Julian Chamberlayne

Aviation and International Injury

Julian joined Stewarts in 2000 and was appointed a partner in 2002. He founded the International Injury department in 2007, and built it to become top tier in both Chambers and Legal 500. He is the firm’s Risk & Funding Partner and chair of the Risk and Funding committee responsible for developing and implementing innovative cost and funding options.

Chair of the Forum of Complex Injuries Solicitors (FOCIS)

APIL Fellow and accredited specialist in Accidents Abroad, Spinal Injury and Fatal Accidents

Member of International Spinal Cord Society (ISCOS)

PEOPIL member

CJC wider consultation group and CIArb working group, both on third party funding.

Funding International Arbitration by Petit et al, Globe Law & Business

Compensation for Future Losses: An International Comparative Review; JPIL

Personal Injury Schedules textbook by Latimer-Sayer et al; Bloomsbury Press

Ogden Tables, 8th Edition, lead author of section D (Fatal Accidents), summer 2020

Julian cycled solo the length of the Americas, from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego in 1999-2000, a total of 15,000 miles. He still braves the streets of London on a bike on a daily basis. He is also an avid off-piste snowboarder, keen dog walker of three, father of two and lapsed gardener.

Julian fought the case of Harding v Wealands up to the House of Lords, who agreed the assessment of damages for this Australian accident should be in accordance with English law. Not only did that lead to Mr Harding recovering £5.5m compensation for his spinal cord injury, it also set a precedent which helped countless others injured in accidents abroad to recover full compensation.

Another prominent example of Julian’s work is acting for the family of Jules Bianchi, who died nine months after suffering a severe brain injury during the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix in 2014.