The Oakwood Solicitors Team

Megan Smal joined Oakwood Solicitors after she graduated from York St. John University in June 2026 with a degree in Law, and this is her first role within the legal sector. Megan has enjoyed building positive relationships with her clients so far, working within the medical Negligence team. She hopes to help clients feel as…

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Meadow Norris joined Oakwood Solicitors in March 2026 as a Paralegal in the Road Traffic Accident team. Before joining the team, Meadow studied her Masters in Legal Practice at Leeds Beckett University and recently graduated with a first-class honour. Alongside studying, she has gained relevant work experience through working with a legal charity organisation, helping…

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James Porteous is a Paralegal in our Road Traffic Accident team. He studied economics at the University of Leeds, and Oakwood Solicitors is his first venture into the legal sector, previously having worked in various hospitality bar jobs around Leeds. In terms of aspirations, James is keen to progress his careers within the team, and…

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Aniran Saki joined Oakwood Solicitors in March 2026 as a Paralegal working in the Industrial Disease department. Before this, she graduated from Leeds Beckett University with a 2:1 degree in Law. Alongside studying, Aniran gathered relevant work experience working with a legal charity organisation, helping vulnerable clients with a variety of issues and guiding them…

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Stephanie joined Oakwood Solicitors in 2025 as a Clinical Negligence Nurse Paralegal within the Medical Negligence team. She has a professional background in nursing (former Sister, Specialist, and Registered nurse), teaching, and healthcare risk governance. Stephanie specialises in medical records analysis, chronology development, breach of duty and causation assessment, applying clinical expertise alongside knowledge of…

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Madeleine Toates Joined Oakwood Solicitors as a Paralegal in the Industrial Disease team. Maddie graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2021 with a 2:1 in Law. After graduating, she spent a year working as a support worker for adults with learning disabilities, which gave her valuable experience supporting vulnerable individuals and strengthened her passion…

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Sophie O’Shea joined Oakwood Solicitors in 2026 as Paralegal in our Psychiatric Injury Department. She obtained her Law Degree through the Open University whilst working full time, studying on evenings and weekends. Before joining us, Sophie worked for a public sector in-house legal team for 11 years, defending Civil claims. Before that, she worked in-house…

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Layla Mughal started working for Oakwood Solicitors in June 2023 as a New Enquires Call Hander. She gained a lot of experience from this role as well as gaining experience in other departments, including Medical Negligence, Psychiatric Injury and Wills and Probate. Since then, Layla has progressed to being a Paralegal within the Criminal Injury…

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Bradley Peel joined Oakwood Solicitors in November 2025 as a Paralegal in the Clinical Negligence Department. Qualifying from the University of Huddersfield through the Master’s in Law and Practice route in 2014, which incorporated the traditional Legal Practice Course into his law degree, Bradley has gone on to represent clients in many areas of personal…

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Katie Kilbride graduated with an LLB (2:1) from Leeds Beckett University in 2024 and completed the LLM, incorporating the LPC in 2025. She has over eight years of experience in the criminal justice sector, supporting offenders in both prison and community settings along with acting as an Appropriate Adult for vulnerable adults in police custody.…

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