Marianne Stapleton

Q: What notable cases have you worked on?

Delayed Diagnosis of cancer Secured a £275,000 settlement for the Claimant in a complex delayed lung cancer diagnosis claim, despite denied liability and disputed causation requiring expert evidence across four specialties. Surrogacy claim The Claimant’s cervical cancer diagnosis was delayed by three months following failures by her GP to record symptoms and refer her, resulting in a radical hysterectomy and loss of the opportunity for fertility-preserving surgery. Liability was admitted, and £200,000 in damages was recovered, including the costs of surrogacy undertaken abroad. Sight loss claim Marianne secured over £1 million in damages for a client who suffered sight loss and debilitating chronic pain following delayed diagnosis of sarcoidosis and unnecessary brain surgery. Despite an initial denials, the defendant admitted liability following the issue of proceedings and the claim resolved shortly before trial, with an interim payment secured along the way.

Q: What is the most rewarding aspect of your role?

Ensuring that patients and families receive answers and accountability for the harm they have suffered, as well as ensuring patients with life changing injuries have the care and support they need.

Q: What do you like about working at Irwin Mitchell?

Working with such a friendly group of colleagues that have an exceptional range expertise across the firm.

Q: What do you do away from the office?

Outside of work, I’m a keen equestrian and lapsed runner, completing my first (and last!) half marathon in Cambridge in 2021 and raising money for the Charity Tom’s Trust.

Associate

Medical Negligence

Cambridge

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“Marianne is fearlessly and obviously intelligent, gets to grips very quickly with issues and is a pleasure to work with.”

Chambers & Partners

I’ve practiced exclusively within medical negligence since qualifying in 2018 and joining Irwin Mitchell in early 2021. I act for families in high value and complex claims, where children and adults have suffered life changing injuries as a result of poor care, particularly following:

Delayed diagnoses of cancer
Surgical claims
Psychiatric injuries
Brain injuries including birth injuries and stroke

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Cambridge
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01223 859 903(Telephone)
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More about Marianne

What notable cases have you worked on?

Delayed Diagnosis of cancer
Secured a £275,000 settlement for the Claimant in a complex delayed lung cancer diagnosis claim, despite denied liability and disputed causation requiring expert evidence across four specialties.

Surrogacy claim
The Claimant’s cervical cancer diagnosis was delayed by three months following failures by her GP to record symptoms and refer her, resulting in a radical hysterectomy and loss of the opportunity for fertility-preserving surgery. Liability was admitted, and £200,000 in damages was recovered, including the costs of surrogacy undertaken abroad.

Sight loss claim
Marianne secured over £1 million in damages for a client who suffered sight loss and debilitating chronic pain following delayed diagnosis of sarcoidosis and unnecessary brain surgery. Despite an initial denials, the defendant admitted liability following the issue of proceedings and the claim resolved shortly before trial, with an interim payment secured along the way.

What is the most rewarding aspect of your role?

What do you like about working at Irwin Mitchell?

What do you do away from the office?

Testimonials

"Amazing! Marianne was extremely informative, reliable and a very good communicator. Thank you for all your amazing support!" - Miss O

"My solicitors were Eleri Davies and Marianne Stapleton, and I cannot speak highly enough of both of them. Their professionalism, knowledge, attention to detail and understanding have been outstanding throughout. They have always been incredibly sympathetic, patient and supportive, taking the time to explain everything and ensuring I felt listened to and understood. Dealing with a claim can be an incredibly difficult and emotional experience, but these two wonderful ladies have made one of the most challenging periods of my life just that little bit easier, which has meant more to me than they will ever know. I am truly grateful for all their hard work, dedication and compassion." - Mr W

"Marianne was very professional, supportive and understanding of our loss. I could not have asked for better representation than that given by Iwrin Mitchell and specifically Marianne Stapleton" - Michael C

"Marianne Stapleton has an exceptional legal brain and grasps the issues quickly and thoroughly." - Legal 500