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World Spinal Cord Injury Day on 5 September focuses on awareness of fall prevention
Stewarts 05/09/2025
World Spinal Cord Injury Day (SCI Day) was established by the International Spinal Cord Association (ISCoS) in 2016. Celebrated every year on 5 September, the day serves as a reminder of the various day-to-day challenges faced by people with spinal cord injuries and raises awareness of ISCoS’s com...
Family Court decision confirms importance of adhering to Family Procedure Rules before the final hearing
Stewarts 03/09/2025
A Family Court judgment has confirmed that breaches of the Family Procedure Rules may result in hearings being adjourned, as well as creating a risk of indemnity costs orders being made against an offending party or their representatives. Paralegal Heather Sharp examines the decision in T v T and ot...
Stewarts welcomes new International Arbitration partner to drive Middle East strategy
Stewarts 02/09/2025
Stewarts continues to expand its international practice with the hire of Rovine Chandrasekera into the firm’s International Arbitration team. Rovine joins Stewarts from Stephenson Harwood, where he played a pivotal role in expanding their Middle East practice by establishing and leading their Duba...
Taking a global view of cyber and war risks at Lloyd’s of London event
Stewarts 01/09/2025
Our Policyholder Disputes team, in collaboration with Blank Rome, Clyde & Co and Stibbe, hosts its annual Multinational Insurance Coverage Event on 25 September 2025 at the Lloyd’s of London Old Library. An international panel of speakers will deliver insights from leading insurance teams across t...
Maximising accommodation claims for catastrophic injury claimants
Stewarts 29/08/2025
A catastrophic injury claimant will generally not receive enough money through their accommodation claim to fund their accommodation needs. What can they do? Writing for Inclusive Design magazine, Ben Townsend, Head of Personal Injury Leeds at Stewarts, examines how the accommodation claim is calcul...
What is a pre-nup and do I need one before I marry?
Stewarts 27/08/2025
Pre-nuptial agreements are increasingly recognised as a practical and responsible step for couples planning to marry. A pre-nup allows partners to set out how their assets should be divided in the event of divorce, helping to reduce conflict and uncertainty during emotionally challenging times. In t...
When can a majority shareholder bring an unfair prejudice petition?
Stewarts 26/08/2025
A recent High Court judgment provides important guidance on when and in what circumstances a majority shareholder can bring an unfair prejudice petition pursuant to s994 of the Companies Act 2006. In this article, partners Laura Jenkins and Alex Lerner, and trainee solicitor Iola Reynolds, review th...
English court recognises foreign bankruptcy, aids trustee in mining shareholder dispute
Stewarts 22/08/2025
The English High Court has granted an application for common law recognition of a Russian bankruptcy order and limited assistance in the collection and distribution of the Russian bankrupt’s assets. The decision in Vesnin v Queeld [2025] EWHC 104 (Ch) is part of wider litigation involving share ow...
E-scooter safety under further scrutiny following fatal collision
Stewarts 21/08/2025
The case of British backpacker Alicia Kemp, who in August 2025 pleaded guilty to killing father-of-two Thanh Phan while riding an e-scooter under the influence, has reignited debate over e-scooter safety and legislation in the UK and overseas. While e-scooters provide a fast and climate-friendly met...
CJEU ruling gives helpful guidance on calculating VAT for intra-group services
Stewarts 20/08/2025
Writing for the 1 August edition of Tax Journal, Giles Salmond considered a recent judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) which looks at how intra-group contracts should be analysed and whether transfer pricing is relevant for VAT purposes. It is usually straightforward to wor...
Employment practices liability insurance – what does it cover and what are the common pitfalls?
Employment practices liability insurance (“EPL Insurance”) is designed to protect companies against claims brought by employees and prospective employees for employment-related wrongs. EPL Insurance is becoming increasingly prevalent in management liability insurance programmes. Senior Associate...
Arbitration in children matters: a private path to resolution
Stewarts 19/08/2025
As family courts face mounting pressure and delays, arbitration is emerging as a compelling alternative for resolving disputes concerning children. In this article, Felicia Munde examines the role arbitration can play in dealing with children matters on divorce. While traditionally associated with f...
