9.2.2023
Perineal Tear case settles for 6-figure sum
Stephanie Prior recently settled a birth injury claim relating to a woman who delivered her baby after a traumatic labour....
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“Her level of detail in dealing with cases is forensic.”
“Stephanie knows her way effortlessly around any clinical negligence issue and has a great strategic mind.”
Stephanie Prior
Stephanie is Head of Medical Negligence at Osbornes, with a particular focus on child and adult brain injury cases, fatal cases, obstetric and gynaecological cases, ophthalmology and complex spinal injury cases.
Prior to qualifying as a solicitor in 1997, Stephanie was a registered general nurse. Stephanie has a Diploma in Forensic Medical Science and is the Legal Editor of and contributor to the publication ‘Medicine Science and the Law’. She is a member of the British Academy of Forensic Sciences. Stephanie regularly lectures on medical negligence to doctors in clinical practice as well as to postgraduate medicine students at Barts Hospital. Stephanie also successfully deals with claims against local authorities for information disclosure. Her clients have included parents seeking to adopt, securing damage awards of over £200,000.
Stephanie is also a specialist child abuse lawyer. Stephanie is often interviewed by the BBC on TV and radio on issues relating to Child Abuse. Stephanie is currently acting on a number of high profile and high-value child abuse cases and has achieved a six-figure sum in a historical claim involving a voluntary organisation and a volunteer.
Stephanie is a recent recipient of the Clinical Negligence Lawyer of the Year at the PI awards.
"She has represented victims in a number of high-profile cases."
Stephanie Prior is head of the clinical negligence department at Osbornes Law. She acts on a wide range of issues, including claims for brain injuries sustained at birth and delays in diagnosis. She frequently represents clients in fatal claims involving surgical error.
"She is very inventive in the way she approaches difficult problems."
"She is fantastic - pragmatic and has her clients' backs."
"Stephanie Prior is totally committed to her work and her clients."
"Stephanie Prior is very passionate about her clients."
"Her level of detail in dealing with cases is forensic."
"Stephanie Prior is very empathetic and practical, she gets to the heart of a case quickly."
"Stephanie Prior is highly respected in the marketplace, with a great wealth of experience, superb judgment and medical knowledge that is second to none."
"Stephanie Prior and Jodi Newton are both superb. They always have the client at the centre of everything they do, they’re approachable, down to earth and dedicated."
"Stephanie has always shown great judgment and common sense whilst building valuable relationships with her opponents."
"Stephanie Prior is a standout solicitor."
"Stephanie Prior is an experienced lawyer with immense knowledge of her specialism, which allows her to run her cases with strategic precision."
"Stephanie knows her way effortlessly around any clinical negligence issue and has a great strategic mind."
"She works tirelessly for her clients and is incredibly focused on their needs. Attention to detail is key and she is meticulous."
"She's a very committed lawyer and always has the best interest of the client at heart."
"Stephanie Prior is excellent to deal with. She keeps everything up to date and works extremely hard for the clients and their families."
Stephanie Prior is very experienced, with an encyclopaedic medical knowledge. Fights tooth and nail for her clients.
Stephanie Prior is a first-rate clinical negligence specialist whose industry, great experience and medical background put her in an exceptional class.
Stephanie Prior is a superb senior practitioner with an accurate eye for the nub of a case and an acute sense of the merit of any claim.
A very experienced team headed up by the wonderful Stephanie Prior, who has a fantastic reputation in the marketplace.
"I know [we have] expressed our appreciation, but I also wanted to thank you for all your hard work, time and patience in pursuing mum’s claim through to a successful outcome - your kind and professional approach was genuinely appreciated."
“May I take this opportunity to thank you for your patience and true compassion in yet another very tough year of representation on the behalf of my wife. I certainly must say you did it all with amazing stamina and positivity which regenerated my self-esteem…. You honestly eased the pain and I can see a healing process ahead.”
Stephanie has developed a particularly strong reputation for her handling of birth injury claims, as well as cases concerning surgical negligence and delays in surgery.
"Stephanie Prior takes on complex cases and gets excellent results. She has a background in medicine which serves her clients well and is a realistic but tough litigator."
"Stephanie Prior is hugely dedicated, adored by her clients, tenacious, efficient and extremely knowledgeable."
"Stephanie Prior is very good with troubled clients and is easily able to make them feel at ease."
"Stephanie shows sensitivity and deals with things in an understanding way."
The lawyers in the team are highly experienced and will drive cases very hard on behalf of their clients.
"Stephanie Prior has a realistic attitude to the complexities of the cases. She wins the trust of her clients and goes the extra mile to ensure they get the best outcomes."
