Stuart Young

stuart young barrister
Year of call:

2009

Education:

1994 - Wolverhampton University, BA (Hons) Business Enterprise

2006 - Leeds Metropolitan University, PGDip Law

2008 - BPP Law School Leeds, BVC (‘very competent’)

Career:

1994 - Associate Partner at J Rothschild Partnership, Mayfair

2002 - Civil clerk at Sovereign Chambers, Leeds

2009 - Pupil at Sovereign Chambers, Leeds

2015 - Sovereign Chambers becomes Park Square Barristers

Appointments:

2012 CPS Panel of Advocates

Memberships:

North Eastern Circuit -

Stuart prides himself on his busy personal injury practice, regularly acting on behalf of defendants or claimants in road traffic claims, employers liability, and public liability cases.

Stuart has amassed significant court experience from interlocutory applications to fast-track and multi-track trials. In addition he is often instructed to represent parties in disposal hearings and MOJ Stage 3 hearings, particularly involving technical procedural issues..

Stuart regularly advises on liability and quantum in addition to drafting statements of case, and undertakes work at all stages and is happy to advise on procedure and tactics.  Stuart is prepared to consider instructions on a CFA, on a case by case basis.

He is always available to his instructing solicitors via his email or mobile phone.

Contact Stuart’s clerks

Senior Clerk – Andy Reeves on 0113 213 5252

Talia Webster on 0113 202 8609

Joshua Duree on 0113 213 5246

Mike Alexander on 0113 2135268

Ben Ellison-Tope on 0113 2135207

Stuart Young is a member of our specialist civil fraud team, and is regularly instructed to act on behalf of a number of leading defendant insurers as panel Counsel.

He is regularly instructed in cases where fraud is alleged or imputed, or in other suspicious cases where a robust and thorough defence is required.

He is considerable experience in cases involving alleged fraud rings, phantom passenger claims, low velocity impact (LVI), exaggeration and credit hire claims.

Stuart is instructed from pre-issue advice to conference with insured and insurer clients, drafting pleadings, attending interlocutory pleadings and attends complex fraud trials all over the country.

Stuart was the first member of Chambers to undertake an exclusively civil / fraud pupillage under direct supervision of Judy Dawson and Richard Paige.

He is always available to his instructing solicitors via email or his mobile phone.

Contact Stuart’s clerks

Senior Clerk – Andy Reeves on 0113 213 5252

Talia Webster on 0113 202 8609

Joshua Duree on 0113 213 5246

Mike Alexander on 0113 2135268

Ben Ellison-Tope on 0113 2135207

Stuart Young accepts instruction for both advisory and litigation work in the Tribunals and County Courts. Paul accepts instruction to represents claimants and respondents across all levels of work, from preliminary hearings, judicial mediations to multi-week trials.

Paul accepts instructions across the range of employment matters involving:

  • Unfair dismissal (including automatic unfair dismissal and constructive unfair dismissal)
  • All forms of discrimination (direct and indirect discrimination, age, failure to make reasonable adjustments, and harassment)
  • Whistleblowing
  • Equal pay
  • Unlawful deduction from wages
  • Worker status
  • Redundancy
  • National Minimum Wage
  • Breach of contract (in the Employment Tribunal and County Court)

Training

Paul is happy to offer the delivery of in-house seminars and training for both employers, HR Practices and Solicitor’s Firms.

Paper Practice

Paul accepts instructions to draft pleadings and is happy to provide pre-action advice on the merits of individual cases. Paul is happy to work to short deadlines where papers need to be turned around quickly.

Contact Stuart’s clerks

Senior Clerk – Andy Reeves on 0113 213 5252

Talia Webster on 0113 202 8609

Joshua Duree on 0113 213 5246

Mike Alexander on 0113 2135268

Ben Ellison-Tope on 0113 2135207