London Bar
Banking and finance (including consumer credit)
LEADING JUNIORS2Stewart Chirnside –Quadrant Chambers 'Stewart is impressive.'
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Stewart Chirnside
Quadrant Chambers, London
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Position
Barrister specialising in commercial litigation, including banking and finance, commercial fraud, professional negligence, property damage and product liability. Stewart also has experience of international arbitrations.
Career
Stewart regularly appears in trials in the High Court (both as junior and sole counsel) and he is also regularly instructed on interlocutory applications in relation to freezing orders and other interim relief. He also has experience of appeals to the Court of Appeal where he has appeared most recently in PHP Tobacco Carib SA v BAT Caribbean SA [2017] EWCA Civ 1131, Fathollahipour v Aliabadibensi [2015] 1 WLR 2472 and Crinion v IG Markets Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 587.
Before joining the Bar, Stewart worked as a strategy and risk management consultant in the financial services industry. Stewart is a modern languages graduate with an excellent knowledge of French and German
Memberships
COMBAR; Chancery Bar Association; LCCBA
Education
BA (Hons) (“Congratulatory” Ist) Modern Languages (French and German) Brasenose College, Oxford UniversityPgDL, City University, LondonInns of Court School of Law
Mentions
London Bar
Commercial litigation
LEADING JUNIORS5Stewart Chirnside – Quadrant Chambers ‘Stewart is incredibly responsive and quick, and has impressive attention to detail. He is technically excellent and his written advocacy work is exceptional. His calm and measured approach makes him easy to work with.'
London Bar
Fraud: civil
LEADING JUNIORS4Stewart Chirnside – Quadrant Chambers
'Stewart has an excellent ability to assimilate large volumes of materials and to distil them into concise pleadings. His drafting skills are excellent. He also has a strong grasp of the key legal issues for each case and is very client friendly. A go-to barrister for fraud.'
London Bar
Professional negligence
LEADING JUNIORS6Stewart Chirnside –Quadrant Chambers 'Stewart is incredibly responsive and quick and has an impressive attention to detail. His calm and measured approach makes him easy to work with.'