Stephanie’s background in medicine gives her an ability to read between the lines where medical records and expert evidence are concerned and is a great asset.
"Her knowledge base is second to none and her understanding of the litigation process stands out, as does her ability to work collaboratively."
"Stephanie Prior... manages a varied caseload, including obstetric claims, child and adult brain injury cases and fatal and non-fatal spinal cord injury cases."
"Stephanie is experienced, knowledgeable of all aspects of clinical negligence work, and strategic in running cases."
"Key team members include the approachable, compassionate and efficient Stephanie Prior."
Stephanie Prior is always very professional and kind. Highly recommended.
Stephanie Prior is ‘very warm’ and ‘caring’, and an ‘exceptional professional’.
Stephanie Prior continues to receive widespread praise from clients, who state that she explains the legal aspects of the case very clearly, and she is also a caring person who handles cases on a personal level.
Stephanie's 2023 directory testimonials
Stephanie Prior is head of the...
Stephanie Prior is head of the clinical negligence department at Osbornes Law. She acts on a wide range of issues, including claims for brain injuries sustained at birth and delays in diagnosis. She frequently represents clients in fatal claims involving surgical error.
"She is very inventive in the...
"She is very inventive in the way she approaches difficult problems."
"She is fantastic - pragmatic and...
"She is fantastic - pragmatic and has her clients' backs."
"Stephanie Prior is totally committed to...
"Stephanie Prior is totally committed to her work and her clients."
"Stephanie Prior is very passionate about...
"Stephanie Prior is very passionate about her clients."
"Her level of detail in dealing...
"Her level of detail in dealing with cases is forensic."
"Stephanie Prior is very empathetic and...
"Stephanie Prior is very empathetic and practical, she gets to the heart of a case quickly."
"Stephanie Prior is highly respected in...
"Stephanie Prior is highly respected in the marketplace, with a great wealth of experience, superb judgment and medical knowledge that is second to none."
"Stephanie Prior and Jodi Newton are...
"Stephanie Prior and Jodi Newton are both superb. They always have the client at the centre of everything they do, they’re approachable, down to earth and dedicated."
"Stephanie has always shown great judgment...
"Stephanie has always shown great judgment and common sense whilst building valuable relationships with her opponents."
"Stephanie Prior is a standout solicitor."
"Stephanie Prior is a standout solicitor."
"Stephanie Prior is an experienced lawyer...
"Stephanie Prior is an experienced lawyer with immense knowledge of her specialism, which allows her to run her cases with strategic precision."
"Stephanie knows her way effortlessly around...
"Stephanie knows her way effortlessly around any clinical negligence issue and has a great strategic mind."
Accreditations
Stephanie is a ranked lawyer in Chambers UK Guide
"She has represented victims in a...
"She has represented victims in a number of high-profile cases."
"She works tirelessly for her clients...
"She works tirelessly for her clients and is incredibly focused on their needs. Attention to detail is key and she is meticulous."
"She's a very committed lawyer and...
"She's a very committed lawyer and always has the best interest of the client at heart."
"Stephanie Prior is excellent to deal...
"Stephanie Prior is excellent to deal with. She keeps everything up to date and works extremely hard for the clients and their families."
"Stephanie shows sensitivity and deals with...
"Stephanie shows sensitivity and deals with things in an understanding way."
"Her knowledge base is second to...
"Her knowledge base is second to none and her understanding of the litigation process stands out, as does her ability to work collaboratively."
"Stephanie Prior... manages a varied caseload,...
"Stephanie Prior... manages a varied caseload, including obstetric claims, child and adult brain injury cases and fatal and non-fatal spinal cord injury cases."
"Stephanie is experienced, knowledgeable of all...
"Stephanie is experienced, knowledgeable of all aspects of clinical negligence work, and strategic in running cases."
Stephanie's Case StudiesVIEW ALL
14.12.2022Successful settlement for negligent care during kidney transplant...
Claimant v Royal Free London NHS Trust Osbornes have reached a settlement agreement on behalf of a Claimant who brought...
Read more- 1.8.2022
Successful settlement for birth injury that led to...
Stephanie Prior’s case relating to the death of Gabriela Pintilie has settled and has been approved by the High...
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23.3.2022Nerve injury following bowel surgery
Stephanie Prior was instructed in a claim against Luton & Dunstable University Hospital where our client sustained an injury to...
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14.2.2022Recent birth injury cases
Osbornes Law specialises in helping families who have suffered a birth injury. We have represented families who have suffered the...
Read more- 31.1.2022
Recent fatal medical negligence cases
Osbornes Law specialises in helping families who have suffered a fatality due to inadequate medical care. Our specialist team is...
