Stuart has mediated disputes involving the following issues:

• Dispute as to the validity of a joint venture agreement between the committee of a timeshare club and a hotel regarding the funding and operation of shared leisure facilities.

• Claim by charity trustees against solicitors for negligent conveyancing of commercial leases in failing to advise as to the area to be leased, and various onerous clauses in the lease.

• Claim by cancer charity for replacement of ground-bearing slab laid over dessicated London Clay ground following heave and damage to bio-medical manufacturing facility

• Commercial contracts between charities and suppliers.

• Fraud on charities by suppliers.

• Remuneration of key individuals in educational charities.

• Termination of chief executive by charitable trust representing regional councils in liaison with business community.

• Commercial contracts and severance between charitable trust representing further education providers and some of the member providers.

Recent examples include:

• Claim for accountancy fees and related commercial contractual claims and counterclaims for rental and forfeiture costs involving a football club community trust, and a claim for defamation.

• Substantial claim against global household name for promised sponsorship in respect of diversity awards programmes.