Stewarts Law LLP

Partner and Head of Divorce and Family department in Leeds. Described  as “one of the most well respected matrimonial finance practitioners in the North”, Adrian is Head of Divorce and Family in our Leeds office and specialises in the resolution of complex financial issues for high net worth individuals. A significant number of Adrian’s cases involve trusts (both on and offshore), commercial and tax issues, family businesses, inherited wealth, international aspects and the tracing of assets. He has considerable expertise in the negotiation of pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements and the treatment of personal injury damages on divorce. Adrian has a particular interest in cohabitation claims, including the property rights of unmarried families. He has commentated in the local and national press on cohabitation issues. He also advises on disputes relating to children, including paternity, residence, international relocation and financial provision.

Described by one client as leaving no stone unturned in her approach to litigation, Amy specialises in complex and high-value catastrophic injury clinical negligence claims. She has particular expertise in private multi-defendant claims and obtaining high value fatal accident claims for high net worth individuals’ families with complex future loss claims following representation at inquests. Amy advises on a diverse range of clinical negligence cases that have left her clients suffering from life-altering injuries. Although not limited to these, she predominately deals with spinal, brain and birth injury claims resulting from varying acts or omissions from negligence in a variety of health care settings in particular multi-party private treatment claims. Heading up our Inquests and Fatal Accident claims she has recently completed the Coronial Law Lecture Series 2022 at the University of Bolton. Amy represented a family in a high-value fatal accident claim for a company director, obtaining £1.46m for his estate largely for future dependency claims for his wife and children. In a recent incomplete paraplegic claim, Amy obtained a £3.3m settlement for a client with an impaired life expectancy that included a £130,000 annual payment to cover ongoing future 24-hour care. Amy also recovered £3.2m for an 80-year-old client who suffered complete paraplegia due to negligent anaesthesia. Amy recently concluded a minor acquired brain injury claim for a young person securing a £1m settlement prior to proceedings being served.

Partner and Head of Personal Injury Leeds. Ben specialises in brain and spinal cord injury claims. He deals with a lot of challenging cases, and is very on the ball and very involved in the wider picture.’ Ben advises on high-value personal injury claims, particularly brain and spinal cord injuries, including claims with an international element. He has experience of equestrian cases, as well as burn and amputation injuries. Ben has acted in many brain and spinal cord injury claims, including accidents abroad. He has supervised fee earners conducting many more. His highlights include achieving multimillion pound settlements resulting from a range of types of accidents, including road traffic accidents and accidents at work.

Partner and Head of the Personal Injury department. Since 1999, Dan has only acted for clients with very serious injuries. Most of his clients have sustained a spinal cord injury or a brain injury. He has particular expertise in cross-border cases: acting on behalf of British clients injured overseas or foreign nationals injured in the UK. Dan has been involved in more than 60 cases in which the claimant received compensation in excess of £1m.

Senior Associate Ellie is recognised as a “Rising Star” by Spear’s magazine and “one to watch for the future” in The Legal 500. She advises clients on all issues arising from relationship breakdown, both financial and children related. Ellie has a firm grasp of international family law issues. She has a particular interest in cases with an Anglo-US dimension, having spent time working in Los Angeles for a prestigious US family law firm before qualifying as a solicitor in England and Wales. As an associate, Ellie acted on behalf of the wife in the case of AB v AC [2018] EWHC 1319 (Fam), a private equity case involving complex, multi-jurisdictional, trust and taxation matters. She has a particular specialism in private equity cases and has a wealth of experience in working with city professionals having started her career working for the chief financial officer of a FTSE 100 company.