Stewarts Soundbites: Managing stress during serious injury litigation
Stewarts 18/08/2025
In the next episode of Stewarts Soundbites, Emma Lyons and Dan Herman, Head of Personal Injury at Stewarts, will discuss stress experienced by claimants involved in the litigation process. The claimants we represent are already coming to terms with life changing injuries and often find themselves ha...
Air India Flight 171 crash: what families should know when seeking legal advice
Stewarts 15/08/2025
Our Aviation team is bringing legal claims against Air India, Boeing and other potentially responsible parties following Air India Flight 171’s crash en route to London Gatwick Airport on 12 June 2025. Stewarts has at the time of writing been instructed by more than 30 families. This article ...
Stewarts named as a top India-focused foreign firm in 2025 by India Business Law Journal
Stewarts 14/08/2025
In just 18 months, Stewarts has built an India-focused disputes powerhouse – and the recognition is rolling in. The 2025 edition of India Business Law Journal (IBLJ) ranks Stewarts in the list of top performers among the foreign firms in relation to India, highlighting our growing strength in comp...
Family Court makes order for non-party disclosure in Inheritance Act proceedings
Orders for disclosure against a company that was not a party to the main claim are unusual in the Family Division of the High Court. Our Trust and Probate Litigation team acted in the recent decision of AB v B & Ors [2025] EWHC 1891 (Fam), where such an order was made. Stewarts acted for C in his ca...
What steps should be taken to prevent serious injuries at large music events?
Stewarts 13/08/2025
Injuries at large music events are not a new occurrence. A questionnaire-based study in Switzerland revealed that 28.8% of concert goers have sustained an injury at a concert. Of these, approximately 34.6% were leg injuries, with contusions and head injuries (33.8%) coming a close second. While only...
Landfill tax disputes: key insights for the waste management sector
Stewarts 12/08/2025
In an article first published in Materials Recycling World in July 2025, David Pickstone and Anastasia Nourescu explain how the UK’s landfill tax regime is evolving, with proposed reforms and stricter enforcement already underway making accurate waste classification and documentation critical for ...
Settlement achieved for family of motorcyclist tragically killed by US servicewoman in road traffic accident
Stewarts 11/08/2025
A settlement for damages to dependants of Matthew Day, deceased, was granted by Master Eastman in the High Court at the Royal Court of Justice on 18 June 2025. This concluded a claim that arose following the death of Mr Day, who was killed in a road traffic collision on 26 August 2022. Mr Day left b...
Failure to share information between NHS 111 and A&E contributed to Chloe Ellis’ death
Stewarts 07/08/2025
The family of Chloe Ellis, a 29-year-old woman who died from a fatal blood clot in September 2024, is calling for urgent reforms in NHS communication practices. Their appeal follows a critical failure to share vital information about Chloe’s condition between NHS 111 and the A&E department at Dews...
National Road Victim Month: honouring lives and raising awareness
Stewarts 06/08/2025
Every year, from 1 to 31 August, National Road Victim Month is observed to remember those who have lost their lives or been seriously injured in road traffic collisions. It is also a time to support bereaved families, friends and the wider community, to raise awareness about road safety and to promo...
HMRC has clear obligations to communicate reasons for a determination
In article first published in the 18 July edition of Tax Journal, Matthew Greene and Guy Bud considered a dispute arising in the context of an appeal by a taxpayer against a number of HMRC determinations issued without clear reasons or justification. Few case management decisions at the First-Tier T...
Autonomy dispute: High Court hands down first quantum judgment in section 90A FSMA case
Stewarts 05/08/2025
The long-awaited quantum judgment in the first ever section 90A/schedule 10A Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (“FSMA”) claim to go to trial has been handed down. Harry McGowan, Lorraine Lanceley, Elisa Wahnon and Beata Brachkov provide an update on the key takeaway points for section 90A/...
Arbitration in family law: what is it and is it right for me?
Stewarts 04/08/2025
An increasingly common alternative to resolving disputes through litigation in the Family Court, arbitration is a potential route for couples to resolve their disputes more quickly and amicably outside of the oversubscribed court system. In this article, Ben Connor answers frequently asked questions...
Lexology Index: Asset Recovery 2025 recognises Stewarts lawyers
Five Stewarts lawyers are listed in the latest edition of Lexology Index: Asset Recovery (formerly Who’s Who Legal), acknowledging the foremost asset recovery lawyers and experts from both onshore and offshore jurisdictions. Alex Jay, Head of Insolvency and Asset Recovery at Stewarts, is listed as...
