Lucy Small
UK Guide 2025
Band 1 : Clinical Negligence: Mainly Claimant
Band 1
About
Provided by Lucy Small
Practice Areas
Lucy has over 20 years experience in both clinical negligence and personal injury litigation acting solely for the victim. Lucy has a wide range of experience of medical negligence work including ophthalmic, obstetrics including birth injury (mother and baby) and gynaecology, oncology, cosmetic surgery and GP care and has significant experience in complex fatal clinical negligence claims, including patient suicide during and after voluntary and involuntary psychiatric care.
Career
Lucy qualified in 1995 and practised in Farnham, Surrey before moving to Harrison Clark in Worcester in 1999. In 2010 she moved to Lanyon Bowdler to concentrate solely on claimant clinical negligence where her passion lay. Lucy joined the partnership in 2013 and has gone on to develop the firm’s flourishing clinical negligence practice in Herefordshire and South Shropshire.
Professional Memberships
Lucy is a member of the AvMA (Action Against Medical Accidents) Specialist Clinical Negligence Panel. She is also a member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers where she is recognised as a senior litigator.
Personal
Lucy grew up on the borders of Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Chambers Review
UK
Hereford-based Lucy Small frequently handles claims relating to delayed diagnoses and treatments, negligent duty of care and surgical errors, and is also knowledgeable in brain injury cases and mandates involving mental health issues.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Lucy Small is lovely to work with, which goes a long way."
"Lucy is very experienced and deserves high recognition."
"Lucy Small is lovely to work with, which goes a long way."
"Lucy is very experienced and deserves high recognition."