Stuart Roberts

Stuart is an established practitioner with a practice spanning civil, commercial and chancery work. He is a fearless trial advocate, and a tough and effective negotiator. That said, he is also approachable and user-friendly for clients, both lay and professional, who appreciate his clear approach and nononsense advice.

His current caseload includes personal injury, employment, trusts of land/TOLATA, property, contract, partnership, professional negligence (solicitors, accountants and financial advisors), asset finance, guarantees, directors’ disqualification, insurance, springboard injunctions, passing off and wrongful trading.

He also deals with disputed wills and inheritance cases, (and gives seminars about them) and with Court of Protection matters – statutory wills and disputes about Deputies. Stuart will act on a CFA basis in suitable cases.

His most recent reported case is Milton v First Tier Tax Tribunal in which he successfully defended an application against a nonparty for him to pay the costs of a judicial review.

His wealth of Court experience is combined with detailed preparation, rigorous analysis, an unflappable approach and a strong Court presence to produce an effective all-round advocate.

What the Directories say:

Recommended as a leading individual by both Chambers and Partners UK Bar Guide 2014 (Chancery) and The Legal 500 UK 2013 (Commercial, Insolvency and Property)

Chambers and Partners:

Concentrates his practice on probate and traditional chancery matters. He is regularly instructed in relation to Inheritance Act 1975 matters and property disputes, while he also offers a considerable advisory and drafting practice.

Expertise: “He has a relaxed approach and builds an excellent rapport with clients. You get a real sense that he enjoys what he does, so the clients warm to him and he will sit down with the client to get a real understanding of the case without watching the clock.” “He is very good under pressure, really client-friendly and a very good advocate.”

Recent work: He recently acted in the Wood v Greatrex case, concerning the overturn of a grant of probate and the declaration of invalidity for a will.

Legal 500:

The ‘commercially astute’ Stuart Roberts is also recommended.