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Stewarts Law LLP Offices

Stewarts Law LLP
5 NEW STREET SQUARE
LONDON
EC4A 3BF
England
Visit website 020 7822 8000 020 7822 8037

Stuart Dench

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020 7822 8000 sdench@stewartslaw.com

Work Department

Managing Partner

Position

Stuart is Managing Partner and was formerly Head of Business Development and Marketing for more than 20 years. He has overseen the rapid growth of the firm as it established itself as the UK’s largest litigation-only law practice.

Prior to assuming the role of managing partner, and before that taking charge of business development and marketing, Stuart was a practising personal injury and aviation lawyer. Stuart acted for claimants in UK and international aviation cases and has expertise in high-value and complex personal injury and fatal accident claims. He has been involved in a number of high-profile trials in London as well as cases in the United States and Europe.

Case highlights include:

  • Representation of passengers injured following the crash landing of BA038 at Heathrow in January 2008
  • Representation of victims of Ladbroke Grove rail accident including resolution of the largest fatal accident claim
  • Representation of the estate of Richard Lloyd, a well known racing driver and team manager following an air crash at Biggin Hill.

Career

Stuart qualified as a solicitor in 1996 and joined Stewarts in 1998. He was appointed as a partner and the Head of Business Development and Marketing at the firm in 2000. Stuart succeeded John Cahill as Managing Partner in 2022.

Education

University of Essex; College of Law, York.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Insurance > Personal injury: claimant

(Hall of Fame)

Stuart Dench – Stewarts Law LLP

The personal injury team at Stewarts Law LLP is made up of ‘first-class litigators who get excellent results for their clients‘. The firm acts for clients with life-changing injuries in exclusively complex claims worth over £1m; such cases often involve brain or spinal cord injuries, as well as losses of limb, severe burns, severe orthopaedic injuries and severe neurological injuries. The team also has a dedicated international injury offering. Team lead Dan Herman works across the London and Leeds offices, and is ‘proving to be exceptional’ in the role. The team is building a ‘collaborative approach’ with insurers to better progress early rehabilitation services for clients; Charles Edwards has been central in developing protocols with various insurers to this effect. This focus on rehabilitation for clients is also evident in Ben Rogers‘ work with technology developed to assist injured people. Lucy Robinson has notable expertise in cases involving brain injury, spinal cord injury and amputation, and is singled out by a client as ‘one of the best all-round PI lawyers there is’. Managing partner Stuart Dench continues to be an active presence within the team.

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