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Yvonne Agnew

Yvonne is a Principal Lawyer in our Cardiff office. She has over 25 years' experience dealing with complex and high value clinical negligence cases. She has extensive experience in all types of clinical negligence cases, particularly in relation to high value and complex birth injury, brain and spinal/vascular injury claims. Yvonne is frequently mentioned in legal directories and praised for her ability to achieve high awards of damages in maximum severity cases. She has been involved achieving some of the highest value settlements in the UK, including a recent award worth £19 million. Yvonne's expertise was recognised when she was asked to form part of the working party appointed by the Welsh Assembly Government to advise on the implementation of the Redress Act in Wales. · Slater and Gordon

WalesClinical Negligence, Medical Negligence

About

Yvonne Agnew is a Principal Lawyer at Slater and Gordon in Cardiff with over 25 years' experience handling complex, high-value clinical negligence cases. She is frequently noted in legal directories for securing substantial awards in maximum-severity cases — including involvement in settlements up to £19 million — and was appointed to a Welsh Assembly Government working party advising on implementation of the Redress Act in Wales.

Practice areas

Clinical NegligenceMedical NegligencePersonal Injury

Office

Expertise

Birth injuryBrain injurySpinal/vascular injuryHigh-value and complex claimsRedress Act implementation (Wales)

Admissions

  • Member, Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL)
  • Member, AvMA Specialist Panel
  • Accredited member, Law Society Clinical Negligence Specialist Panel (and AvMA specialist panel accreditation)