Selecting and advising on funding and insurance for legal claims discussed at LIDW 2025
Julian Chamberlayne, Risk and Funding Partner at Stewarts chaired a panel session addressing litigation funding for corporate clients as part of this year’s London International Disputes Week (LIDW). The participants debated whether and how corporates and insolvency practitioners should explore th...
Stewarts is an Associated Supporter of road safety charity Brake
Stewarts 01/08/2025
We are pleased to announce that Stewarts has teamed up with Brake, the road safety charity, to support the charity’s work caring for bereaved and injured road crash victims and campaigning for safe roads for all. August is National Road Victim Month, marking the anniversary of Britain’s first ro...
Supreme Court clarifies the “no profit rule” in its judgment in Rukhadze & Others v Recovery Partners Group Ltd & Anor
Stewarts 31/07/2025
A recent judgment comes with a warning for directors and other fiduciaries, in particular around the use of corporate structures and the responsibilities that come with them. On 19 March 2025, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in the case of Rukhadze and others (Appellants) v Recovery Partners ...
Penningtons Manches Cooper reappoints CEO, Helen Drayton, following 16th consecutive year of growth and strategic milestones
Penningtons Manches Cooper 30/07/2025
Penningtons Manches Cooper announces the reappointment of Chief Executive Officer Helen Drayton for a second three-year term, beginning 1 October. Her re-election, unopposed and unanimously supported, follows a year of robust performance and strategic progress......>>
Are businesses prepared for new failure to prevent fraud laws?
Stewarts 30/07/2025
On 1 September 2025, a new law will come into effect under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCT). Large organisations may be held criminally liable where fraud is committed by an employee, agent, subsidiary or other “associated person”, with the intention of benefiting the org...
Arbitration Act to take effect in August 2025
Stewarts 29/07/2025
The new Arbitration Act 2025 (“the Act”) will come into force in full on 1 August 2025, introducing key reforms to the arbitration framework in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It modernises the Arbitration Act 1996, enhancing clarity and reinforcing the UK’s status as a global arbitration...
What does the Health and Safety Executive’s 2025 annual report reveal?
Stewarts 28/07/2025
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) published its annual report on 2 July 2025, detailing work-related fatalities from 2024/25. The release of the report marks a significant milestone, as Britain’s national workplace safety regulator celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. While Great Britain...
New data analysis reveals popularity of English courts for Indian litigants
At London International Disputes Week, lawyers from Stewarts and Penningtons Manches Cooper took the stage to spotlight fresh trends shaping dispute resolution between India and the UK. Backed by Solomonic’s data analytics team, the discussion revealed a number of growing trends among Indian parti...
Stewarts Soundbites: Powering through physical and mental health challenges after spinal injury
Stewarts 24/07/2025
In this special extended edition of Soundbites, Emma Lyons has an extended conversation with Dan Metcalfe, also known across the internet as ‘wheelsdan’. After sustaining a spinal cord injury in 2014, Dan filled his life with sports of all kinds, in particular handcycling. Leaving his job to bec...
Private wealth lawyers recognised for their 'personable approach' in Chambers High Net Worth 2025
Penningtons Manches Cooper 24/07/2025
Penningtons Manches Cooper has further cemented its position at the forefront of private wealth law with its private wealth sector group earning recognition in the newly published Chambers High Net Worth Legal Guide 2025. This achievement underscores the firm’s exceptional depth of expertise and unwavering commitment to serving......>>
Record success for Stewarts in Chambers High Net Worth 2025
Twenty of our lawyers have been recognised in the latest edition of Chambers High Net Worth, more than in any previous year. Our Divorce and Family and Trust and Probate Litigation departments have maintained their Band 1 rankings in the 2025 guide. With 14 family lawyers listed, Stewarts scores mor...
How should you assess a person’s capacity to litigate (and other matters)?
Stewarts 23/07/2025
In an article first published in the July 2025 edition of ThoughtLeaders4 Private Client Magazine, Trust and Probate Litigation partner Emma Holland and senior associate Jemma Goddard explore the “two stage” approach to assessing capacity. This involves firstly evaluating whether a person has th...
