Greg Stewart

Practice Areas

Crime, Civil Liberties and Appeals

Career

Greg has been conducting criminal litigation and related appeals for 25 years. He was a founding partner of Brady Eastwood Pierce & Stewart in 1994 and then GT Stewart in 2003. He was the youth justice practitioner on the Law Society Criminal Law Committee for many years dealing with numerous consultations including the last revision to the Sentencing Council guidelines for children and young people. He regularly contributes

to seminars and he was called to give evidence to the ‘Carlile Inquiry’ a Parliamentary Cross Party Inquiry into the Youth Justice System and his evidence was widely quoted in the final report. In 2019 he received an outstanding achievement award for his contribution to youth justice. He has been involved in many reported cases in the higher courts challenging aspects of youth court practice. He has been ranked in the current (and past) editions of the leading legal guides. He has appeared on many radio and television discussions of legal topics.

Professional Memberships

Law Society Association of Higher Court Advocates, the London Criminal Courts Solicitors’ Association and a committee member of the YJLC and the Criminal Appeal Lawyers Association.

Publications

Co-author of Criminal Appeals Handbook (2nd edition, Bloomsbury 2019).