The Forum of Scottish Claims Managers negotiated a Voluntary Pre-Action Protocol for Personal Injury Claims with The Law Society of Scotland which came into being in January 2006.
Since then, other voluntary Protocols have followed - here are links to all the Voluntary Pre-Action Protocols:
(all links are courtesy of The Law Society of Scotland and will open in a new window)
A Compulsory Pre-Action Protocol for Injury Claims (not disease) came into force for accidents on or after 28 November 2016