Stewarts Law LLP

Rebecca Huxford

AssociateRebecca specialises in international injury claims, with a particular specialism in cases involving severe brain injury. She is highly regarded for her client care and forensic approach to complex expert evidence. Rebecca represents clients following serious international accidents, including UK residents injured overseas and foreign nationals who sustain serious injuries in the UK. Rebecca has extensive experience in running serious injury claims, with a particular focus on ensuring her clients have quick access to rehabilitation and interim payments, where possible.Rebecca has represented clients in a range of serious personal injury cases involving amputation, brain injury and spinal cord injury. She has secured millions of pounds of compensation for clients during her career. In more recent years, most of her cases have involved brain injury ranging from subtle to severe, including the onset of additional conditions such as epilepsy, endocrine disorders, visual and hearing difficulties. She has also recently run a complex case to trial in the High Court involving technical arguments on expert liability and causation evidence that was worth millions of pounds.

Scott Rigby

Partner in the International Injury department. Scott specialises in acting for clients who have suffered catastrophic injuries abroad. He has secured over £40m in damages for his clients. He represented the claimant in the landmark case of Wall v Mutuelle de Poitiers Assurances [2014] EWCA Civ 138. Scott represents clients who have suffered spinal cord injuries, brain injuries, amputations, brachial plexus injuries and fatal injuries. These claims typically involve jurisdictional, applicable law and service disputes or are brought under the Package Travel Regulations. Scott has secured numerous multimillion pound settlements for clients injured in Europe and jurisdictions around the world. He also acted in Wall v Mutuelle de Poitiers Assurances in which the Court of Appeal provided guidance on the assessment of damages in personal injury claims in circumstances where the English Court is bound to apply the law of another jurisdiction.

Sarah Stewart

Partner in the Aviation department. Sarah specialises in aviation related disputes resulting in death or injury claims in the UK and abroad. The claims she handles often involve jurisdictional arguments, issues of foreign law and the application of international conventions. Since 2006 Sarah has specialised in aviation related disputes resulting in death or injury worldwide. The claims she handles often involve jurisdictional arguments, issues of foreign law and the application of international conventions. She has acted in major air disasters and fatal helicopter and light aircraft accidents in the UK, Europe and worldwide. She supports families through official accident investigations and coroner’s inquests. Sarah was instructed in the landmark case of Rogers v Hoyle [2014] EWCA Civ 257 [2014] 3 WLR 148, [2014] 3 All ER 550, in which the Court of Appeal held that air accident investigation reports produced by the Department of Transport are admissible in civil proceedings. She also acted in Dusek v StormHarbour [2016] EWCA CIV 604, which established liability on the part of a UK employer for failing to adequately risk assess travel arrangements for its employee travelling abroad for his work. Sarah is currently acting for families of victims of the Shoreham Airshow disaster in the ongoing inquest proceedings. Sarah joined Stewarts in 2002, and became partner in 2007. She qualified with Gregory Abrams in Liverpool in 1997 before moving to personal injury at Bolt Burdon in Islington.

Christopher Deacon

Partner Chris is a specialist international injury lawyer who throughout his career has acted almost exclusively for the victims of accidents abroad and in disputes with tour operators, hotels, travel providers and insurers. He is ranked as a leading travel lawyer in both Chambers and The Legal 500. Chambers 2018 commented "a rising star and all-round class act; he puts the extra 10% on top of the 100%." Chris represents clients following serious international accidents, usually UK residents injured overseas but also foreign nationals who sustain life-changing injuries in the UK. He often acts in high profile and challenging cases and in claims arising from a wide range of catastrophic and fatal incidents, from road traffic accidents to sporting and leisure activities. Chris has a specialist interest and expertise in motorsports accidents, having represented the family of F1 driver Jules Bianchi following his fatal accident at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix and F2 driver Juan Manuel Correa following the serious accident at the 2019 Belgian Grand Prix. Fluent in French, his background in international law means he is well placed to advise in relation to claims arising from incidents across the globe. Chris’ experience notably extends to the USA where he has pursued claims in a number of US states. He has written, presented and advised on the implications of Brexit for international injury claims. Chris is involved in lobbying for the rights of serious injury victims in an international context, regularly engaging with government and public consultations on law reform. Chris is currently representing a number of seriously injured clients and their families following accidents overseas, including a UK national who suffered serious burns in a dune buggy fire in Dubai and in a claim against Airbnb and others in Florida for a client who suffered an amputation following an incident at a holiday rental.