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Provided by Denise Stephens
Denise Stephens is a partner working in the Medical Negligence Department.
Denise is one of the country's leading medical negligence specialist solicitors. She heads a team in Reading and, although based in Reading, she travels extensively throughout England and Wales representing her catastrophically injured clients.
Denise has 22 years of expertise in handling numerous claims for patients across a wide medical spectrum.
Denise is passionate about fighting for the rights of injured patients, she is focused, approachable and sympathetic. Denise gets to the centre of an issue quickly and with expertise.
Denise is renowned for her work involving babies injured at birth but also has vast experience across a wide and diverse range of medical cases.
Work highlights
Denise has dealt with many highly complex cases involving multi-million pound claims in the High Court.
Highest ever court award for medical negligence
Denise achieved the highest ever court award for medical negligence. She secured the sum of £14.6 million in an 11 day trial in the case of Robshaw v United Lincolnshire Hospitals [2015] EWHC 923 (QB); MED LR 339, James Robshaw had suffered cerebral palsy at birth.
Provided by Chambers
Provided by Chambers
Her client handling skills are second to none.
Denise is immensely experienced, skilled and committed. She is knowledgeable, empathetic and communicative.
Denise is very thorough, detailed and organised. She also looks outside the box.
Denise is really on top of the detail.
Her client handling skills are second to none.
Denise is immensely experienced, skilled and committed. She is knowledgeable, empathetic and communicative.
Denise is very thorough, detailed and organised. She also looks outside the box.
Denise is really on top of the detail.