£14m settlement for motorbike rider who experienced complications after spinal cord injury
Stewarts 22/07/2025
Our client, Johan, was involved in a road traffic collision while riding his Suzuki GSXR motorcycle in July 2022. He sustained a high-level spinal cord injury, classified as T1 complete paraplegia, which resulted in him having no motor or sensory function below his chest. Contributory negligence for...
Fresh win for insurance policyholders in latest Bath Racecourse Covid BI judgment
Latest from litigation brought by policyholder claimants led by Bath Racecourse (represented by Stewarts) against insurers. Ruling provides further clarity on issue of aggregation, confirming policyholders with multiple premises are entitled to multiple limits of indemnity. 22 July 2025: The High C...
Specialist finance partner strengthens Penningtons Manches Cooper's housing sector practice
Penningtons Manches Cooper 21/07/2025
Top 50 law firm Penningtons Manches Cooper is delighted to announce the appointment of Naomi Roper, to strengthen its banking and finance team and housing sector practice. Naomi, is a leading finance lawyer with an exceptional track record across all types of financing and capital markets transactions and has broad experience in advising......>>
Judge balances parties’ human rights when deciding on terms of a transparency order
Stewarts 21/07/2025
New open reporting provisions came into force on 27 January 2025, applying in all family courts in England and Wales. This enables journalists and legal bloggers (“the press”) to report on what they see and hear while attending a family court. The President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McF...
Father injured on quad biking excursion warns of risk when booking holiday adventure activities
Stewarts 18/07/2025
Tony Holliday, a 57-year-old property developer and father, is urging holidaymakers to take extra caution after a quad biking excursion that left him with life-changing injuries. By sharing his experience, Tony hopes to highlight the risks of adventure activities abroad and the importance of booking...
Stewarts closely monitoring AAIB investigation into fatal skydiving incident at Dunkeswell Aerodrome
On 13 June 2025, two people were fatally injured during a tandem skydiving jump at Dunkeswell Aerodrome near Honiton in Devon, organised by Skydive Buzz. The Exeter Coroner, Philip Spinney, has officially named the two individuals as Belinda Taylor from Totnes, Devon; and her tandem instructor, Adam...
Birth Trauma Awareness Week and inequalities in maternity care
Stewarts 17/07/2025
Birth Trauma Awareness Week takes place from 14 to 20 July 2025. The focus this year is on inequalities in maternal care. Some of the inequalities women face arise from age, disability, ethnicity, socio-economic status and neurodivergence. Birth Trauma Awareness Week has three aims: To draw attenti...
Stewarts responds to Department for Business and Trade’s consultation on ‘package travel – updating the framework 2025’
Stewarts 16/07/2025
The Department for Business and Trade’s consultation on its review of the Package Travel Regulations closed on 30 June 2025. Stewarts has submitted a comprehensive response, drawing on the firm’s extensive experience in handling high-value and complex international disputes. Partner Chris Deacon...
Divorcing couples increasingly opt for private solutions over court proceedings
Divorce can be a stressful time for couples and there is often added pressure if the court is required to intervene. Going through litigation can be costly and come with lengthy waiting times amid backlogs in the family court. Jenny Duggan and Sarah Harvey from our Divorce and Family law team have c...
Air India flight 171 crash – Preliminary report suggests pilots unaware fuel had been cut
On 12 July 2025, the Indian Air Accident Investigation Bureau released its preliminary report into the Air India flight 171, on what marks the 30-day anniversary of the crash. The claims arising from this disaster are being led by top ranked specialist aviation partners, Sarah Stewart and Peter Neen...
Supreme Court loss for Dolphin Drilling in appeal on taxation of oil contractor activities
Stewarts 15/07/2025
HMRC has won an appeal involving Dolphin Drilling Ltd (“Dolphin”) in a dispute relating to whether vessel hiring costs could be deducted when calculating profits for ring-fenced corporation tax. In its ruling, the Supreme Court has clarified the meaning of the word “incidental” in the contex...
Standard Chartered decision not to strike out claims based on market/price reliance or dishonest delay to be appealed to Court of Appeal
A claim brought by shareholders against Standard Chartered has tested key questions in the securities litigation space, including around market/price reliance and dishonest delay. In this short article, Harry McGowan and Lorraine Lanceley provide a brief update on the latest key development in this ...
