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Mr Stewart Chirnside
Position
Barrister specialising in commercial litigation, including banking and finance, commercial fraud, professional negligence, property damage and product liability. Stewart also has experience of international arbitrations.
Career
Stewart regularly appears in trials in the High Court (both as junior and sole counsel) and he is also regularly instructed on interlocutory applications in relation to freezing orders and other interim relief. He also has experience of appeals to the Court of Appeal where he has appeared most recently in PHP Tobacco Carib SA v BAT Caribbean SA [2017] EWCA Civ 1131, Fathollahipour v Aliabadibensi [2015] 1 WLR 2472 and Crinion v IG Markets Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 587.
Before joining the Bar, Stewart worked as a strategy and risk management consultant in the financial services industry. Stewart is a modern languages graduate with an excellent knowledge of French and German
Languages
French, German
Memberships
COMBAR; Chancery Bar Association; LCCBA
Education
BA (Hons) (“Congratulatory” Ist) Modern Languages (French and German) Brasenose College, Oxford University
PgDL, City University, London
Inns of Court School of Law
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Banking and finance (including consumer credit)
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 5Stewart Chirnside – Quadrant Chambers ‘He is impressively quick, meticulous with the detail and is fantastic at finding solutions and developing winning arguments. His ability to turn around top-quality, weighty pieces of written work such as skeleton arguments over short periods never ceases to impress.’