Lanyon Bowdler

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Adam Hodson

Senior Associate solicitor Adam has a keen interest and speciality in dealing with claims involving: Delayed diagnosis / missed diagnosis; Surgical errors; Cancer cases (including delayed diagnosis and incorrect treatment); Deaths and Inquests.

Andrew Pegg

Partner and head of Dispute Resolution Team. Acts for a wide range of clients from individuals to national and multi-national companies advising on a wide variety of disputed matters including contracts, negligence, nuisance, insolvency, land and judicial review. Particular sectors include manufacturing, construction and agriculture as well as professional negligence. Recent instructions include a multi-million pound dispute regarding manufacturing machinery and a complex contractual dispute regarding a long and ambiguous supply chain.

Beth Heath

Partner and head of the Clinical/Medical Negligence Team. Beth combines a uniqueness of professionalism with compassion and empathy. She specialises in high value, complex cases – mainly maternity claims. She acts for a high number of children who have suffered brain damage at or around the time or their birth. She is determined and passionate about obtaining life-changing results for her clients. She is praised for her wealth of experience in drafting multi-million pound Schedules of Loss and her knowledge of the figures.

Brian Evans

Managing partner and head of agriculture. Experienced litigator used to dealing with many types of commercial disputes, including shareholder and partnership duties, agricultural disputes, contractual disputes and insolvency matters. Other sectors worked in include manufacturing, construction, health and social care and leisure. Brian is a CEDR accredited mediator. Although his mediation practice encompasses a variety of commercial sectors and general civil litigation he has a particular interest in mediating disputes in the agricultural sector.

Caroline Yorke

Associate Solicitor – Family Law. Divorce, matrimonial finance, private law children applications, domestic abuse relief. Caroline has built up a wealth of experience in all areas of family law and is an accredited specialist member of Resolution in 2007, for financial relief on divorce and domestic abuse.

Claire Vale

Associate Solicitor She acts for individuals in a variety of different matters, including claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, probate claims, substitution and removal of personal representatives, rectification of wills and professional negligence. Claire also has experience of post-death cases involving financial abuse by attorneys and the recovery of monies to the estate.

Claire Yardley

Partner, Dispute Resolution Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation and Property Litigation Acting for companies and Individuals in matters including Contractual Disputes Negligence Claims Property Disputes Company Disputes Cohabitation Disputes County courts, High court and Property Tribunal Matters Mediation

David Pugh

Partner David has been working in the Private Client Team since 2013 and handles all types of work including the administration of estates.

Dawn Humphries

A partner and head of the Personal Injury Department, who specialises in serious and catastrophic, brain and spinal injuries arising from RTA and accidents at work resulting in damages in excess of six figures. She has a number of high profile work related stress cases, including specialist military post traumatic stress, and secondary victim claims occurring both within the UK and during tours of duty overseas. She is committed to using mediation as an alternative in dispute resolution to trial, an advocate of early interim payments for rehabilitation, case management, care accommodation, aids and equipment and vocational support.

Debbie Humphries

A partner at the firm. Debbie has experience in all types of personal injury claims. She represents clients who have sustained life changing injuries in a wide variety of circumstances including road traffic accidents, accidents at work and accidents where they are visitors. She has also represented a number of families where accidents have tragically resulted in the loss of a child or partner as a result of someone else’s negligence. Debbie has also assisted claimants whose complex medical backgrounds prior to their accident has required understanding and sensitivity to ensure a successful conclusion. Debbie’s role is to secure compensation and support that will provide clients with whatever they need for the rest of their lives. Debbie is focused on engaging high quality rehabilitation to ensure clients achieve the best recovery with the right professionals. She has established care packages with case management input, occupational therapy, speech therapy and psychology input securing substantial interim payments to fund these when needed and ensuring that her clients have the opportunity to achieve their best outcome and get to live their best lives. Debbie is recognised as a Senior Litigator with the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers.

Edward Burrell

Ed is a partner at Lanyon Bowdler and advises clients on a variety of aspects of corporate and commercial law with particular expertise in corporate transactions, including company/business sales and purchases.

Edward Rees

Partner and head of Private Client Team, specialising in wills, tax planning, trusts, administration of estates and lasting powers of attorneys.

Emma Broomfield

Clinical Negligence partner at Lanyon Bowdler with 20 years specialist experience acting on behalf of claimants. She acts on behalf of individuals with cerebral palsy, catastrophic brain injury, spinal injury, cancer and amputees as well as on a wide range of cases involving misdiagnosis, inadequate treatment and surgical error.

Grainne Walters

Partner and head of Corporate and Commercial Department, specialising in corporate finance advisory and transactional work for private companies. Particular expertise in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholders agreements, private equity, corporate reorganisations and growth companies. Also experienced in a wide range of commercial matters including renewable energy projects, internet and e-commerce issues, agency distribution arrangements and trading documentation.

John Merry

John is senior partner at Lanyon Bowdler and head of the Employment Department. He acts for employers of all sizes from small businesses to large national and international concerns, including in relation to business transfers, the preparation of contracts of employment, effecting dismissals and conducting in-house training. John advises both employers and employees in connection with employment tribunal proceedings and appeals and is an experienced advocate.

