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About
Provided by James Stewart
Practice Areas
James is a Resolution-accredited specialist family lawyer, arbitrator, collaborative lawyer and one of a small group of leading family lawyers, KCs and senior judges who serve on the family law consultation board of Practical Law.
Described by Spear’s Magazine as 'one of the most visible faces in UK family law’, a leading KC says: ‘James is undoubtedly one of the leaders in family law globally. Not only is he highly respected by his peers, he is loved by his clients and has amazing interpersonal skills in the most difficult of situations'.
James has acted in many ground-breaking family law cases including Clibbery v Allan [2002], to date the only family case to go to the Court of Appeal on the issue of privacy and press reporting. He is a former Times ‘Lawyer of the Week’ following what was the first case in British legal history where a judge was persuaded to refer a family law dispute to a religious court.
He co-chairs the Annual Legal Dinner which raises funds for the leading peace-building charity, Co-operation Ireland.
Professional Memberships
Fellow, former Governor and Parliamentarian of the International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL)
Publications
General editor of Family Law: A Global Guide (Thomson Reuters 2018).
Chambers Review
UK
James Stewart is a go-to leading lawyer for complex, ultra high-value international divorce matters.
James Stewart is a family law practitioner who has notable expertise in private children matters. He can advise clients on both cross-border and domestic child arrangements.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"James Stewart is collaborative and responsive."
"James is the grandfather of family law. Nothing fazes him, he does everything with a smile and can handle the biggest cases without breaking a sweat."
"James Stewart is a very good children lawyer."
"There's not much that James hasn't seen. He doesn't get wound up in correspondence and will fight hard for his clients."
"Clients absolutely love James. He has great judgement and is a really careful lawyer, which is what you need on big cases."
"James is a real guru for cross-border work."
"James Stewart is collaborative and responsive."
"James is the grandfather of family law. Nothing fazes him, he does everything with a smile and can handle the biggest cases without breaking a sweat."
"James Stewart is a very good children lawyer."
"There's not much that James hasn't seen. He doesn't get wound up in correspondence and will fight hard for his clients."
"Clients absolutely love James. He has great judgement and is a really careful lawyer, which is what you need on big cases."
"James is a real guru for cross-border work."
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