13.1.2022
Court of Appeal Judgement on Secondary Victim Cases
Judgment was today handed down by the Court of Appeal in the cases of Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Foundation...
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“Nicholas Leahy works extremely hard and understands the commercial sensitivities of clinical negligence litigation.”
Nicholas Leahy
Nick is a Solicitor in the Medical Negligence Department.
Nick graduated from the University of Nottingham with a first-class degree in politics in 2012 before completing the GDL and LPC with distinction at the University of Law in London. He completed his training contract with Osbornes, qualifying for the Medical Negligence Department.
Nick has experience in a wide range of medical negligence claims including:
- Surgical error;
- Delayed diagnosis of cancer;
- Orthopaedic claims/nerve injury;
- Wrongful birth;
- Obstetrics and gynaecology;
- Stillbirth;
- Accident and Emergency.
Nick also regularly acts for families at inquests and is able to advise on all aspects of fatal cases. Many of Nick’s cases are complex medical negligence cases that require evidence from multiple medical and clinical experts from a range of disciplines.
Nick prides himself on the high level of client care he provides. He is able to deal with often extremely sensitive and distressing matters with professionalism and strives to ensure that the legal process is made as stress-free as possible for his clients. Nick has experience in dealing with medical negligence cases from the pre-action/investigation stage and through litigation, all the way to trial. Nick also regularly represents his clients at Joint Settlement Meetings, interim court hearings and mediations.
Nick regularly attends conferences with AvMA and APIL and has written publications for both of these organisations. In 2020 Nick contributed to the most recent APIL Personal Injury Law, Practice and Precedents Looseleaf publication. Nick has also written articles for LexisNexis and The Law Society Gazette.
In the 2020 edition of the Legal 500, Nick was named “the name to note for successfully settling misdiagnosis and A&E cases”.
In his spare time, Nick enjoys long-distance and trail running, reading and travelling.
"Nicholas Leahy works extremely hard and understands the commercial sensitivities of clinical negligence litigation."
Excellent service from Osbornes throughout on a difficult clinical negligence claim. Nicholas Leahy who handled the claim was responsive and professional throughout, while also providing pragmatic advice and clear drafting.
Working with Osbornes Law was the best decision I could have made. Nick was really attentive to my issue and did a very thorough job. He truly made the process headache free! Highly recommend them.
Nick Leahy has been my Solicitor throughout this journey and has been absolutely amazing; kind, approachable and extremely supportive... Through some dogged determination by Nick we achieved our goal without having to go to trial. I cannot thank Nick, Stephanie and all of the team at Osbornes highly enough for achieving a very favourable settlement, the outcome of which will make a huge difference to myself and my family.
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.
"An excellent firm which achieves fantastic outcomes for clients."
"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."
Osbornes provides a very intimate and personal client service which is increasingly rare in this sector.
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 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."
"The team were extremely professional in putting my needs first. There was a joined-up approach to catering for the client, and all lawyers involved were briefed and constructive."
Stephanie Prior is always very professional and kind. Highly recommended.
Quite simply excellent, with a highly competent and well-rounded team. They understand complex medical litigation and have been our lifesavers, and we will always owe them our immense gratitude.
Insights from Nicholas VIEW ALL
3.10.2021Sepsis – greater awareness can lead to better outcomes
In September 2019, I attended the Brain Injury Group’s Sepsis training event in the City of London together with my...
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9.7.2021Legal Support For Bereaved Families
What legal support is available for bereaved families? The loss of a loved one is an extremely distressing time for...
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23.6.2021NHS Plans To Centralise Patient Medical Data Cause...
Recent news coverage has highlighted the growing concern over plans by NHS Digital (which runs the NHS’s IT system)...
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NHS Plans To Centralise Patient Medical Data Cause...
Recent news coverage has highlighted the growing concern over plans by NHS Digital (which runs the NHS’s IT system)...
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7.2.2020Why safety improvements for the placement of nasogastric...
The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch has this month launched an investigation looking at the implementation of safety improvements for the...
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Bereavement Award
A Historic Decision In the case of Smith v Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & Ors (Rev 2) [2017] EWCA Civ 1916,...
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22.4.2015Bowel Cancer need not be a killer
Cancer is a word that attracts stigma. Many people believe that if you are diagnosed with cancer you are going...
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"Nicholas Leahy works extremely hard and...
"Nicholas Leahy works extremely hard and understands the commercial sensitivities of clinical negligence litigation."
Excellent service from Osbornes throughout on...
