Lester Aldridge LLP handles birth, brain and spinal injury claims, with a special emphasis on those cases which involve life changing injuries. Southampton-based Liz Oaten leads the clinical negligence team; she specialises in birth injury cases and stroke cases. Divisional head David Healy  is a go-to name for brain and spinal injury claims.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘David Healy is building a powerhouse of a team with his senior colleagues.'

  • ‘David Healy has enormous experience and is a great manager.'

  • ‘David Healy has a huge amount of experience; he has dealt with high value catastrophic injury work and clients love him.’

  • ‘Liz Oaten is a hugely experienced clinical negligence solicitor.’

  • ‘I would single out Liz Oaten who has huge experience and good tactical flair. She is an excellent solicitor.’

  • ‘A very experienced team, particularly in the area of clinical negligence.’

  • ‘Liz Oaten has a ruthless dedication to her clients. She has an incisive appreciation of the complexity of clinical cases. Her interaction with her clients, counsel and medical experts is impressive.’

  • ‘Liz Oaten is fantastic. She is highly experienced with working knowledge of both sides. She has a wonderful ability to see into the heart of a problem. She is tenacious and does not give up.’

Lawyers

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

David Healy, Liz Oaten