Esther Gamble is a leading senior junior in the fields of clinical negligence and personal injury litigation. She specialises in cases involving serious injury of significant value, and cases with complex or novel points of law.
She is consistently ranked as a leading barrister for both clinical negligence and personal injury work by Chambers UK and Legal 500. She was named “Birmingham Law Society Barrister of the Year” in 2020/21 and was shortlisted for “Clinical Negligence Junior of the Year” at the 2023 Chambers Bar UK awards.
She recently appeared in the Supreme Court in the seminal case known as “Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust”, dealing with claims by secondary victims of clinical negligence.
Esther prides herself on being accessible and responsive, and working as a team with her instructing solicitors. Professional clients often instruct her in the most delicate cases, for her sensitive and empathetic approach and her ability to win the confidence of vulnerable, challenging or anxious clients and witnesses. She also has a reputation for impressive attention to detail and an easy grasp of technical medical issues.
Esther specialises in clinical negligence litigation, with a well-established practice spanning a spectrum of medical fields.
She is regularly instructed in cases where medical accidents have resulted in catastrophic consequences including brain injuries and paraplegia. She has wide experience in cases involving various types of cancer and has achieved provisional damages for numerous clients facing a risk of cancer recurrence. She has in-depth knowledge of the particular issues that arise in claims involving fatalities. She also has extensive experience in cases involving birth trauma, from severe maternal injury to shoulder dystocia to stillbirth, as well as a host of surgical errors and mismanagement of serious infection.
Esther recently appeared in the seminal Supreme Court and Court of Appeal in the case known as Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, acting for the claimant Purchase, concerning claims by secondary victims of clinical negligence.
Esther is experienced acting in cases involving catastrophic brain injury resulting from medical mismanagement, including those resulting in paraplegia and quadriplegia.
Most recently Esther achieved a settlement of £1.6 million (capitalised value) in a case of catastrophic brain injury resulting from the mismanagement of a subarachnoid haemorrhage.
Recent cases include:
Esther has extensive experience dealing with cases involving delays in diagnosis and mismanagement of cancer and is well-versed in the particular complexities that often feature in cancer-related cases such as tumour doubling times and survival statistics. She has acted in cases involving breast, cervical, bowel, rectal, bladder, prostate, lung, gallbladder, oesophageal, oral, neuroendocrine and bone cancers. She is known for her sensitivity working with clients facing a terminal diagnosis and bereaved family members. She has achieved provisional settlements, addressing the risk of cancer recurrence, and has expertise in the technicalities of claims involving fatality.
Esther is regularly instructed in cases involving mismanagement of pregnancy and birth, including the tragedies of stillbirths and neonatal deaths; and mismanagement of gynaecological and women’s health conditions.
She achieved a £1.15million settlement for a bereaved mother following the loss of her newborn, which resulted in severe psychiatric injury.
She achieved a £500,000 settlement for a new mum who sustained a fourth degree tear at birth resulting in severe colorectal consequences.
She has achieved significant settlements for several clients with Erb’s Palsy resulting from shoulder dystocia at birth.
Other recent cases include:
Esther acts in all manner of claims involving delays in diagnosis, mismanagement of medical conditions and injuries, and negligently performed surgery.
Recent cases include:
Esther is regularly instructed in claims involving spinal injuries of the utmost severity. Recent cases include: a claim involving negligently conducted surgery for spinal tumour, resulting in paraplegia a claim involving a delay in diagnosis of a spinal tumour resulting in paraplegia several claims involving delays in diagnosis of cauda equina.
Settlement of £1.6 million (capitalised value) in case of catastrophic brain injury resulting from delayed
diagnosis of subarachnoid haemorrhage
Settlement of £1.1million in case of mismanaged birth resulting in loss of child and resultant psychiatric injury
Settlement of £700,000 in case of delayed diagnosis of cervical cancer (fatal)
Settlement of £575,000 in case of delayed diagnosis of bowel cancer (fatal)
Settlement of £570k in case of Erb’s palsy
Settlement of £500,000 in case of mismanagement of bowel cancer
Settlement of £500,000 in case involving mismanagement of fistula
Settlement of £450k in case of negligently-conducted spinal surgery resulting in paraplegia (low life expectancy).
Settlement of £425,000 in case of delayed diagnosis of breast cancer
Settlement of £380,000 in case involving failure to diagnose sepsis (fatal)
Settlement of £325,000 in case of negligently conducted surgery resulting in foot drop.
Esther is very experienced in the field of personal injury litigation, with a career that has encompassed all manner of accidents – road, industrial, property-related – involving all manner of injuries including catastrophic injuries, complex matters involving multiple defendants, motorcyclist and other multiple injury claims and fatalities.
She provides in depth analysis and advice at the earliest stages of a claim, with a pragmatic approach which facilitates expeditious resolution. She works closely with professional clients to ensure a case strategy is realistic and robust. She is known for her reassuring manner with clients and witnesses, and her ability to clearly explain complex and difficult matters to the most anxious and vulnerable lay clients.
Esther is regularly instructed in claims involving injuries of the utmost severity including brain and spinal injuries. As well as such claims arising out of accidents she also has extensive experience in such claims arising from clinical negligence.
Settlement of £1.2 million in case involving superimposed brain injury for resident of care home, arising out of accident.
Settlement of £715,000 in case involving life-changing leg injury in road traffic accident
Settlement of £500,000 in case involving fatal car accident.
Settlement of £375,000 in case involving crush injury to foot sustained in accident at work.
Settlement of £200,000 in case involving loss of sight in one eye in road accident.
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"Esther is accommodating, approachable and a great intellect. She shows great empathy with clients." "She is a fierce and reliable advocate."
"She is amazing with clients and extremely thorough."
"It is always a pleasure to work with Esther. She is extremely bright and hard-working."
"Esther's dedication and commitment is exemplary. She has a keen eye for detail and leaves no stone unturned. She is one of the best court advocates who is persuasive, tenacious and precise. She is always approachable and keen to discuss ideas, rather than dictate the case strategy."
"Esther is really exceptional. She is very good at making complex medical concepts accessible and easy to understand." "Esther is excellent with clients, very understanding and empathetic. She has a meticulous eye for detail."
"Esther is an outstanding advocate and tactician." "Esther is a confident advocate who is able to handle complex matters."
"Esther is clear-headed and insightful with strong analytical skills. She is a persuasive advocate and has a great client manner."
"Strong analytical skills and able to assess complex issues incisively. Excellent advocacy skills and empathetic client communication."
"Esther is extremely capable in all aspects of practice. Her reputation goes before her. She is very responsive and takes a team approach, which helps to get the best results for clients."
"Very intelligent and an impressive advocate in court." "She has a lovely manner with clients, good attention to detail and is very considered in her advice."
"She is very impressive, gets straight to the point and has a good skill set with a human touch."
"She analyses information forensically and identifies strengths and weaknesses in a case early on."
"Extremely thorough, efficient and sensible. She is lovely with clients and is a safe pair of hands." "She is calm and collected and her written work is outstanding." "She's technically brilliant and her knowledge is unbelievable."
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In Brief With the judgement of the Supreme Court in the case known as Paul & Anor v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2024] UKSC 1…
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No5 Barristers’ Chambers is pleased to announce that we have been shortlisted in the below categories for the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2023. The awards…
