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Stewarts Law LLP Offices

Stewarts Law LLP
5 NEW STREET SQUARE
LONDON
EC4A 3BF
England
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Sarah Stewart

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Work Department

Aviation

Position

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.

Career

Sarah joined Stewarts in 2002, becoming a partner in 2007. She qualified with Gregory Abrams in Liverpool in 1997 before moving to London where she spent five years in personal injury at Bolt Burdon in Islington.

Languages

French.

Memberships

Sarah sits on the Air Law Committee at the Royal Aeronautical Society and is a member of the Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers and the International Aviation Women’s Association.

Personal

Sarah’s interests include running, cycling and skiing. She enjoys spending time with her husband and four children.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Transport > Travel

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Sarah Stewart – Stewarts Law LLP

The ‘bright and incredible team’ at Stewarts Law LLP is well-equipped to advise on the remit of catastrophic and fatal injury matters in international contexts for claimants and their families. Christopher Deacon, noted for his ‘incredible depth of knowledge and experience’ in PI, and has a particular focus handling a broad-range of matters, from high-profile RTA work to leisure activity-related accidents. Team lead and ‘legend’ Julian Chamberlayne is an aviation expert, as is Sarah Stewart. Aviation is an area of specialism across the team; a notable example of its work in this sector is its representation of bereaved families following the fatal 2019 Boeing 737 plane crash. Peter Neenan and the ‘exceptional’ Rebecca Smith who acted together on this matter, are both key names in London. ‘Go-to litigator’ Scott Rigby is an APIL-accredited brain injury, spinal cord injury and accidents abroad specialist, adept at handling high-value matters across these areas.

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