Iona Meeres-Young

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Iona Meeres-Young

Professional background

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:

Birth injury claims: Obstetric and midwifery claims
Wrongful birth claims
Fetal medicine claims
Oncology claims involving delays in diagnosis and error in treatment
Cases involving amputation
Adult acquired brain injury as a result of medical accident
Fatal accident claims
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm claims

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

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.

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.

A Rider's Story: Behind the Case

Iona Meeres-Young secured settlement for a young woman with cerebral palsy, caused by delayed diagnosis of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome. The claim helped provide the whole family with a positive future and the means for our client to live her best possible life.