The Oakwood Solicitors Team

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…

0113 487 4772

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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…

0113 487 4777

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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…

0113 487 4773

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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…

0113 487 4778

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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…

0113 218 5719

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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…

0113 218 5728

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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.…

0113 824 2133

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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…

0113 200 9942

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Caitlin Smith 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 currently studying for her Master of Law and Legal practice course part-time. Previously Caitlin gained her first legal experience…

0113 200 9764

C.Smith@oakwoodsolicitors.co.uk