
Lanyon Bowdler
England
Lawyers

Alexander Spanner
- Phone01743 280228
- Email[email protected]
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Work Department
Personal Injury Department
Position
Alex is a Associate Solicitor specialising in sporting injuries and Military Claims, including both Civil and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme claims. Highly capable in case and expert analysis, as well as preparing detailed Schedules of Loss in claims of over £1m+. Alex also deals with claims involving RTA’s, accidents & work and public liability.
Career
Alex joined Lanyon Bowdler as an Intern in summer 2016 after finishing History degree and spent ~2 months working on a project for Private Client. At end of the internship, Alex was offered to stay on as a Legal Support Assistant in Private Client and remained at Lanyon Bowdler until July 2017 when he left to return to Cardiff University and undertake postgraduate studies.
Alex then interviewed and secured a training contract with the firm from 2019-2021 and qualified into Personal Injury in September 2021. Alex is based in the Shrewsbury Office and have developed into leading his own caseload, whilst also assisting Dawn Humphries (Partner & Head of Department) with her caseload of high-value catastrophic brain & spinal injury cases.
Alex was promoted to Associate at Lanyon Bowdler in 2024.
Alex is also heavily involved in the firm’s successful Work Experience programme and led the programme in 2026 when Lucy Speed (Partner, Court of Protection) was on maternity leave.
Education
Ludlow College (2011-2013)
Cardiff University:
BA Hons History undergraduate Degree (2013-2016)
Graduate Diploma of Law (2017-2018)
Legal Practice Course (2019-2020)
Leisure
Interested in football, golf and gym.