What explains the international appeal of the English courts for bringing fraud claims?
Stewarts 14/07/2025
English practitioners have long had a sense of the UK as being a preeminent jurisdiction for fraud claims. Recent data analysis by Stewarts and Solomonic has now supported this. As part of our 2025 report into commercial fraud claims, Charlie Mercer reviewed which nationalities are represented as pa...
Life Beyond Injury: Ben’s story – finding purpose even on the bad days
Stewarts 11/07/2025
A former Team GB athlete holding the Welsh decathlon record, Ben Gregory, had recently launched his career as a personal trainer at a private gym in London. He was cycling home from work in August 2022 when a car collided with him, resulting in a severe traumatic brain injury. Ben was supported in ...
Court of Appeal guidance on approach to interpreting a company’s articles of association
Stewarts 10/07/2025
In this article, partner Alex Lerner and trainee solicitor Iola Reynolds review the guidance from the Court of Appeal in Syspal Capital Ltd v Truman and another [2025] EWCA Civ 469 on the proper approach to the construction of companies’ articles of association. Background Syspal Holdings Ltd (...
Stewarts responds to the Family Procedure Rule Committee’s Consultation on standards required for expert witnesses
The Family Procedure Rule Committee (“FPRC”) has been considering the standards required of expert witnesses instructed in family law children proceedings. Stewarts has submitted a comprehensive response, drawing on the firm’s experience in high-value and complex private children law disputes....
July is Disability Pride Month – celebrating people with disabilities
Stewarts 09/07/2025
Each July marks Disability Pride Month, which is a time to celebrate the identities, achievements and culture of those with disabilities, as well as promote inclusion and accessibility and challenge ableism in all its forms. In this article, trainee solicitor Gemma Laing explains the significance of...
Insureds’ breaches of conditions precedent preclude third parties recovering from insurers
Stewarts 04/07/2025
The purpose of the Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act 2010 (TPRAIA 2010) is to facilitate third parties recovering from insurers where they are unable to recover from insolvent insureds. However, two recent cases highlight continuing limitations for third parties who, subject to policy term...
RA Schools Show 2025 – Stewarts Prize winner announced
Stewarts 03/07/2025
Suleman Aqeel Khilji Since 2021, Stewarts has sponsored a prize for a graduate of the Royal Academy Schools programme, supporting their endeavours following graduation of the RA Schools postgraduate course. We are pleased to announce that the 2025 Stewarts Prize winner is Suleman Aqeel Khilji. Sulem...
What does the CJC’s report recommend for third party funding of consumer and class actions?
Stewarts 02/07/2025
The Civil Justice Council (“CJC”) has published its final report on third party funding of civil litigation (“TPF”) in England and Wales (“Final Report”). The Final Report follows on from the CJC’s interim report in October 2024 (“Interim Report”), which launched a comprehensive co...
Supreme Court upholds Court of Appeal’s largest ever reduction of a divorce award in Standish v Standish
Stewarts’ market leading Divorce & Family team secured success in the Supreme Court, which has given a unanimous decision to uphold the largest ever reduction in a divorce award that clarifies how financial assets should be treated upon divorce. On 30 April and 1 May 2025, the Supreme Court of the...
Supreme Court grants policyholders permission to appeal on furlough issue in Covid BI test case
Following the Court of Appeal’s decision in February 2025 that insurers were entitled to deduct the value of furlough payments from Covid-19 business interruption payments to insurance policyholders, the Supreme Court today granted the test case claimant policyholders permission to appeal this ju...
Air India Flight 171 crash: Stewarts advising bereaved families in UK and India
Our Aviation team has now been formally retained by multiple families in both the UK and India and is advising the families of more than 40 passengers who died on Air India Flight 171, which crashed en route to London Gatwick Airport on 12 June 2025. Air India Flight 171 crash under investigation...
High Court liability trial in snowmobile claim against McLaren gets underway
Stewarts 01/07/2025
On Wednesday 2 July, an eight-day High Court trial will commence at the Royal Courts of Justice to determine whether McLaren Automotive Events Limited (“McLaren”) is liable to compensate an American neurosurgeon who sustained life-changing injuries on a guided snowmobile trip during its exclusiv...
