Stuart has a very busy practice, which covers all areas of Chambers’ work. He regularly appears in the High Court, the County Court and at commercial arbitrations as sole advocate in the chancery, commercial and property fields. In addition, he has appeared on a number of occasions as sole advocate in a wide range of regulatory tribunals and hearings. His main areas of practice include:

• Commercial and contractual disputes (including warranty, guarantee and misrepresentation claims)
• Commercial and civil fraud claims
• Corporate, partnership, shareholder and director disputes
• Banking and finance litigation
• Insolvency (corporate and personal)
• Professional liability (including negligence claims against solicitors, surveyors, architects, accountants and financial advisers and regulatory/disciplinary proceedings)
• Property litigation (including real property, landlord and tenant, mortgages and trusts)
• Contentious probate, trusts and inheritance disputes
• Sports law regulatory/disciplinary proceedings
• Breach of employee, partner or director restrictive covenants including the use of confidential information
• Employment law disputes

Prior to coming to the Bar, Stuart was a partner and solicitor-advocate in the commercial litigation team of a leading national law firm based in the Midlands.