Partner and Head of Clinical Negligence Leeds. Frank has achieved some of the department’s highest damages settlements. Frank specialises in claims relating to spinal cord injury and brain injury. Frank’s experience includes: Advising a young woman who was catastrophically injured by the negligent handing of an unstable neck injury after a minor fall Advising a brain injured man after the failure of a GP to refer him urgently to hospital with a serious orbital (eye) infection

Senior AssociateGabrielle has been ranked by Chambers as an Associate to Watch and Legal 500 2021 as a Rising Star. She specialises in acting for individuals with spinal cord conditions including cauda equina syndrome, and brain injuries arising out of clinical negligence.Gabrielle has significant experience of acting in High Court litigation for clients with catastrophic injuries arising out of medical treatment. She has been recognised in Chambers for demonstrating particular expertise in spinal injury cases. She has specialised in clinical negligence litigation since qualifying in 2004.Gabrielle has acted in cases involving delayed diagnosis of spinal cord compression causing tetraplegia; missed diagnosis of spinal infection leading to paraplegia; mismanagement during surgical procedures; late diagnosis of cauda equina syndrome and failure to obtain proper consent. A number of her cases have involved multiple defendants.

Partner Matthew specialises in a range of high-value and complex competition disputes, acting on claims that frequently appear in the Lawyer's top 20 cases. Matthew’s areas of experience include advising on a range of competition and commercial disputes involving breach of contract, negligence, misrepresentation, rectification, financial mis-selling and breach of competition law. Matthew also has particular experience in litigation costs. Matthew has extensive experience in commercial litigation but now predominately focusses on competition matters, including advising on follow-on and standalone damages claims, interventions in Competition Appeal Tribunal proceedings and cartel investigations. Matthew has advised clients involved in high value proceedings in the High Court, Court of Appeal and the Competition Appeal Tribunal.

Partner and Co-Head of Commercial Litigation Mo co-heads the commercial litigation department. Mo specialises in large scale fraud and corruption investigations and recovery action (including working with enforcement authorities in the UK and overseas), as well as high-value commercial disputes relating to a range of commercial matters including fraud, IT and PFI projects, product recall and corporate claims arising from acquisitions. He acts on emergency injunctions (search and freezing injunctions). His clients span sectors as diverse as government, manufacturing, financial services, technology, energy and health. Cases in which Mo has advised include defending a major public sector body from claims exceeding £100m in relation to the cancellation of a large PFI project. He also acted on a number of internal investigations into fraud and corruption including historic corruption/fraud by a senior director within a FTSE 250 listed group, defending an HMRC investigation arising as a result and pursuing claims against the director responsible, as well as a significant $1bn multi-jurisdictional investigation into systemic corruption by a foreign public official.

Partner Nick is a partner in the Commercial Litigation team with extensive experience of high-value and complex commercial disputes and investigations for large public and private sector organisations. Nick’s expertise includes advising on corporate and shareholder disputes, actions against directors, mainstream contractual and supply chain disputes, commercial fraud actions, restrictive covenant claims, pursuing and defending applications for injunctive relief, trade mark actions and media disputes. He also has experience of advising on live procurement projects that have run into difficulty, and managing and advising on associated risks. Cases in which Nick has advised include: Acting on ultra high value complex commercial (£1bn plus) cases including acting for a global IT systems supplier in arbitration proceedings against the UK government, which progressed to an 80-day hearing involving evidence from over 100 witnesses Pursuing a damages claim arising out of an alleged cartel arrangement, a case that was in court for over 30 days.

Solicitor

Partner in the Personal Injury department. Warren represents claimants in high-value and complex personal injury claims arising from road traffic collisions, accidents at work, equine and sporting accidents. Before training as a solicitor, Warren served for five years in the Coldstream Guards and has a particular understanding in relation to claims brought by past and present HM Forces personnel. Warren has significant experience in acting for child and adult claimants who have suffered injuries of the utmost severity, particularly brain, spinal cord, burns, amputations and complex orthopaedic injuries. Warren recently recovered £14M for a 17 year-old female who sustained a brain injury after she was run down when aged 5. He acted for the claimant in Housley v Christiansen LTLPI 6/1/2010 where damages to pay for a light aircraft and associated costs, (including the cost of renting accommodation with attached airstrip), were recovered by a flying instructor who was unable to continue teaching as a result of his injuries. He was also the claimant’s solicitor in Cheung v Zhu (t/a Yang Sing Fish and Chip) [2011] EWHC 2913 (QB): an employer’s liability action where the claimant sustained a spinal cord injury, which is now often cited in ‘slip/trip’ cases.