Praised for fielding a team that ‘gives it everything’, Lester Aldridge LLP is particularly active in birth injury cases. David Healy heads up the personal injury and clinical negligence division, while the ’very canny’ Liz Oaten leads the dedicated clinical negligence team and leverages her previous experience acting for defendants to support the firm’s clients. In addition to her work on birth injury cases, Oaten also handles spinal, stroke and urology matters. Melanie Lidstone-Land focuses on misdiagnosis and delayed diagnosis cases, regularly acting for vulnerable and mentally disordered clients.
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- ‘The team was amazing; they dealt with everything and fought to the end for me, and they won a very difficult case. I was kept up to date with everything; they covered every angle and arranged all appointments for me.’
- ‘The team gives it their everything to get the result you deserve.’
Practice head
David Healy; Liz Oaten
Other key lawyers
Melanie Lidstone-Land