About
Leigh Day is a UK law firm of about 800 people based in London that focuses on claimant-side work. The firm handles personal injury and industrial disease claims and maintains a leading public law and judicial review practice, representing individuals, bereaved families, charities and civil society organisations and having secured landmark rulings in negligence cases.
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Lawyers at this firm
Alison Millar
Partner · Human Rights
Amy Chater
Partner · Personal Injury
Andrew Lord
Partner · Human Rights
Andrew Stinchcombe
Partner · Personal Injury
Angharad Vaughan
Partner · Clinical Negligence
Anna Moore
Partner · Human Rights
Benjamin Burrows
Partner · Human Rights
Chris Benson
Partner · Employment
Clare Campbell
Road traffic accidents abroad, aviation accidents, cruise accidents, workplace accidents abroad, group illness litigation, accidents in America, claims arising out of the Package Travel Regulations, fatal accidents, Inquests, consumer group actions. · Personal Injury
Colin Murphy
Partner · Personal Injury
Daniel Easton
Partner · Personal Injury
Daniel Leader
Partner · Litigation
Emma Satyamurti
Partner · Employment
Emmalene Bushnell
Partner · Clinical Negligence
Ewan Tant
Partner · Personal Injury
Gene Matthews
Partner · Human Rights
Harminder Bains
Partner · Personal Injury
Ida Aduwa
Senior associate solicitor · Human Rights
Jamie Beagent
Partner · Public / Administrative Law
Jill Paterson
Partner · Product Liability
Julia Reynolds
Partner · Medical Negligence
Kevin Johnson
Partner · Personal Injury
Lauren Tully
Partner · Clinical Negligence
Liana Wood
Partner · Employment
Maria Panteli
Partner · Clinical Negligence
Martyn Day
Senior partner · Personal Injury
Matthew Westlake
Partner · Clinical Negligence
Michael Newman
Partner · Employment
Michelle Victor
Partner · Product Liability
Nath Gbikpi
Senior Associate · Immigration
Nichola Marshall
Partner · Litigation
Nick Webster
Partner · Employment
Nigel MacKay
Partner · Employment
Rebecca Ridgeon
Senior Associate Solicitor · Clinical Negligence
Richard Meeran
Partner · International Personal Injury
Ryan Bradshaw
Partner · Employment
Sally Moore
Partner · Personal Injury
Sanja Strkljevic
Partner · Clinical Negligence
Sapna Malik
Partner · Personal Injury
Sarah Westoby
Senior associate solicitor · Human Rights
Sean Humber
Partner · Human Rights
Stephanie Hill
Partner · Human Rights
Stephen Jones
Stephen has specialised in clinical negligence work since qualification, with particular expertise in cerebral palsy, spinal and amputation cases. Over many years has consistently secured million pound plus awards: since joining Leigh Day in 2015 these include awards of £13m (spinal claim, 2021), £10.677m (cerebral palsy, 2021), £4.05m (spinal claim, 2025), £2.25 (spinal claim, 2019) and £1.8m (fatal claim, 2025); recently secured interim payments of £5.58m on account of damages in ongoing cerebral palsy claim, and damages of £850,000 for an avoidable forefoot amputation. Previously acted for Denise Hendry, wife of former Scotland footballer Colin Hendry, obtaining then highest award ever made in a cosmetic surgery case. Stephen has a specific interest in Inquiry and inquest work: represented over 100 patients at Ashworth Hospital in Fallon Inquiry; he acted as Solicitor to Royal Liverpool Children’s Inquiry (“Alder Hey Inquiry”) and Redfern Inquiry into tissue sampling (“Sellafield Inquiry”); and regularly represents families personally at inquests. · Clinical Negligence
Steven Dickens
Partner · Personal Injury
Suzanne White
Partner · Clinical Negligence
Tessa Gregory
Partner · Human Rights
Vijay Ganapathy
Partner · Personal Injury
Wallis Crockford
Wallis has been a specialist medical negligence solicitor for over 10 years. Her expertise covers a wide range of complex medical negligence claims, including brain injury, cancer, vascular, orthopaedic, cauda equina syndrome, colorectal, cardiology, gynaecology and ophthalmology. Wallis has significant experience in representing families of those whose loved ones have tragically died as a result of medical negligence. She also advocates for patient safety and supports clients in obtaining compensation to help to achieve a better quality of life following serious injury. Wallis Crockford | Senior associate solicitor · Medical Negligence
Yvonne Kestler
Senior associate solicitor · Human Rights