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Stuart Jessop

Stuart Jessop

Position

Stuart is a specialist regulatory and public law barrister. He is well-known for his expertise in consumer law, life sciences and food regulation, safety law, animal welfare, licensing, and environmental law.

A substantial proportion of his practice involves the representation of and the giving of advice to, companies and their directors and regulators, in public law challenges by way of judicial review or statutory appeal within his main practice areas. He defends and prosecutes in respect of criminal regulatory proceedings as well as appearing in civil proceedings, often in the first-tier tribunal. Much of his work involves significant issues of law and or fact and, invariably, highly technical expert evidence and he often appears, alone or as leader, against other senior specialist junior counsel or King’s Counsel.

He is ranked as a leading barrister by the legal directories in Consumer Law, Environmental and Licensing. Stuart is on List A of the Unified List of Special regulatory Advocates and has previously been instructed by the Health and Safety Executive, the Office for Rail and Road and the Information Commissioner.

Education

University of East London – BSc (First Class Hons Psych) City University – GDL Dip Information Law Professional Licensing Practitioner certificate

Mentions

London Bar

Consumer

LEADING JUNIORS3
Stuart Jessop –Gough Square Chambers ‘Stuart is a go-to barrister for any regulatory case. Excellent on the papers and on his feet.’
London Bar

Environment

LEADING JUNIORS4
Stuart Jessop – Gough Square Chambers ‘A real fighter.’
London Bar

Licensing

LEADING JUNIORS2
Stuart Jessop –Gough Square Chambers ‘Stuart is very commercially aware and is able to explain complex legal arguments in a comprehensible way.‘