Iona Meeres-Young | Fieldfisher
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Professional background

Professional background

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. I am an accredited expert on specialist AvMA and Law Society Clinical Negligence Panels.

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.

I am a member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL)

Awards & recognition

Awards & recognition

Chambers & Partners 2026
She is an extremely impressive woman with real gravitas.
Chambers & Partners 2025
She is excellent. She does heavy cases and does them well.
Chambers & Partners 2024
She's a very quietly effective operator. She's ahead of others by two steps and is really good.
Chambers & Partners 2024
She's got a steady reputation in clinical negligence.
Legal 500 2024
Iona Meeres-Young is a wonderful litigator with great calm under fire and excellent judgement.
Chambers & Partners 2023
Iona Meeres-Young is amazing - without her guidance we wouldn't have reached the conclusion we did; she was the strength that got us through the case. We can't thank her enough.
Chambers & Partners 2023
She is very clever and calm under pressure.
Legal 500 2023
Iona Meeres-Young has been a great professional support to us. She explained the process very clearly to us at each stage and would sum up and simplify medical terms and next stages of the case. Iona remained confident that our case was going in the right direction and with all evidence and the professional team of experts she instructed, she reached such a positive outcome for our son that has truly changed his life already. We cannot thank her enough and wouldn’t hesitate in recommending her to other parents in the future.
Chambers & Partners 2022
She is fantastically professional and knowledgeable.

Authored pieces

Insights Case studies
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Medical Negligence
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Fieldfisher medical negligence team's ethos 'set it apart from its competitors' in Chambers

16.10.2025
In this year's Chambers & Partners, Fieldfisher's clinical negligence team has again retained its Band 1, testimonial to its excellence and standout client care.
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Medical Negligence
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Band 1 Clinical Negligence head described as 'extremely impressive' in Chambers

16.10.2025
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Fieldfisher’s Personal Injury and Medical Negligence teams continue to lead in Legal 500 2026

01.10.2025
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A doctor uses a stethoscope to listen to the abdomen of a pregnant person wearing a green shirt. The person's hands rest on their belly during the checkup.
Medical Negligence
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Black women continue to face racism in maternity care despite initiatives

26.09.2025
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Medical Negligence
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Kernicterus in newborns: A preventable birth injury with life-changing consequences

30.07.2025
Kernicterus is a rare but devastating form of brain damage caused by untreated severe jaundice in newborns generally due to a build-up of high levels of bilirubin in a baby's brain.
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What others say…

Chambers & Partners 2026
She is an extremely impressive woman with real gravitas.
Chambers & Partners 2025
She is excellent. She does heavy cases and does them well.
Chambers & Partners 2024
She's got a steady reputation in clinical negligence.