A day in the life of a paralegal in our Commercial Litigation team
Following our day in the life of a paralegal in our Aviation team, we spoke to Pedram Bani Asadi, a paralegal at Stewarts in the Commercial Litigation department. Pedram works closely with fee earners on a range of case-related tasks and provides administrative support. In his role, Pedram works on ...
Commercial fraud – trends and developments
Stewarts 30/06/2025
Stewarts and Solomonic have again worked together to produce and analyse data in a report on commercial fraud claims in the civil courts of England and Wales. As part of the 2025 report, Charlie Mercer, Astrid Gilliam, Punam Shah, Ed Holmes, Andrew Robson and Ronak Mahdavi Jovainy analyse recent dev...
Maximising rehabilitation during a serious injury claim
The main result a catastrophic injuries solicitor can deliver from a compensation claim is a sum of money for the claimant. There are different ways the money can be paid. However it is paid, it is intended, as far as possible, to place the claimant in the position they would have been in had their ...
The Cape Town Convention: its application and benefits in India
India’s new Cape Town Convention act enforces global rules for aircraft financing, boosting investor confidence and lowering leasing costs. It streamlines repossession in insolvencies and aligns India’s aviation laws with international standards, encouraging growth and efficiency. The reform is ...
Stewarts’ International Injury partner joins groundbreaking Women in Law conference in Barcelona
Stewarts 27/06/2025
The Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers (PEOPIL) and the American Association for Justice (AAJ)’s Women Trial Lawyers Caucus (WTLC) collaborated to arrange their first joint conference concentrating solely on wellbeing in the workplace, with a focus on female health. Cheryl Palmer...
Stewarts lawyers listed in the 2025 Spear’s Family Law Index
Stewarts 26/06/2025
This year’s Spear’s Family Law Index lists thirteen of our Divorce and Family lawyers in London and Leeds as leading practitioners. Spear’s has consistently recommended more family lawyers from Stewarts than any other firm. Head of Department Stephen Foster and fellow partners Debbie Chism...
Chambers recognises Stewarts’ litigation funding, costs disputes and asset recovery practices
Stewarts 25/06/2025
Stewarts is Band 1 ranked as Litigation Finance Deal Counsel in the newly created category, introduced into Chambers Litigation Support 2025. This year’s guide also ranks our Costs and Funding Disputes and Asset Recovery teams. Partners Julian Chamberlayne and Alex Jay receive individual rankings ...
Practical and logistical factors in challenges to jurisdiction in serious injury claims
Rebecca Huxford, Senior Associate in our International Injury team, co-authored an article with Deka Chambers’ Sarah Prager KC assessing a jurisdictional challenge in which (perhaps somewhat unusually) practical and logistical factors were placed front and centre. The article was first published b...
Commercial fraud claims in England and Wales: analysing trends in 2025
Stewarts 24/06/2025
Stewarts and Solomonic have again worked together to produce and analyse data regarding commercial fraud claims in the civil courts of England and Wales. This second ‘Analysing trends’ report reviews how the volume of claims, preferred courts and sector coverage have developed since our first pu...
Health and Social Care Secretary announces new national maternity inquiry in England
On 23 June 2025, the UK’s Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting announced that there will be a “rapid” national inquiry into NHS maternity and neonatal services in England. The launch of this urgent investigation is a pivotal step towards improving maternity care in the UK and holding...
Health and Social Care Secretary announces new national maternity investigation in England
On 23 June 2025, the UK’s Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting announced that there will be a “rapid” national investigation into NHS maternity and neonatal services in England. The launch of this urgent investigation is a pivotal step towards improving maternity care in the UK and h...
This year’s Injury Awareness Week focuses on “making injured people matter”
Stewarts 23/06/2025
Nearly half a million people in the UK are involved in a preventable accident leading to injury every year, causing disruption to their lives and irreversible consequences for some. As the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) states: “Anyone could be a victim of negligence.” Monday 23 J...
UK national who sustained upper limb amputation following workplace injury in Hawaii settles claim for £5m
Stewarts 20/06/2025
Stewarts’ client, Dr Ekins-Coward, was advised by International Injury partner Scott Rigby working with US counsel Danko Meredith and Harrison L. Kiehm. Dr Ekins-Coward, an academic researcher, was seriously injured when her laboratory experiment exploded on 16 March 2016. She had been invited to ...