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31.1.2022Recent Brain Injury Client Stories
Osbornes Law specialises in helping families who have suffered a brain injury as a result of medical negligence. Our specialist...
Read more- 4.1.2022
Five-figure Compensation for Cardiac Negligence
In this cardiac negligence claim, we were instructed by a 42-year-old Polish man who had attended the Accident and Emergency...
Read more - 4.1.2022
6 Figure Settlement For Heart Attack Claim
In this cardiac claim, we were instructed by the widow of a 55-year-old man, who had complained of chest pain...
Read more - 1.12.2021
Maternity claim for fatality following caesarean section
Stephanie Prior is acting for a gentleman whose wife died after she had a caesarean section. The claim is on...
Read more - 1.12.2021
Stillbirth client story
Stephanie Prior is currently acting for a young woman who was admitted to hospital and left for significant periods of...
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5.8.2021Vulnerable man suffers stroke after carers fail to...
Grandfather who almost dies after ‘negligent’ care receives £900,000 settlement A grandfather who had a stroke and almost died when carers...
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Substandard care by GP
Stephanie Prior acted on behalf of J in connection with a claim relating to substandard care by her GP. The...
Read more - 13.7.2021
Substandard Nursing Care
Stephanie Prior acted on behalf of Mr G DA in connection with a claim relating to substandard nursing care by...
Read more - 18.5.2021
Surgical Negligence claim
The Clinical Negligence team at Osbornes Law have many years’ experience of representing patients who have been injured as a...
Read more - 18.5.2021
Neurological pressure sore injury claim
Our client (Mr B) was admitted to hospital following a neurological injury. One of his pressure sores was at the...
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18.5.2021Orthopaedic injury: LR v Basildon and Thurrock University...
Our client LR was 69 years old had a fall at home and was taken to the A&E Department...
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18.5.2021Seven figure settlement for brain injury
F sustained a brain injury leaving her with severely impaired mobility and wheelchair dependent. In November 2013, F, 76, tripped and fell...
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Emergency services failed to attend to a 999 call...
Stephanie Prior acted for J, who was a dependent of C his partner. C suffered from epileptic seizures as a...
Read more - 18.5.2021
Fatality of child caused by incorrect diagnosis
KRB was born in 2000 and was a patient at Whipp’s Cross Hospital. In the Autumn of 2014 he was feeling...
Read more - 18.5.2021
Erb’s palsy injury caused by well-know private...
Our solicitor secured Erb’s palsy injury compensation against a well-known obstetrician who works for the country’s best-known private...
Read more - 18.5.2021
Erb’s Palsy injury suffered during delivery
Our solicitor acted for a boy who suffered an Erb’s Palsy injury during delivery, due to the midwife’s...
Read more - 18.5.2021
Injury Caused During Treatment
Our medical negligence solicitors were instructed to pursue a claim against Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Trust for injury caused...
Read more - 18.5.2021
Failure to diagnose acute myocardial infarction
Medical negligence solicitor Stephanie Prior instructed to bring a claim against North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust on behalf of...
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Stephanie’s Notable Cases
Stephanie Prior has recently settled clinical negligence claims relating to;
- a failure to operate on a bleed in the brain in a timely fashion on a woman in her 70’s and the client received a seven figure damages award;
- a claim relating to the death of a 42 year old man following the failure of A & E to diagnose his myocardial infarction and admit him to hospital which led to his death several hours later. The case settled for a six figure sum;
- a claim relating to the death of a 29 year old woman due to an ambulance not being dispatched to her home which led to her death. Her partner and daughter received a six figure damages settlement;
- a claim relating to the failure to diagnose and treat a fracture hip in a woman in her 60’s for seven weeks which led to a five figure damages settlement;
- a claim relating to a failure of carers to attend to a man in his 60’s which led to him not taking his medication and him suffering a cerebrovascular accident (stroke) and left him with debilitating injuries. The case settled for £900,000;
- a claim relating to failure to provide mental health treatment in a timely fashion which led to the suicide of a man in his late 50’s. The partner and child of the deceased were awarded a six figure settlement sum
Stephanie is currently investigating many fatal cases; brain injury cases, cardiac and ophthalmology cases as well as other cases against GPs, private doctors and the NHS, involving adults and children.
Steph's Legal 500 testimonials
Stephanie Prior is very experienced, with...
Stephanie Prior is very experienced, with an encyclopaedic medical knowledge. Fights tooth and nail for her clients.
Stephanie Prior is a first-rate clinical...
Stephanie Prior is a first-rate clinical negligence specialist whose industry, great experience and medical background put her in an exceptional class.
Stephanie Prior is a superb senior...
Stephanie Prior is a superb senior practitioner with an accurate eye for the nub of a case and an acute sense of the merit of any claim.
