Stuart qualified as a Solicitor in October 1983 and joined Birketts in 2007.
He is a Legal Director in our Ecclesiastical Team, and Diocesan Registrar for two Church of England Dioceses, Norwich and London. He works from the firm’s offices in London and Norwich and serves over a thousand Church of England parishes in the two dioceses, advising on a wide range of issues. Stuart is one of the country’s leading ecclesiastical Solicitors, and is a member of both the Ecclesiastical Law Association and the Ecclesiastical Law Society.
Stuart also has a specialist knowledge of minerals and waste work, enabling him to advise both landowners and operators on the development and management of mineral deposits. He worked for 17 years as an in-house Lawyer including six years as a Regional Director with Tarmac. Stuart’s industry experience brings clear benefits to the firm’s clients, as he is one of only a very few solicitors to have managed a quarrying business. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Quarrying.
Stuart graduated from Cambridge University in 1980 before training and practising with a west country law firm. He lives with his family in Norfolk, where he is a committed member of his local church.
Experience & education
2007 joined Birketts
1983 qualified as a Solicitor