Karen Clarke

Karen has over 28 years’ experience in personal injury litigation at Lanyon Bowdler acting mainly for the claimant although she has been instructed by defendant companies for bespoke work. In 2021 she completed her Legal Executive (FCILEx) examinations alongside working and received recognition whilst doing so by being promoted to Associate. She is a member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers where she is recognised as a Litigator. In 2023, following the new Fast-Track Team being established, and in recognition of her skills and vast experience, her caseload changed to become almost exclusively high value multi-track work. She therefore now concentrates on working on complex, heavyweight cases, including brain and serious orthopaedic injuries and fatal claims. Karen is particularly skilled in maximising quantum on cases which have impacted upon clients more seriously than first envisioned. Karen has worked closely with case managers and worked on a case which was extremely complex, managing a young man with severe traumatic head brain injury and health and wellbeing concerns alongside the needs of significant family members where there was a strained family dynamic which required careful, coordinated management from both the case management and litigation perspectives in order to proceed in the clients’ best interests. Karen’s caseload currently includes complex cross-border and international law claims, developing her palate and skills for navigating differing legal, medical, and financial systems. She is minded toward communication and fair but generous settlement, with a forthcoming Joint Settlement Meeting with an estimated value upwards of £7.5 million for a brain injury motorcyclist. Karen also continues to work alongside Debbie Humphries on her high value serious injury cases, including brain injury. Karen is Secretary to the firm’s Charity Committee, with a focus on fundraising for local, staff-selected charities. She also recently ran a Dark Run to raise money for Hope House. Karen is extremely popular with clients due to her detailed, compassionate and down-to-earth approach. Recent client feedback stated, “I would like to express my sincere thanks to Karen Clarke who took on this case. She has worked with dedication and efficiency throughout the last 2 years, giving advice and recommendations to enable this claim to be finalised very satisfactorily. Communication has been clear and precise throughout.” She has been described by Counsel as a “fearsome litigator who charms her clients”. She is well respected by the case managers who she works closely with which has led to client referrals. She has been recommended by defendant insurers to their family members when they have required assistance with a personal injury claim.

Kevin Thomas

Partner specialising in all areas of private client work, particularly drafting wills and inheritance tax planning. Also deals with estate administrations (many involving significant agricultural property), trusts (some involving landed estates) and prepares powers of attorney.

Laura Weir

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

Lucy Small

Lucy has over 20 years experience in both clinical negligence and personal injury litigation acting solely for the victim. Lucy has a wide range of experience of medical negligence work including ophthalmic, orthopaedic, obstetrics and gynaecology, oncology, cosmetic surgery and GP care and has significant experience in complex fatal clinical negligence claims.

Lucy Speed

Partner / Court of Protection Specialises in all Court of Protection matters including: Contentious and non contentious applications to the Court of Protection, for the appointment of a deputy, making statutory will, health and welfare matters and any matter on which the Court is needed. Ongoing management of professional deputyships, whether in litigations or not, including the most challenging and complex matters.

Natasha Gibbons

Natasha represents patients and families across England and Wales who have been affected by medical negligence. She is accredited by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) and is recognised as a Leading Associate by the Legal 500. She is passionate about achieving justice and compensation for her clients and improving the standards of medical care and practice. She is praised by her clients for her friendly and reassuring nature, her efficiency and her determination to secure the best possible outcomes for them. Natasha has a keen interest in cases relating to spinal injuries and cancer diagnosis. She has successfully secured settlements for her clients in a wide range of complex and sensitive cases including: Spinal cord injury Surgical errors Fatalities (including stillbirths, neonatal and maternal deaths) Spinal injuries Brain injuries

Neil Davies

Partner and head of Court of Protection Department, acting as professional deputy for clients with acquired brain injuries. Specialising in contentious financial and welfare applications to the Court.

Philippa Pearson

Partner, Family Law Philippa is highly experienced in family law including both divorce and the separation of cohabiting couples, especially in mid-high net worth cases.

Phillip Roberts

Partner Deals with all types of personal injury claims including RTAs and accidents at work particularly specialising in farming and HGV accidents and also fatal accident claims.

Praveen Chaudhari

Head of Property Department, acts for landlords, tenants and developers in all aspects of sales, acquisitions and various lease work. Advises on the property aspects in various commercial transactions including share and asset sales and purchases, re-organisations, shareholder agreements, joint ventures and franchising. Acts in a wide range of non-contentious commercial property transactions in the Commercial & Agricultural Property Department at the Telford offices. He acts for landlords, tenants and developers in all aspects of sales, acquisitions and various lease work. He has dealt with a wide variety of industrial, agricultural, development and retail properties from shopping centres, industrial workshops, agricultural holdings to public houses and hotels, including properties throughout Shropshire Herefordshire and the West Midlands. May 2022: Took on overall responsibility for residential property as well as commercial and agriculture, Is also responsible for strategy and commercial direction, business development, recruitment and compliance.

Staci Robinson

Associate solicitor in family la Staci deals with various types of family law cases, including divorce and financial matters, and private law children matters. Staci also advises on pre-nuptial and post nuptial agreements and unmarried couples on cohabitation agreements and how assets should be divided in the event of a separation. She can also advise on orders concerning domestic violence, representing both those who are victims of abuse and those who have been accused on domestic violence.

Steven Corfield

Principal Agricultural Consultant – Commercial Property Solicitor Steven specialises in providing professional advice in areas including freehold and leasehold matters, tenancies, partnerships agreements, inheritance and capital taxation, mineral rights, sporting rights, telecommunications and renewables as well as all things rural business-related.

Sue Hodgson

Partner and head of the Family Department. Sue has experience in all types of family cases including divorce, linked financial matters and disputes regarding children. She has experience in high conflict Children Act matters including matters involving jurisdictional issues and change of primary care base. Sue has a good manner with clients providing clear and concise advice and is an experienced advocate.

Tania McGee

Associate solicitor - Commercial and Agricultural Property Undertaking sales and purchases, secured lending work, development work including options, conditional contracts, promotion agreements, overage agreement, planning obligations, commercial property landlord and tenant matters and registration of unregistered land.

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