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Matthew Westlake

Partner · Leigh Day

EnglandClinical Negligence, Personal Injury

About

Partner at Leigh Day based in England, specialising in claimant clinical negligence. He qualified in 2016 and has experience handling birth injury, orthopaedic, ophthalmic and delayed-diagnosis cancer claims, and regularly represents families at inquests; he holds a Neuroscience degree from the University of Bristol and completed postgraduate legal study before joining Leigh Day in 2012.

Practice areas

Clinical NegligencePersonal Injury

Office

Expertise

Birth injury claimsOrthopaedic claimsOphthalmic claimsDelay in diagnosis of cancer and other serious illnessesRepresentation at inquests

Education

  • Neuroscience degree, University of Bristol
  • Postgraduate law qualification (institution not specified)

Admissions

  • Solicitor, England & Wales (qualified 2016)