Case results, guidance for judges and public consultation assessed in New Law Journal family law brief
In this instalment of their quarterly update, first published in the 6 June edition of New Law Journal, Ellie Hampson-Jones and Carla Ditz analyse three notable cases plus other recent developments in family law. This update considers three recent reported cases, as well as two important development...
When should you conduct a workplace investigation?
Stewarts 19/06/2025
Where alleged misconduct takes place in the workplace, an independent investigation is normally an essential means of finding out and confirming what happened. Joseph Lappin and Charlie Thompson, partners in our Employment team, have extensive experience conducting workplace investigations for emplo...
How are UK businesses and financial institutions dealing with changing attitudes to ESG and sustainability?
Prior to 2025, the political and business community across the West was largely united in backing ESG considerations. This consensus has however been upended by the new incumbent US administration and a growingly influential anti-ESG movement. In this article, partners Elaina Bailes and James Breese...
Stewarts Soundbites: The challenges of local authority funding
Stewarts 18/06/2025
We are delighted to welcome Rachel Burley-Stower back as a guest on Stewarts Soundbites. Rachel is a hugely experienced community care law solicitor who joins us on this episode to discuss some of the current challenges in securing and maintaining local authority funding, particularly following sett...
How will the proposed overhaul of the landfill tax regime impact industry?
The government’s spring 2025 tax update included a consultation on a proposed overhaul of the landfill tax regime, aiming to simplify the system, reduce fraud, and drive more materials out of landfill. Key proposals include transitioning to a single rate of landfill tax, removing the qualifying fi...
Supreme Court confirms consultant’s duty of care in defective premises claim: URS Corporation Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd
Stewarts 17/06/2025
In what appears to be a milestone judgment for the construction industry, for the first time, the Supreme Court has considered claims arising under the Building Safety Act 2022 (“BSA 2022”) alongside statutory duties owed to developers under the Defective Premises Act 1972 (“DPA 1972”). The ...
What are the risks of skydiving and how do you bring a personal injury claim if you are involved in one?
Skydiving has become increasingly popular in recent years, particularly charity jumps by university students. There are currently around 28 British Skydiving Affiliated Parachute Training Organisations (PTOs) in the UK. Like any other extreme sport, skydiving carries risks. Rebecca Smith, a Legal Di...
How will the CJC recommendations for CFAs, DBAs and TPF impact serious injury claims?
The Civil Justice Council (“CJC”) has recently published its eagerly awaited final report recommending a series of reforms to third-party funding (‘TPF’) and other forms of litigation funding to promote effective access to justice. The report follows a comprehensive consultation by the CJC, ...
Wirral Council v Indivior/Reckitt: Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal representative action strike out
On 12 June 2025, the Supreme Court refused Wirral’s application for permission to appeal the Court of Appeal’s decision to uphold the High Court’s first instance decision to strike out two securities claims against Indivior PLC (“Indivior”) and Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (“Reckitt”). ...
Insurers seek permission from Supreme Court to test how waterproof the Court of Appeal’s decision was in Sky & Mace v Riverstone and Others
Stewarts 16/06/2025
A recent case that may soon progress to the Supreme Court concerns damage to the roof at Sky’s global headquarters in London, which Mace was contracted to construct between 2014 and 2016. The roof, which is the largest flat timber roof in Europe, comprising 16,000 square metres, suffered extensive...
Seven-figure settlement for NHS care worker knocked over by speeding vehicle while crossing road
NHS care worker wins settlement for lifetime care after brain injury Our client, Bethany, sustained a traumatic, life-changing brain injury following a road traffic collision in 2019. In this case study, legal director Megan Goodyer and paralegal Izzy Churchill from our Personal Injury team, who ass...
Commercial Court hands down judgment in Russian aircraft insurance claims case
Stewarts 13/06/2025
The latest insurance coverage decision to be issued in the Commercial Court relates to a ‘mega trial’ of claims brought in respect of aviation losses arising from the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The decision has important implications for insurers and policyholders alike. In this article, Partner a...
