Stewarts Law LLP

Competition Litigation

Partner with Competition Litigation department.

Stuart specialises in complex and high-value competition litigation, having advised on some of the largest cartel damages claims to be litigated in Europe.

Stuart specialises in competition damages claims, the breadth of which is extensive and includes particular expertise in relation to complex and innovative funding structures. Stuart has acted for clients in the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court and Competition Appeal Tribunal.

Recent cases of note include

• Represented Asda, Argos and Morrisons in their landmark Supreme Court victory, against Mastercard in the long-running multilateral interchange fee litigation – described as the largest and most complex cartel damages claim conducted in the English Courts to date.
• Acting for Swiss-based LafargeHolcim, one of the world’s largest building suppliers, in relation to its multi-million Euro pan-European truck cartel claim in the Competition Appeal Tribunal.
• Acted for iiyama, one of the world’s largest global electronics manufacturers, in two separate cartel damages claims concerning CRTs and LCDs respectively. Our client successfully defended jurisdiction challenges in the Court of Appeal, changing the territorial scope of such claims in the English courts.
• Acting for a significant group of major household name retailers in their respective multi-million pound claims against Visa and Mastercard for damages relating to multilateral interchange fees.
• Acted for Comet in relation to the refrigeration compressor cartel, including successfully obtaining pre-action disclosure pursuant to the Insolvency Act 1986 section 236, a purpose for which s236 had not been used before in a cartel damages claim.

Stuart joined Stewarts in 2011, having previously worked as a litigation lawyer in-house for the global energy company Engie, dealing with high-value commercial litigation. Stuart was promoted to partner at Stewarts in 2018.

Stuart enjoys running, coaching swimming and skiing.