A very experienced team headed up...
A very experienced team headed up by the wonderful Stephanie Prior, who has a fantastic reputation in the marketplace.
"Stephanie Prior takes on complex cases...
"Stephanie Prior takes on complex cases and gets excellent results. She has a background in medicine which serves her clients well and is a realistic but tough litigator."
"Stephanie Prior is hugely dedicated, adored...
"Stephanie Prior is hugely dedicated, adored by her clients, tenacious, efficient and extremely knowledgeable."
"Stephanie Prior is very good with...
"Stephanie Prior is very good with troubled clients and is easily able to make them feel at ease."
Insights from StephanieVIEW ALL
- 21.9.2022
Are maternity services safe? – Part 2
In April last year I wrote a piece about government setting up a taskforce to look into why there are...
Read more - 9.8.2022
New interactive rating tool reveals NHS wait times...
Amidst record-breaking heatwaves and a lengthy patient waiting list due to COVID backlogs, it is not surprising that this summer...
Read more - 29.6.2022
Nottingham Maternity: Donna Ockenden to Chair Independent Inquiry
An interim report on the state of maternity services at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has just been released. However,...
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28.4.2022Calls for Public Inquiry into Vaginal Mesh Surgery
A leading professor from the University of Oxford has called for a public inquiry into the use of vaginal mesh...
Read more- 6.4.2022
Stephanie Prior Comments on the Ockenden ‘Maternity Scandal’...
Following the publication of the Ockenden Report, an independent review of maternity services at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust,...
Read more - 5.4.2022
NHS Gynaecology waiting lists rise due to coronavirus
It has been reported today in the press that as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic, gynaecology waiting lists in...
Read more - 23.2.2022
Record high waiting lists put cancer patient lives...
In early January 2022 there were nearly six million people in England waiting for routine operations and treatment: a record high....
Read more - 23.2.2022
Women from ethnic minorities experience worse maternity care
It has been reported today that the government has set up a new task force to look into why there...
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18.1.2022Basildon hospital maternity unit still needs improvements
A Channel 4 News investigation into the maternity scandal at Basildon Hospital, which is part of the Mid & South Essex...
Read more- 23.11.2021
Longer wait for ambulances endangering lives
According to recent NHS figures, in October this year patients in England who were presenting with potential heart attacks or...
Read more - 18.11.2021
How do I obtain my GP medical records...
If you want to obtain copies of your medical records from your GP or the hospital where you have been...
Read more - 17.11.2021
NICE revises guidelines on Induced labour
Most babies are born naturally at around 40 weeks gestation. However, some pregnancies continue for longer. According to data from the...
Read more - 28.9.2021
Ambulance Delays Affecting Rapid Patient Treatment
In 2017, the Secretary of State for Health accepted the new ambulance performance standards recommended by NHS England, meaning that the 11...
Read more - 28.9.2021
NHS Waiting Lists Impacting Patient Diagnosis
With waiting lists for NHS England at an all-time high, there is an increased risk that life-threatening conditions are not...
Read more - 25.9.2021
Compensation for Negligence in Maternity Cases
According to the UK’s National Audit Office, the cost to the NHS of medical negligence compensation is currently sitting...
Read more - 25.9.2021
Can I Complain About Substandard Medical Treatment?
Most people have positive experiences with medical professionals and are satisfied with the medical treatment they receive. However, in some...
Read more - 20.7.2021
Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch
The HSIB (Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch) is an independent organisation made up of a team of investigators and analysts whose...
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23.6.2021Impacted Fetal Head During Labour: Maternity Negligence
According to the World Health Organisation, labour is considered obstructed when the fetus cannot progress along the birth canal, despite...
Read more- 15.4.2021
Patient Safety Incident Response Framework
What is the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) According to the NHS website, the PSIRF is a key part...
Read more - 25.3.2021
Delays in removing Ureteric Stents
In February 2020, the Health Care Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) published an interim bulletin in relation to the ‘Unplanned delayed removal...
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11.3.2021NHS Delays Exacerbated by Covid Crisis
Even before the Coronavirus hit the UK, NHS waiting lists were a common topic of exposition in the media. However,...
Read more- 6.11.2020
Claims Against Basildon Hospital
At Osbornes our specialist medical negligence solicitors represent a number of women who have been affected by poor maternity care...
Read more - 27.10.2020
When is a referral urgent?
What is a referral and how is it arranged? Patients are entitled to ask to be referred for specialist treatment...
Read more - 13.10.2020
Parental Bereavement Leave & Pay
Leave and pay when a child dies Pregnancy and childbirth can be very exciting but anxious times for both parents. ...
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