Practice profile
Stewart specialises in ancillary relief, civil partnership and cohabitee disputes, generally involving significant wealth and complex financial arrangements. His cases often have an international dimension and frequently involve jurisdictional disputes. He is bilingual in French and English and has a particular interest in cross-channel cases. He is regularly instructed by trustees both to advise and to represent them in proceedings. He routinely drafts pre- and post-nuptial agreements.
He is rated in Chambers & Partners, Legal Experts, and the Legal 500 as one of the leading practitioners at the family bar. Recent editions of Chambers & Partners quote solicitors as saying he is "very clever, very calm, fantastic with clients and good with judges". He is also described as “a late starter at the Bar after a successful teaching career with a maturity and confidence that allows him to bring a dash of theatricality into his expertly prepared addresses”, “excellent” and a "fierce advocate" adding that he “continues to amass a huge following among solicitors due to his superb judgment.” The latest edition says as follows: ‘he is "an extremely hard-working, elegant and intelligent advocate." Observers agree with his elevation to silk, noting that he has "conducted himself in a 'silky' way for years." His ancillary relief practice regularly involves cases in multiple jurisdictions relating to very high net worth individuals.’
He prides himself on being approachable and user-friendly.
Appointments and Membership In February 2009 Stewart was appointed by the Attorney General as Junior Counsel to the Crown (A Panel). He is a member of the Family Law Bar Association and was a Committee member for many years. He is a Fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and a member of the Franco-British Lawyers Society.
Education Stewart read Modern Languages (French & German) at Christ Church, Oxford and taught for four years at Shrewsbury School and Eton College before qualifying as a lawyer.
Stewart Leech QC
CALL: 1992
QC: 2011
CASES AND PUBLICATIONS
Email address: clerks@qeb.co.uk
“Very clever, very calm, fantastic with clients and good with judges.”
Chambers & Partners
