Julian Chamberlayne

Julian acts for claimants who have sustained spinal cord and severe brain injury, amputations, and for the families of fatal accident victims. He is also a leading legal commentator, author and lobbyist on legal issues relating to complex injury claims. Julian has successfully recovered more than £160m for clients injured in the UK and across the globe.

In addition, Julian specialises in the costs, insurance and funding of high-value and complex litigation across all of Stewarts practice areas. He heads the firms and Cost & Funding disputes and advisory services to external clients. As Risk & Funding partner, Julian is responsible for developing improvements to the legal services Stewarts provides to all of its clients, including development of the Stewarts Litigate insurance facility.

Julian joined Stewarts in 2000, made partner in 2002, founded the international injuries team in 2007 and was appointed the firm’s compliance officer for legal practice in 2012.

He is the firm’s Risk & Funding Partner which involves developing and implementing improvements to the legal services Stewarts provides to its all of its clients, including innovative cost and funding options. He provides firm-wide risk management, strategic input and partnership level representation for the firm’s Knowledge, L&D, Compliance and Cost & Funding functions.

Chairman of the Forum of Complex Injuries Solicitors (FOCIS). APIL Fellow and accredited specialist in spinal injury and accidents abroad. Member of the Law Society PI Panel, ISCOS and PEOPIL.

Julian authors two chapters of the well-regarded Schedule of Loss textbook. He is a regular contributor to a wide variety of legal journals and lecturer at national and international conferences.

Julian actively lobbies to preserve and enhance the law for those who have suffered life changing injuries, including recent responses to governmental consultations concerning damages, fatal accidents, motor accidents and automated vehicles.