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Shoosmiths Offices

SALTIRE COURT, 20 CASTLE TERRACE
EDINBURGH
EH1 2EN
Scotland
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Stuart Clubb

Work Department
Commercial litigation.
Position
Stuart is an experienced commercial litigator and leads the dispute resolution team in Edinburgh. He specialises in the resolution of commercial disputes, with significant expertise in corporate, contractual, insolvency and property related disputes.
Stuart is also a Solicitor Advocate with rights of audience in the Court of Session and the Supreme Court and has considerable experience acting for and appearing on behalf of clients in the Court of Session, the Sheriff Court, the Land Court and the Lands Tribunal.
Stuart also regularly advises insolvency practitioners, companies and directors on all aspects of insolvency law and has acted on a number of high profile insolvency cases. In November 2015, Stuart delivered the legal update presentation for the fifth year running at the leading Scottish insolvency conference run by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.
His recent experience includes:
- Acting on behalf of liquidators in an application to the court for directions on the previously untested question of whether liquidators in Scotland have the power to disclaim onerous property.
- Representing a global supplier of diving and subsea equipment in the successful resolution of a multi-million pound contractual dispute at mediation.
- Acting on behalf of the purchasers of a company in a substantial damages claim for breach of warranty in respect of the seller’s failure to disclose, under the terms of a Sale and Purchase Agreement, information regarding the supply of defective products.
- Representing a high net worth private investor in a successful claim for £1.1million under a put and call option agreement. The claim involved the calling up of a standard security granted as security for the debt, and the defence of a petition for suspension and interdict in relation to that calling up process.
Career
Stuart joined Shoosmiths in July 2016.
Memberships
Law Society of Scotland; Solicitor Advocate; WS Society Signet Accredited (Commercial Litigation)
Education
Peterhead Academy and University of Aberdeen: LLB Hons (2000); DipLP (2001)
Leisure
Golf, cycling.
Lawyer Rankings
Scotland > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
Shoosmiths has demonstrable strength across insolvency and finance litigation, acting for a large roster of clients including the Royal Bank of Scotland. The group has seen an increase of activity across professional negligence matters and is jointly led by solicitor advocate Stuart Clubb and Andrew Foyle. Highlighted by clients as ‘excellent‘, the litigation team also handles shareholder disputes and advises on recoveries litigation. Contractual disputes are handled by dual-qualified Ben Zielinski.
Scotland > Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
Shoosmiths fields a cross-disciplinary insolvency group which pulls together lawyers from the corporate, litigation, bank and finance, employment, real estate and recovery service practices. Stuart Clubb, who holds the distinction of being a solicitor advocate, heads the practice and is naturally extremely active on the contentious front, catering to a roster of companies, directors and insolvency practitioners.
Lawyer Rankings
- Insolvency and corporate recovery - Scotland > Finance
- Commercial litigation - Scotland > Dispute resolution
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Social housing
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Real estate > Commercial property: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Employment > Employment
- Real estate > Planning