Philippa Wheeler
Solicitor
Philippa is a solicitor in the product safety team
Philippa (pronouns: she/her) is a solicitor in the personal injury department, working on product liability and consumer law cases. She represents individuals and groups who have been injured as a result of defective or unsafe products.
Philippa joined Leigh Day in October 2018 as a paralegal in the clinical negligence department. She started her training contract with the firm in September 2020 and completed seats in clinical negligence and product liability. She qualified as a solicitor in September 2022.
What the directories say
Philippa Wheeler is an associate to watch. She handles cases like a lawyer with many years more experience.
Legal 500 2026
What the directories say
Philippa is attentive, caring and supportive. At the same time, she is very thorough and professional. I could not ask for more from her.
Chambers and Partners 2026
What the directories say
Philippa Wheeler is a talented associate offering her clients experienced representation in product liability and consumer law matters. She primarily assists individual claimants, and has brought claims against well-known online retailers.
Chambers and Partners 2025
What the directories say
Philippa Wheeler is a great lawyer with an inquiring mind. She is adept at pursuing her client's best interests
Legal 500 2024
Philippa assists in a range of cases related to personal injuries, product liability, consumer law, and inquests. Her clinical negligence and mental health law experience gives her a detailed knowledge of physical and psychiatric injuries.
Philippa’s current caseload includes cases arising from spinal injuries and burn injuries, and she has previously worked on cases of serious brain injury and birth injury. Her caseload also includes clinical trial cases and cases where children have been injured. Philippa is part of the team acting for the family of two-year-old Sadie Salt, who died following a choking incident at nursery.
Philippa is a keen cyclist and has acted in cases where injuries have arisen from defective bikes.
Prior to joining Leigh Day, Philippa worked in mental health law. She has an LLB in European Law (French) from the University of Warwick, an LLM in Human Rights, Justice and Conflict from SOAS, University of London (distinction), and a LPC LLM from the University of Law (distinction).
Membership
Philippa is a member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) and is Joint Co-Ordinator of their Junior Litigators Group. She regularly hosts meetings for the group and writes articles for APIL’s PI Focus magazine.
Committees
Philippa is the Vice-Chair of Leigh Day’s LGBTQ+ Committee.
What our clients say
I am eternally grateful for their friendly voices on the phone, happy smiles on zoom and the enthusiasm as well as passion they all have to fighting towards justice for the little man.
April via Trustpilot
What our clients say
I want to thank Philippa for all her support and advice.
Kel Kay
Philippa Wheeler in the news
Introducing the intermediate track PI Focus November 2023 Report by Nikki Ealey, associate at Nockolds, and Philippa Wheeler, solicitor at Leigh Day, join co-ordinators of the Junior Litigators Group.
Accreditations
Chambers and Partners 2026
News and blogs
Google Pixel models and Fitbit watches safety report over fire risk
Product safety reports have been issued today by the UK government’s Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) over some Google Pixel smartphones and Fitbit smartwatches due to concerns they could cause fires.
Remote robot-assisted surgery raises liability questions
News of remote robot assisted surgery on human cadavers raises legal and ethical questions related to this emerging area of medicine, say product safety lawyers, Jill Paterson and Philippa Wheeler.
Consumer lawyer voices concern over unsafe baby products as UK government announces further recalls
As further unsafe baby products have been recalled by the Office for Product Safety and Standards, a consumer lawyer has raised concerns over the continued sale of baby products which can cause serious injury or fatalities.