Excellent service from Osbornes throughout on a difficult clinical negligence claim. Nicholas Leahy who handled the claim was responsive and professional throughout, while also providing pragmatic advice and clear drafting.
Working with Osbornes Law was the...
Working with Osbornes Law was the best decision I could have made. Nick was really attentive to my issue and did a very thorough job. He truly made the process headache free! Highly recommend them.
Nick Leahy has been my Solicitor...
Nick Leahy has been my Solicitor throughout this journey and has been absolutely amazing; kind, approachable and extremely supportive... Through some dogged determination by Nick we achieved our goal without having to go to trial. I cannot thank Nick, Stephanie and all of the team at Osbornes highly enough for achieving a very favourable settlement, the outcome of which will make a huge difference to myself and my family.
Stephanie has developed a particularly strong...
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.
"An excellent firm which achieves fantastic...
"An excellent firm which achieves fantastic outcomes for clients."
"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."
"Stephanie shows sensitivity and deals with...
"Stephanie shows sensitivity and deals with things in an understanding way."
Osbornes provides a very intimate and...
Osbornes provides a very intimate and personal client service which is increasingly rare in this sector.
The lawyers in the team are...
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...
"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 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."
"The team were extremely professional in...
"The team were extremely professional in putting my needs first. There was a joined-up approach to catering for the client, and all lawyers involved were briefed and constructive."
Stephanie Prior is always very professional...
Stephanie Prior is always very professional and kind. Highly recommended.
Quite simply excellent, with a highly...
Quite simply excellent, with a highly competent and well-rounded team. They understand complex medical litigation and have been our lifesavers, and we will always owe them our immense gratitude.
Nick's Case StudiesVIEW ALL
11.4.2023Osbornes Instructed After Local Authority Data Breach
Osbornes Law have recently negotiated a settlement on behalf of two clients who had their personal information inadvertently released to...
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23.1.2023Court avoided after settlement agreed in dental negligence...
The Medical Negligence team have recently negotiated the settlement of a complex dental negligence case. Our client experienced a number...
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13.1.2023Delayed cancer diagnosis results in five figure settlement
The medical negligence team at Osbornes Law has recently settled a case involving a patient who passed away following a...
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23.5.2022Justice for client who suffered serious birth injuries
The Clinical Negligence team at Osbornes Law have recently negotiated the settlement of a case in which our client sustained...
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25.1.2022Serious Injury Following TVT Surgery
Case Summary Our client, SG, attended her GP in December 2015 complaining of urinary symptoms including leaking when she laughed or...
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12.1.2022Wrongful birth claim successfully settled
Background Our client, J, fell pregnant in October 2015 and took the difficult decision to undergo a termination. She booked an...
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29.10.2021Medical Negligence Case Study: Iron infusion cannula injury
Nick Leahy, Solicitor in Osbornes Clinical Negligence team recovered damages for his client who suffered an extravasation injury following an...
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20.9.2021Osbornes represent family of NHS employee
Osbornes Law is representing the family of a former NHS employee who suffered a painful death due to negligent hospital...
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20.7.2021Osbornes Successfully Settle Wrongful Birth Claim
Nicholas Leahy, clinical negligence lawyer at Osbornes Law has recently negotiated the successful settlement of a wrongful birth case. Our...
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13.7.2021Family In Cardiac Negligence Claim Against NHS Trust
Nick Leahy, medical negligence solicitor at Osbornes Law was instructed to pursue a cardiac compensation claim on behalf of the...
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1.7.2021Stillbirth following water birth at home
Nicholas Leahy acted for a young woman who had a water birth at home and two midwives were allocated to...
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18.5.2021Failure to diagnose and treat Ogilvie’s syndrome
Our client suffered the consequences of a delayed diagnosis of Ogilvie’s syndrome following the birth of her daughter by...
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18.5.2021Failed to identify nerve damage caused during operation
The Clinical Negligence team at Osbornes Law have this week successfully negotiated the settlement of a case in which our...
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26.4.2021Elderly man dies after fall from hospital bed
A hospital trust has apologised after a vulnerable 84-year-old man died due to negligence after he fell out of bed...
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17.1.2020Inquest held for former cab driver
A former black cab driver starved himself to death in hospital after being allowed to refuse food and drink despite...
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13.11.2019Fatal Claim against West London NHS Trust
I recently acted in a claim for a fatality against West London NHS Trust for damages under the Law Reform (...
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Brain injured woman awarded seven figure damages
Our client, a 76 year old woman, tripped and fell on some stairs when she was on her way out of...
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