Partner, Head of Aviation and International Injury, Stewarts, London
Julian Chamberlayne is a partner and head of the Aviation and International Injury team, for legal practice, Stewarts. He acts for clients who have sustained spinal cord injury, severe brain injury, amputees and in fatal accident claims with an international element.
Julian is rated in the first tier by both the Chambers and the Legal500. Chambers 2021 comments that Julian is "a highly effective litigator who has an excellent strategic mind and is fearless in the field." Other interviewees note that he is "very conscientious, extremely thorough and tenacious."
The Legal 500 describe Julian as a ‘veteran’ and comment that ‘Travel team head Julian Chamberlayne’s ‘analytical skills are superb’; he is ‘never afraid to take on challenging cases” and “excels in complex claims involving catastrophic injury and fatal accidents”.
Julian founded the international injury team in 2007, which is band one rated in both Legal 500 and Chambers. Since joining Stewarts, Julian has successfully recovered over £140m for clients injured in both the UK and across the globe.
Notable cases include:-
- Harding-v- Wealands; House of Lords established that (pre-Rome II) English law applies to the assessment of damages, clarifying the distinction between substantive and procedural law
- Thomson -v- Thomson & Colonial; acted for a Welsh nurse who sustained serious injuries whilst living in Bermuda. Won both liability/insurance and quantum trials including achieving the lowest negative discount rates globally. Upheld before the Bermuda Court of Appeal
- Wall -v- Mutuelle de Poitiers; Court of Appeal allow English expert evidence resulting in settlement under French law at English levels
- X -v- AXA & the MIB; Highest known award in either Jersey or Poland including the 1st PPO terms awarded by a Jersey Court, linked to a Polish earnings index
- Moore -v- Hotelplan Ltd & Tantera; Snowmobile accident in Italy with English Package Holiday provider found liable at trial for excursion booked in resort
- Bianchi v FIA and others; Acted for the family of the deceased F1 driver in their High Court claim relating to planning, timing, organisation and conduct of the 2014 Japanese GP, during the typhoon season, that resulted in an collision between Bianchi’s F1 car and a mobile crane that had been allowed onto the circuit to remove another cashed car.
Memberships
- FOCIS; Chairman of the Forum of Complex Injury Solicitors
- Ogden Working Party
- APIL; Fellow and accredited specialist in Spinal Injury
- PEOPIL (Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers)
Publications
- Ogden Tables, 8th Edition, lead author of section D (Fatal Accidents), summer 2020
- Autonomous Vehicles follow-up (APIL PI Focus), August 2018
- Personal Injury Schedules (Fatal Accidents & Lost Years Chapters) 4th Edition (January 2018) - Latimer-Sayer Chamberlayne et al
- Full compensation and the discount rate (Pts 1-6) New Law Journal, 2017 - 2019