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Stuart Sanders

Work Department

Littleton Chambers

Position

Commercial and employment law barrister 

Career

Call: 2017

Stuart joined Littleton in April 2019 upon completion of a Third Six Pupillage, having previously undertaken 12-month pupillage at a leading commercial set. Stuart accepts instructions across all Chambers’ core areas of work, and has a particular interest in commercial work.

Stuart has started to build a practice across these areas, with recent work including:

• Bestolov v Povarenkin [2019] EWHC 1992 (Comm) – Represented the successful Claimant (led by Rupert D’Cruz) in a three-week Commercial Court trial between two Russian business, with judgment of over $7.5m;
• Domestic & General Group Ltd et al. v Bank of Scotland plc [2018] 12 WLUK 68 – acted as sole counsel in a successful High Court application for a Norwich Pharmacal order against a bank relating to the identification of a suspected rogue trader. This was part of a series of actions against rogue traders reported on in the Evening Standard (link) – Stuart is instructed on a number of these actions;
• Kelly v Musicians Union [2020] EWCA Civ 736 – Appeared (led by David Reade QC) before the Court of Appeal in a case concerning the correct construction of a Trade Union’s rules in relation to its disciplinary processes;
• Regularly appearing in the ET at preliminary hearings and trials on a variety of matters, including, unfair dismissal, discrimination and unpaid wages claims.
• Representing an Olympic athlete at a UK Sport Eligibility Panel to determine whether they should lose funding due to admitting use of recreational drugs – the athlete received a warning and did not lose any funding.

Before coming to the Bar, Stuart achieved a First Class degree in Law from the University of Oxford and a Distinction in the BCL. He also worked as a Part-Time Fellow in Contract Law at UCL alongside his BPTC.

Outside of work, Stuart is a keen sportsman, travelling around the UK to play Flag American Football.

Memberships

COMBAR

ELA

Education

2016-2017         Bar Professional Training Course: Outstanding

2015-2016         BCL at Trinity College, University of Oxford: Distinction

2012-2015         BA (Hons) in Law at Trinity College, University of Oxford: First Class

Scholarships and Prizes

• Mould Scholar, Gray’s Inn, 2018, one of four Senior Scholarships awarded to “students of exceptional merit.”
• Prince of Wales Scholar, Gray’s Inn, 2016.
• Excellence Award, BPP, 2016.
• Mitchell Scholar for BCL, Trinity College, Oxford, 2015.
• Trinity College Scholar, Trinity College, Oxford, 2013-2016.
• Bellot International Law Prize, Trinity College, Oxford, 2015.
• Lady Astbury Memorial Prize and Colin Nicholls QC Prize, Trinity College, Oxford, 2013.
• Won the Shearman & Stirling Oxford Mooting Competition 2014, mooting in front of Lord Wilson JSC.
• Won the HSF Oxford Disability Mooting Competition 2015, mooting in front of a panel led by Lord Phillips.