Personal Injury Claims in Inverness

Last reviewed August 2026

Injured in Inverness or the wider Highlands

Injured in or near Inverness and it wasn’t your fault? Here is how a claim works under Scots law.

Inverness is the hub of a region the size of a small country. As the Highland capital it draws in workers, shoppers, patients and large numbers of visitors, from a catchment stretching from the Black Isle to the west coast, and the city has grown steadily. That combination of long rural journeys, a busy visitor season and a compact city centre shapes the accidents that happen here. Where another person or business is to blame, a claim may be possible.

Highland roads and workplaces

Roads dominate. The A9 south to Perth, subject of a long-running dualling and safety programme, carries heavy commuter and tourist traffic. The A82 runs down the shore of Loch Ness towards Fort William, the A96 heads east to Nairn and Aberdeen, and the Kessock Bridge takes the A9 north to the Black Isle. Many of the region’s collisions happen not in town but on fast single-carriageway and single-track roads, on the North Coast 500 tourist route, and in the winter conditions that come with Highland driving. Distance, speed and delayed help are part of why a rural crash can result in serious injuries.

In the city itself, employment centres on tourism and hospitality, the public sector and Highland Council. Add healthcare around Raigmore Hospital — the main hospital for the whole of the Highlands — the University of the Highlands and Islands, retail at the Eastgate Centre, and a growing renewables and construction sector.

Claim types that commonly apply across the Highlands include:

• Road traffic collisions on the A9, A82 and A96 and on rural single-track roads
• Accidents at work in tourism, healthcare, construction, forestry and the public sector
• Slips, trips and falls in the city centre, at visitor attractions and on poorly kept premises
• Injuries to visitors touring the region who were hurt through no fault of their own

How a claim works if you’re in the Highlands

Anything that happens in and around Inverness is dealt with under Scots law, which stands apart from the law used elsewhere in the UK. You would be the pursuer and the party responsible the defender. The large majority of claims are settled by agreement and never reach a hearing. Where a case does need to be raised, it is generally handled by the All-Scotland Personal Injury Court in Edinburgh, or by the Court of Session for the most serious and valuable claims. Because so much is done by phone, email, post and video, the distance between the Highlands and Edinburgh is rarely a practical obstacle.

You usually have three years from the accident — or from the point you realised an injury was connected to it — to bring a claim, under the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973. The limit works differently for children and for those who lack capacity, so it’s worth checking early, particularly if you were injured while travelling and have since gone home.

After any accident, once you are safe, try to record what happened and gather the details of the other party and any witnesses. Have your injuries seen and documented too, whether at Raigmore, a local surgery or an out-of-hours service. That early record often proves valuable later, and our guide on what to do after an accident walks through the steps in order.

No win, no fee

Most Highland claims run on a speculative fee agreement — the Scottish form of no win, no fee — usually with QOCS protection, so a genuine claim that doesn’t succeed need not leave you facing the other side’s bill. The free claim check is a no-obligation way to see whether a specialist Scottish solicitor can help, wherever in the Highlands you are.