Laura Weir > Lanyon Bowdler > Shrewsbury, England > Lawyer Profile
Lanyon Bowdler Offices
CHAPTER HOUSE NORTH
ABBEY LAWN, ABBEY FOREGATE
SHREWSBURY
SY2 5DE
England
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Laura Weir
Work Department
Clinical/Medical Negligence Team
Position
- Partner, based in the Shrewsbury office.
- Represents clients who have suffered life-changing injuries, with a particular expertise in brain, spine and birth injury claims
Career
March 2017: Qualified as a solicitor, having trained at a Top Tier firm in London. As an NQ she moved to another Top Tier firm in London to focus her career on complex claims. Her caseload consisted of cases worth in excess of £1million and were predominately spinal and brain injury claims.
September 2020: Joined Lanyon Bowdler, following a return to Mid Wales.
June 2021: Promoted to Associate .
Her caseload is mixed and she represents clients who have suffered spinal injuries, birth injuries, delays in diagnosis of cancer and other life-changing injuries. She is also a supervisor on the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust maternity work, for which we are the lead firm, representing over 120 families.
Languages
Fluent Welsh speaker
Memberships
- An APIL accredited Litigator
- Member of AvMA and SCIL
Education
Law LLB – 2:1 from Aberystwyth University graduating in 2012
LPC- Distinction from University of Law, London graduating in 2013
Lawyer Rankings
West Midlands > Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
(Next Generation Partners)The ‘efficient and pragmatic’ team at Lanyon Bowdler adopts a ‘truly personal approach’ when dealing with cases involving birth, brain and fatal claims. It also frequently handles high-value cases relating to amputations and spinal injuries. Head of department, Beth Heath has considerable expertise in birth injury claims. Lucy Small handles many complex cases involving birth/brain injuries, as well as catastrophic and spinal injury claims. Small is also recommended for her work on amputation cases. Emma Broomfield has wide-ranging experience of handling a wide range of complicated cases, with a particular specialism in spinal injuries. Laura Weir was promoted to the partnership in January 2024. Natasha Gibbons is another significant member of the practice.
Lawyer Rankings
- Clinical negligence: claimant West Midlands > Insurance
- Next Generation Partners West Midlands > Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Family: elsewhere in the West Midlands
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the West Midlands
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in the West Midlands
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in the West Midlands
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Public sector > Education
- Employment > Employment