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Iona Meeres-Young

Iona Meeres-Young

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Fieldfisher

Fieldfisher

England - London • Insurance

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Clinical negligence: claimant

Iona Meeres-Young leads the team at Fieldfisher, which maintains a broad claimant-side clinical negligence practice with longstanding experience in catastrophic injury litigation. The team is well-known for its focus on early intervention, with a strong emphasis on securing rehabilitation and long-term care planning. Samantha Critchley, Jane Weakley, and Mark Bowman are key figures in complex obstetric and paediatric injury cases, while Ian Christian brings expertise in multiparty litigation and sports-related clinical matters. Jonathan Zimmern is active in oncology and delayed diagnosis claims. Arti Shah and Shivi Nathan both focus on maternal injury and neurological negligence, while Punam Sood is noted for her work in sepsis and amputation claims. The team combines technical expertise with a coordinated, client-centred approach across a diverse range of serious and sensitive matters.
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Phone
0330 460 6769
Email
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Work Department
Medical Negligence
Position

Partner, Head of Personal Injury and Medical Negligence

Career

I head the Personal Injury and Medical Negligence team at Fieldfisher.  As part of that role, I lead the Clinical Negligence team.

I act solely for Claimants who have been catastrophically injured by complex medical accidents.

The combination of my medical and legal training enables me to meticulously analyse each case and cut to the issues quickly and thoroughly. I work tirelessly to help clients rebuild their lives by securing early funds for the best possible care and rehabilitation, including moving to adapted accommodation where needed. Early intervention during the course of a claim helps restore the lives and independence of the injured and their families.

My particular expertise includes:

Where appropriate, I work with the media to highlight clinical negligence issues in the public interest. I have featured across more than 100 different media outlets and am regularly interviewed on television news channels.

Languages
English
Memberships
I am an accredited AvMA and specialist Law Society Clinical Negligence Panel.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The team we have had have been nothing short of fantastic.’

    ‘The work of the team is exceptionally dedicated thorough and effective and I cannot praise it enough.’

    ‘Iona Meeres-Young is a fantastic team leader. Other notable partners include Jane Weakley Samantha, Critchley, and Mark Bowman all of whom are exceptional.’

    ‘Fieldfisher have unparalleled strength and depth in the Claimant clinical negligence field. They are titans in the field.’

    ‘A superb claimant clinical negligence team. Excellent partners and lawyers at every level. Hugely empathetic, great connections with experts.’

    ‘Every member of the team is exceptionally bright and hardworking. The team are highly experienced in cerebral palsy and birth injuries and are a leading light in that market.’

    ‘An unsurpassed reputation in this field, with a quality of solicitors that will maintain that reputation.’

    ‘Highly experienced team with unparalleled strategic skill. The market leader in the field of clinical negligence.'

Work highlights

Represented parents in securing multi-million damages in wrongful birth claim where medics failed to spot a rare chromosomal abnormality during pregnancy.