Claire Steward
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 1 : Clinical Negligence
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About
Provided by Claire Steward
Practice Areas
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.
Career
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)
Professional Memberships
Personal Injury Bar Association
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Claire Steward has a broad claimant-side practice that includes matters relating to obstetric cases, cauda equina syndrome and the delayed diagnosis of cancer. She also handles surgical negligence matters and is well-versed in claims involving complex questions of liability.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Claire is very good with clients - very empathetic and reassuring. She is a lovely person and a cracking lawyer: firm and thorough with the experts and happy giving clear advice."
"Claire is diligent, knowledgeable and empathic. Her eye for detail is inspiring and she will come up with novel but sensible ways to quantify cases, getting the best results for clients."
"She advises very well because she has insights into both claimant and defendant work. She is very good on the medical issues and quantum issues and very good with lay clients and witnesses."
"Claire is always well-prepared and has a clear strategic focus in her litigation."
"Claire has stood head and shoulders above in terms of the detail and care taken when advising. She is a truly fantastic advocate, very experienced and measured and consistently brilliant with clients."
"Claire is very good with clients - very empathetic and reassuring. She is a lovely person and a cracking lawyer: firm and thorough with the experts and happy giving clear advice."
"Claire is diligent, knowledgeable and empathic. Her eye for detail is inspiring and she will come up with novel but sensible ways to quantify cases, getting the best results for clients."
"She advises very well because she has insights into both claimant and defendant work. She is very good on the medical issues and quantum issues and very good with lay clients and witnesses."
"Claire is always well-prepared and has a clear strategic focus in her litigation."
"Claire has stood head and shoulders above in terms of the detail and care taken when advising. She is a truly fantastic advocate, very experienced and measured and consistently brilliant with clients."
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