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Ms Claire Steward
Position
Claire is a clinical negligence specialist. She has extensive experience in all areas of clinical negligence including: delay in diagnosis of cancer, orthopaedics, surgical negligence, ophthalmics, obstetrics and gynaecology, Accident and Emergency and primary health care.
Memberships
Personal Injury Bar Association
Education
University of Manchester BA (Hons) Modern History with Economics CPE (Manchester Metropolitan University) BVC (Manchester Metropolitan University) Called to the Bar 2002 (Lincolns Inn – Lord Denning Scholarship)
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Clinical negligence
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Claire Steward – Kings Chambers ‘Claire has a sharp and incisive mind and she is unflustered in advocacy, even in the face of extreme provocation. She does superb preparation, has a startlingly good memory, and has an eye for details that nobody else has previously picked out.’
‘A leading clinical negligence set in the Northern Circuit’, Kings Chambers has ‘a fantastic reputation with a well-established practice’. Its members handle claimant and defendant work for instructing solicitors nationally. Sarah Pritchard KC has substantial experience representing clients in birth damage claims, cauda equina cases, and surgical negligence. Nicholas Braslavsky KC handles high-value claims that often concern perinatal asphyxia and cerebral palsy, in addition to misdiagnoses and delayed diagnoses, and negligent surgery. The set is also home to Helen Mulholland KC, who took silk in the 2023 round and she undertakes cases involving birth injury and complex paediatric neurological cases, and Richard Borrett, who represents both claimants and defendants in a variety of matters, including surgical, dental, general practice, and maternity-related cases. Charlotte Law has an established clinical negligence practice, handling complex matters of medicine and law, and Claire Steward is skilled in complicated issues of liability and high-value claims.