Profile
Position
Howard Stevens KC was appointed Head of Chambers from May 2022 to October 2025. He has a wide-ranging common law practice, combining first instance and appellate work.
He has been instructed in many important cases, including:
- appeals to the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court
- references to the Court of Justice of the European Union
- numerous appeals to the Privy Council, including landmark criminal and constitutional appeals
- in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights by a State party to the American Convention on Human Rights
- advising the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago in connection with allegations made against the Chief Justice
- the inquests following the 2015 terrorist attack in Tunisia and related civil proceedings
- the London Bridge / Borough Market Inquests
- in connection with the Grenfell Tower disaster
- numerous catastrophic personal injury claims arising from accidents in the UK and abroad
- group litigation
Career
Called 1990; QC 2012.
Languages
French, German.
Memberships
- London Common Law & Commercial Bar Association (LCLCBA)
- Personal Injury Bar Association (PIBA)
- Commonwealth Lawyers’ Association
Education
University of Durham (Modern Languages); City University (Law).
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