Partner, Ashtons Legal, Leeds
Natalie qualified as a barrister in 2008 and cross qualified as a solicitor in 2011. She has specialised in clinical negligence since qualification.
She has been a member of APIL since qualification and is accredited as a senior litigator.
She is a solicitor advocate, with rights of audience in the Higher Courts for all civil and criminal proceedings.
Natalie specialises in baby loss and birth injury cases and was involved in the landmark cases: Manna v Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, JR v. Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Natalie provides training on clinical negligence litigation procedure, fundamental dishonesty, vicarious liability as well as providing training to NHS England Improvement on the Duty of Candour and on record keeping to NHS and private rehabilitation providers.
Media work includes BBC One News, BBC Politics Show, ITV Central News, BBC Look North, BBC Central, Channel 4 News and Capital Radio. Natalie also regularly contributes to the Independent newspaper.
Natalie is an executive member of the Society of Clinical Injury Lawyers. She is also the president of the Yorkshire Union of Law Societies and past president of the Sheffield and District Law Society.
As a professional dedicated to supporting local causes, Natalie commits much of her spare time to working with a range of South Yorkshire-based charities including her role as Chair of Trustees for Sheffield Mencap and Gateway.
She is recommended in the Legal 500, ‘particular mention to Natalie Cosgrove who is a rare beacon of hope in an otherwise dark and bleak period of our lives.’
Ranked in Chambers and Partners, Natalie is described as a "Force of nature, loved by her clients, who runs and wins difficult cases."