Gabrielle Ross

Gabrielle specialises in acting for individuals with spinal cord conditions including cauda equina syndrome, and brain injuries arising out of clinical negligence.

Gabrielle has specialised in representing claimants in medical negligence cases for 20 years. She has significant experience of acting in High Court litigation for clients with catastrophic injuries arising out of medical treatment, including success at trial in a cauda equina case.

She has acted on claims involving delayed diagnosis of spinal cord compression causing tetraplegia; brain and spinal injury arising from failure surrounding post-operative treatment; missed diagnosis of spinal infection leading to paraplegia; mismanagement during surgical procedures; late diagnosis of spinal tumour; failure to obtain proper consent causing brain injury; failure to diagnose symptoms of cauda equina syndrome; and fatal accidents. A number of her cases have involved multiple defendants.

Gabrielle joined Stewarts in 2010 from Irwin Mitchell. She became an associate at Stewarts in 2012 and a senior associate in 2015.

Law Society Clinical Negligence Accreditation Accredited as a Litigator by APIL.

Member of the Leeds and District Medico-Legal Society.

Gabrielle enjoys theatre and music and has directed and staged local theatre productions. She is also a former Trustee of Leeds Mencap (2009-2014).