Melanie Lidstone-Land

Senior Associate

Melanie has been practising clinical negligence law for over thirty years. She has handled a varied clinical negligence caseload and complex matters, including cerebral palsy, birth injury cases, brain injury, spinal injury, misdiagnosis, delayed diagnosis of cancer, as well as complex orthopaedic injuries. In addition to this, Melanie has acted for several vulnerable, mentally disordered clients. Melanie’s clients would recommend her for her legal skills, determination, and tenacity. Melanie believes in getting the best outcome for her clients, building relationships with them and working with them collaboratively to ensure that they are fully involved in their cases from start to finish. In addition to a more general clinical negligence practice, Melanie has specialised in acting for people detained under the Mental Health Act. She has an in-depth knowledge of the Mental Health Act and the Mental Capacity Act, so she is uniquely placed to act for such clients in clinical negligence matters. Melanie can advise on inquest-related matters following fatalities caused by suspected medical mistakes, including where patients have taken their own lives in prisons and mental health units. Melanie has been a personal injury and clinical negligence lawyer since training in 1989 and qualified as a Chartered Legal Executive (FCILEx) in 1996. Since then, she has undertaken various clinical negligence cases, led teams, and trained junior fee earners