JUNIOR PROFILE
Esther Gamble

Esther Gamble

UK Bar 2026

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Ranked in 2 practice areas

About

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Practice Areas

Esther is consistently ranked as a leading barrister for clinical negligence and personal injury work by Chambers UK and Legal 500. She has recently appeared in the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.

Esther prides herself on being accessible and responsive, and working as a team with her instructing solicitors. Professional clients often choose her for the most delicate cases, for her sensitive and empathetic approach and her ability to win the confidence of vulnerable or challenging clients. She also has a reputation for impressive attention to detail and an easy grasp of technical medical issues.

She specialises in cases involving serious injury of significant value but accepts instructions in lower value cases where there are complicating factors justifying particular expertise or skill, including novel points of law.

Her practice encompasses catastrophic brain and spinal/neurological injuries, whether arising from accident or medical mismanagement, amputations, fatalities and reduced life expectancy, oncology, obstetrics, sepsis and surgical error.

Career

BSc Pure Mathematics & Philosophy (First Class), Postgraduate Diploma in Law (Distinction), Bar Vocational Course (Outstanding).

Birmingham Law Society Barrister of the Year 2020/21.

Professional Memberships

PIBA, AvMA;

Co-Founder of Midland Circuit Women’s Forum;

Member of Bar Council Retention Panel;

Panel Reviewer for Advocate (formerly Bar Pro Bono Unit);

Recorder (Civil) on the Midland Circuit.

Chambers Review

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UK Bar

Clinical Negligence - Midlands (Bar)

Star Individual
Star Individuals

Individual Editorial

Esther Gamble is an impressive senior junior with a substantial clinical negligence practice. She demonstrates proficiency in cases relating to obstetrics, surgical error and delayed diagnosis, covering both physical and psychological injury. She is widely praised for her client care skills and her detailed approach to difficult claims.

Personal Injury - Midlands (Bar)

Band 1
Band 1

Individual Editorial

Esther Gamble is a well-regarded clinical negligence and personal injury barrister. She is regularly instructed in catastrophic injury claims, ranging from severe brain injury to fatalities arising from RTAs.

Strengths

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  • Esther is great with clients, can always be relied upon to get the best out of experts and is clear and concise in her advice.

    Clinical NegligenceUK Bar
  • Esther is excellent at advocacy and settlement meetings, and that is where she comes into her own.

    Clinical NegligenceUK Bar
  • Esther is very bright and has a sharp mind.

    Clinical NegligenceUK Bar
  • Esther combines meticulous attention to detail with a deeply empathetic approach. Her advocacy is both passionate and precise, grounded in technical analysis that is second to none.

    Clinical NegligenceUK Bar
  • Esther is excellent, forensic and thorough.

    Personal InjuryUK Bar
  • Esther is very good. She is very careful, diligent and persuasive.

    Personal InjuryUK Bar

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