Chris Stewart > Digby Brown LLP > Glasgow, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile
Digby Brown LLP Offices
2 WEST REGENT STREET
GLASGOW
G2 1RW
United Kingdom
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Chris Stewart
Work Department
Serious injury department.
Position
Chris is a partner in the Serious Injury department. He qualified as a solicitor and notary public in 2000 and became a solicitor advocate (civil) in 2006. He has extended rights of audience in the Court of Session, House of Lords and Privy Council. Chris has considerable experience in personal injury (employers liability and RTA) in both the Sheriff Court and Court of Session. He is a member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL); and of the Society of Solicitor Advocates. Under Chris’ leadership the Serious Injury department also won the Catastrophic Injury Team of the Year title at the 2020 UK Personal Injury Awards and the Litigation Team of the Year prize at the 2021 Scottish Legal Awards.
Career
Trained Dundas & Wilson; qualified 2000; partner Digby Brown 2009.
Memberships
Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL); Society of Solicitor Advocates.
Education
Strathclyde University (LLB (Hons) DipLP).
Lawyer Rankings
Scotland > Insurance > Personal injury: pursuer
(Leading individuals)With an impressive track record and significant experience acting for claimants, Digby Brown LLP handles the gamut of personal injury claims. The practice fields a large and experienced team across seven offices throughout Scotland and includes several accredited personal injury specialists. In Edinburgh, the ‘superb’ Gordon Dalyell has a broad practice that includes fatal claims and claims for miscarriages of justice, while Kim Leslie is frequently instructed to act on historic institutional abuse claims. In Glasgow, the core team includes Chris Stewart and Moira Kay, who handle catastrophic and serious injury claims, as well as Fraser Simpson, who takes point on industrial disease matters. Mark Gibson, Stuart Barton and Fraser Oliver are other key members of the team.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals Scotland > Insurance > Personal injury: pursuer
- Personal injury: pursuer Scotland > Insurance