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Mr Stuart Jessop
Position
Stuart is a specialist regulatory and public law barrister. He is well-known for his expertise in consumer law, life sciences and food regulation, safety law, animal welfare, licensing, and environmental law.
A substantial proportion of his practice involves the representation of and the giving of advice to, companies and their directors and regulators, in public law challenges by way of judicial review or statutory appeal within his main practice areas. He defends and prosecutes in respect of criminal regulatory proceedings as well as appearing in civil proceedings, often in the first-tier tribunal. Much of his work involves significant issues of law and or fact and, invariably, highly technical expert evidence and he often appears, alone or as leader, against other senior specialist junior counsel or King’s Counsel.
He is ranked as a leading barrister by the legal directories in Consumer Law, Environmental and Licensing. Stuart is on List A of the Unified List of Special regulatory Advocates and has previously been instructed by the Health and Safety Executive, the Office for Rail and Road and the Information Commissioner.
Memberships
- Prince of Wales Scholar
- Member United Kingdom Environmental Lawyers Association UKELA
- Member Institute of Licensing IOL
- Member Health and Safety Lawyers Association HSLA
- Member Food Law Group FLG
- Member Planning and Environmental Bar Association PEBA
- Adjudicator for the Showman’s Guild Tribunal
- Advocacy trainer for Gray’s Inn
- Mentor for Gray’s Inn and Bridging the Bar
Education
- University of East London – BSc (First Class Hons Psych)
- City University – GDL
- Dip Information Law
- Professional Licensing Practitioner certificate
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Environment
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Stuart Jessop – Gough Square Chambers ‘A real fighter.’
London Bar > Consumer
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Stuart Jessop –Gough Square Chambers ‘Stuart is a go-to barrister for any regulatory case. Excellent on the papers and on his feet.’
Gough Square Chambers is ‘a premier chambers for consumer law work‘. Jonathan Kirk KC is ‘a top-class silk‘ and David Travers KC is ‘an outstanding lawyer‘. Recent instructions for the team include Iain MacDonald acting as co-counsel in Soleymani v Nifty Gateway LLC, involving a challenge to the enforceability of the sale of NFT artwork by auction. The claim involved issues arising from conflict of laws and the applicability of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 to the transaction, as well as jurisdictional issues. Simon Popplewell is sought after for his expertise in advising on all aspects of the Consumer Credit Act 1974. Stuart Jessop joined the team in July 2023.
London Bar > Licensing
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Stuart Jessop –Gough Square Chambers ‘Stuart is very commercially aware and is able to explain complex legal arguments in a comprehensible way.‘