The Oakwood Solicitors Team

Sophie Turner-Jones joined Oakwood Solicitors in August 2025 as a Paralegal in the Clinical Negligence team. In July 2022, Sophie graduated from Nottingham Trent University with a 2:1 in Law with Criminology LLB. Sophie is currently studying the LLM with LPC at Leeds Beckett University alongside working in the department. Sophie has previous experience working…

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Patrick Cable joined Oakwood Solicitors in May 2025 as a Paralegal in the Employment Department. Patrick is diversifying into the Employment Law sector from having a solid background in HR, having previously worked in supervisory and management positions. Patrick has a strong interest and flare for understanding employment disputes and has previous experience of dealing…

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Caitlin joined Oakwood Solicitors in June 2024, originally in our Vetting team but has since progressed to Paralegal in Psychiatric Injury. She graduated from Leeds Beckett University with a Law degree in 2024 and is due to begin her Master of Law and Legal practice course in September 2025. Previously Caitlin gained her first legal…

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Louis Morel joined Oakwood Solicitors in 2024 as ‘Claims Handler’ in the New Enquiries department, after graduating with distinction from the University of Law with a master’s degree in law. Currently, he works as a Paralegal in the Industrial Disease department, diligently handling a wide range of files from Noise Induced Hearing Loss claims to…

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Emily-Mae Pearson joined Oakwood Solicitors in April 2025. Emily-Mae is a Paralegal working within the Road Traffic Accident team. Before joining the team, she graduated from the University of Law with a first-class law degree and has also completed half her Legal Practice Course.

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Becky Cantrill started working at Oakwood Solicitors in April 2025.   Becky started working in criminal law as an office junior at the age of 16 and attained Police Station Accreditation, which she still holds today. Becky has extensive knowledge and handling of criminal cases. In 2018 Becky attained her Mental Health Accreditation, which she…

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Laura Astle joined Oakwood Solicitors in April 2025 as a Psychiatric Injury Paralegal. She holds a BSc in Psychology from the University of Southampton and graduated with distinction in her MA Law degree. Laura assists with a diverse range of niche psychiatric claims and aspires to qualify as a Solicitor specialising in Personal Injury and…

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Shaan Haq joined the team in early 2025. Shaan studied Law at the University of Bradford, and since graduating has worked in various law firms specialising in Personal Injury with over six years’ experience in Civil Litigation – most recently at Minster Law and previously at LPS Solicitors and Lyons Davidson Solicitors. He also has…

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Oliver Swinnock joined Oakwood Solicitors in February 2024 as a New Enquiries Handler in the Vetting team. He then moved to the Medical Negligence Department in April 2024 as a Legal Assistant before working up to Paralegal. In January 2024, Oliver graduated from Leeds Beckett University with a Distinction in his GDL (Masters) of Law.…

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Aidan Khan joined Oakwood Solicitors in January 2025 as a Paralegal working in the Financial Litigation department. Aidan specialises in banking scam claims, having focused on this area prior to joining Oakwood. Aidan graduated from the University of Liverpool with a 2:1 in Law with Accounting and Finance, gaining a strong understanding of both legal…

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