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Following today’s determination by Lord Brailsford at the Court of Session in Edinburgh, Mr Phee said: “I am delighted at the judgment and relieved that the court case is over.

“No-one expects to lose an eye when they go to play golf and adjusting to partially losing my sight has been a harrowing experience. I now just want to move on with my life.

“I would like to thank my legal team for their support and consideration throughout this long and distressing ordeal.”

As published in the Scots Law Times earlier this year, David Sandison discusses the likely impact of the Scottish Government’s response to the recommendations of the Scottish Civil Courts Review.

The National Audit Office have published a report confirming that workplace accidents and ill health in Scotland resulted in 2.5 million working days last year. The cost was around £187,000,000.

For free initial advice on all aspects of workplace accidents contact us on 0800 027 1480.

Lord Stewart, on 20th January 2011 upheld in the Court of Session an application by environmental campaigners Road Sense to restrict any award of costs against them when they proceeded with a case against the Scottish Ministers.

Manual handling accidents remain one of the main causes of occupational injury within the UK. More than a third of all three day injuries reported each year to the Health and Safety Executive and local authorities are caused by manual handling.