Julian Chamberlayne > Stewarts Law LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Julian Chamberlayne

020 7822 8000 jchamberlayne@stewartslaw.com View profile

Work Department

Aviation and International Injury and KM and Compliance

Position

Partner, Head of Aviation and International Injury

Julian has a rare dual speciality of acting for clients who have sustained life-changing or fatal injuries in an international context. He has successfully recovered more than £160m for clients injured in the UK and across the globe. In the latest edition of the Chambers UK, Julian is the only lawyer acting for Claimants in International Personal Injury to be designated a Star Individual. Julian also has an important firm-wide role at Stewarts as Risk & Funding Partner, which involves developing and implementing improvements to the legal services Stewarts provides to all of its clients, including innovative cost and funding options like the Stewarts Litigate insurance facility.

Julian fought the case of Harding v Wealands up to the House of Lords, who agreed the assessment of damages for this Australian accident should be in accordance with English law. Not only did that lead to Mr Harding recovering £5.5m compensation for his spinal cord injury, it also set a precedent which helped countless others injured in accidents abroad to recover full compensation.

Another example of Julian’s work is acting for the family of Jules Bianchi, who died nine months after suffering a severe brain injury during the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix in 2014.

Julian acts for claimants who have sustained spinal cord and severe brain injury, amputations, and for the families of fatal accident victims. In addition, Julian specialises in the costs, insurance and funding of high-value and complex litigation across all of Stewarts practice areas.

Career

Julian joined Stewarts in 2000 and was appointed a partner in 2002. He founded the International Injury department in 2007, built it to become top tier in both Chambers and Legal 500 and continues to be our Head of Aviation and International Injuries.

In addition Julian carries out an important firm-wide role at Stewarts as Risk & Funding Partner and chair of our Risk and Funding committee.  This involves risk management, strategic input and partnership level representation for the firm’s Knowledge, L&D, Compliance and Cost & Funding functions.

Memberships

• Chair of the Forum of Complex Injuries Solicitors (FOCIS)
• APIL Fellow and accredited specialist in Accidents Abroad, Spinal Injury and Fatal Accidents
• Member of International Spinal Cord Society (ISCOS)
• PEOPIL member

Education

Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London (LLB Hons 2(1)); Chancery Lane, College of Law.

Personal

Julian cycled solo the length of the Americas, from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego in 1999-2000, a total of 15,000 miles. He still braves the streets of London on a bike on a daily basis. He is also an avid off-piste snowboarder, keen dog walker of three, father of two and lapsed gardener.