About Emma Broomfield
Emma is a partner and experienced solicitor with over 20 years specialist experience in medical negligence claims. She qualified as a solicitor in 1991 after gaining her law degree from Cambridge University in 1988 and joined Lanyon Bowdler’s Clinical Negligence Department in 2003.
Emma is an accredited member of both the Law Society’s Clinical Negligence Panel and the AvMA specialist clinical negligence panel, as well as a Senior Litigator with the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL).
She has wide ranging experience having acted for claimants in birth injury claims, cerebral palsy claims, cancer care negligence claims, child medical negligence claims, maternity & pregnancy negligence claims, as well as on a wide range of cases involving misdiagnosis, inadequate treatment, and compensation for surgical errors. She also has experience of handling claims in cases of fatality due to medical negligence and advising on all aspects of Inquests.
Through her work for clients who have sustained pain, health complications or injury as a result of medical negligence, Emma has assisted clients in obtaining suitable accommodation and establishing care packages with case management input, securing substantial interim payments to fund these when needed.
The 2024 edition of Legal 500 recognises Emma as a Leading Partner and states ‘Emma Broomfield is very experienced and brings calm to every case, no matter what challenges are thrown up’. The 2024 edition of Chambers UK ranks Emma in Band 1 and notes Emma Broomfield has extensive experience in clinical negligence. She advises clients on delayed diagnosis and treatment cases as well as surgical error claims. She has further experience handling high-value obstetric negligence cases.’
Client testimonials from Chambers UK include: "Emma has been extremely professional, compassionate and informative at every stage of the case."
"Emma Broomfield is highly intelligent and wins cases. She is very popular with clients."
"She is happy to have a fight when needed. She combines good client handling skills with negotiations."