those we consider worth pursuing to one specialist Scottish personal injury firm. That firm decides whether to accept your case. We do not run injury claims ourselves. Our view that a claim is unlikely to succeed is an opinion on the information you have given us, not a ruling, and you are free to take it elsewhere. You may instruct any solicitor you wish.

We are paid by the receiving firm

If a firm accepts a case we refer, it pays us a referral fee or a share of its fee, out of the fee it earns. Under our agreement with the firm that payment must not be added to, or increase, the success fee charged to you. You pay us nothing. Our how we work and fees page explains this in full.

Other sites

Where we link to other organisations, we do so because we think they are useful. We are not responsible for their content.

Copyright

The content of this site belongs to Rooney Family Law Limited. You may read and print it for your own use.

Law

These terms, and any dispute about them, are governed by the law of Scotland and subject to the jurisdiction of the Scottish courts.