Stewarts supports the Back Up Trust on London to Paris 2025 cycle ride
Stewarts 12/06/2025
This September, a group of riders from Stewarts will complete the London to Paris cycle ride for the Back Up Trust, a UK charity supporting people affected by a spinal cord injury. The riders will complete a 300 mile journey over three days, named the No Limits Ride. Our group will be part of a la...
Air India Flight AI171 Ahmedabad Crash: what help is available to passengers’ families?
On 12 June 2025, Air India Flight AI171, operating a scheduled passenger flight from Ahmedabad Airport in India to London Gatwick, crashed on take-off. There were 230 passengers and 12 crew onboard. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner plane crashed in a residential area, into accommodation used by doctors. ...
Air India Flight AI171 Crash: what help is available to passengers’ families?
Caring About Equality on Carers Week 2025
Stewarts 10/06/2025
Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of the work done by carers and the sacrifices they make to help people, and to offer support for people with caring responsibilities. This year’s theme for Carers Week is ‘Caring About Equality’, defined by Carers UK as “highlighting the d...
What does the UK-EU ‘reset’ agreement mean for international injury victims?
Stewarts 09/06/2025
While the much-discussed UK-EU ‘reset’ does not directly address the needs of international injury victims, its emphasis on civil judicial collaboration lays the groundwork for potentially transformative developments in cross-border access to justice. As both sides explore deeper alignment, the ...
High Court refuses BNY’s summary judgment claim against A&O in £93m Nationwide negligence case
Stewarts 05/06/2025
The High Court has refused summary judgment in A&O Shearman’s contribution claim against BNY Mellon, finding arguable duties in contract and tort. The judgment emphasises the importance of thoroughly examining the factual context in complex transactions, highlighting that contractual documents alo...
CJC Report recommends extensive reform of third party funding and DBAs for commercial disputes
The Civil Justice Council (“CJC”) has published its final report on third party funding of civil litigation (“TPF”) in England and Wales (“CJC Final Report”). The CJC Final Report follows on from the CJC’s interim report in October 2024 (“CJC Interim Report”), which launched a comp...
Review of maternity care failures at Nottingham NHS Trust escalates to corporate manslaughter investigation
Stewarts 04/06/2025
Since April 2024, Nottinghamshire Police has been conducting an investigation into serious injuries and deaths related to maternity care given at the Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust. On 27 May 2025, the leader of the investigation dubbed ‘Operation Perth’, Detective Superintenden...
Construction worker who sustained serious injuries in scaffold collapse in Jersey secures judgment on liability
Filipe was 35 years old when he sustained a constellation of injuries, including a brain injury and an above-knee amputation as a result of a platform tipping during his work on a construction site in Jersey on 2 February 2021. The Royal Court of Jersey has handed down its decision in (1) Jose Filip...
Rehabilitation through sport at LimbPower Games and Exercise Event 2025
The LimbPower Games is an annual event open to adults who have acquired amputation, acquired limb impairment, congenital limb absence and limb difference. The aim of the games is to introduce participants to a variety of sporting activities to improve fitness, health and wellbeing. This year’s gam...
Consultation on behavioural penalty reform reviewed in Taxation
Stewarts 02/06/2025
In this article, first published by Taxation on 19 May, Matthew Greene (Partner) and Guy Bud (Associate Barrister) review HMRC’s new consultation which “seeks views on options to improve the financial penalties that apply when inaccuracies are found in returns and documents submitted to HMRC a...
Ten years on from the Alton Towers Smiler rollercoaster crash
Stewarts 29/05/2025
Our clients Leah Washington-Pugh and Joe Pugh were injured in the Smiler rollercoaster crash at the Alton Towers theme park in 2015. As they approach the 10-year anniversary of the incident, they look back at that day, their recovery and the challenges they overcame, and reflect on how far they have...
International CARBitration – LIDW25
Welcome to the latest International CARBitration, a special edition for London International Disputes Week 2025 (LIDW25). LIDW25 is taking place from Monday 2 to Friday 6 June, with a programme of events across the week where leading practitioners will discuss the latest trends in dispute resolution...
New clarity on double insurance and the limits of “other insurance” clauses
Stewarts 28/05/2025
While the problem of conflicting “other insurance” clauses is not new, the Commercial Court has confirmed in a recent ruling that when each policy attempts to act only in excess of the others (thereby depriving the insured of any primary cover), those clauses will effectively cancel one another ...