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Stuart Stevens
Stuart Stevens is a Barrister practicing in England and Wales. He was called to the Bar in 2014.

Stuart obtained a 2.1 History Degree whilst serving as a reservist pilot with the RAF. After obtaining his degree and completing his further studies with a Graduate Diploma in Law and the Bar Professional Training Course at the University of Law, Stuart was called to the Bar in February 2014 and since then has practiced at Holborn Chambers across a wide range of specialties.

Stuart is already gaining considerable experience through his work in Chambers both in criminal prosecution and defence work. One notable result in his early career was his successful defence of his first £8,000 Fraud matter in the St. Albans Youth Court in June of this year.

Alongside his practice, Stuart also teaches employment and contract law as a guest lecturer at Saint Patricks College in London and has demonstrated an aptitude in both Employment and Regulatory work. Both of these are areas in which he wishes to develop his practice.

Prior to commencing his Second Six, Stuart worked Pro Bono weekly at the St. George’s Cathedral Legal Clinic providing free legal advice to those in need. The matters he dealt with there ranged across Family, Immigration, Employment, Housing and Tax Law.

He further completed a one-month secondment to Kumar Chambers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he undertook both Criminal work and legal Banking work in that foreign jurisdiction.

As well as being a British citizen, Stuart is also an Overseas Indian Citizen. This year Stuart was co-opted onto the committee of The Society of Asian Lawyers in April 2014. Since then, he has been an active member of the Committee, serving over 3,000 of its members whilst building and maintaining the Societies online presence and promoting the many worthwhile causes for the Societies members and the Asian Communities in Britain.

When Stuart is not working, he enjoys Skydiving (of which he is a qualified Formation Skydive Coach with over 350 Jumps internationally), Scuba Diving (of which he is a qualified PADI Rescue Diver with over 80 dives internationally), Skiing and Snowboarding.

If you would like to find out more about Stuart and his work, you can get further information about him at: www.about.me/stuart.stevens