08 February 2005
Key Points:
Stuart Clark is the newly appointed National Managing Partner for the Litigation and Dispute Resolution (LDR) Department. A commercial litigator, his principal areas of practiceare product liability law, class actions and mass tort litigation.
Stuartis a highly respected litigator, specialising in the defence ofclass actions and mass tort litigation. His expertise in the defence of class action/mass tort litigation involving complex scientific and medical issues is internationally recognised.
Prior to taking up the role of Managing Partner for LDR, Stuart led the product liability group to its position as the Australian market leader, ranked alone as the leading Australian law firm in this area by premier Directories and indeed ranked amongst the top three firms in the world by the International Who's who of Legal Business. Stuart and his team have played a role in most of the significant product liability and class action litigation in Australia over the past decade, including leading the defence in the Gravigard litigation, the Fen-Phen litigation and the Sydney Water contamination class actions. Stuart also provides crisis management advice to clients confronted by the prospect of complex litigation and government inquiries.
Over the past decade, Stuart has been intimately involved in the development of Australia's product liability laws. He is a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC), the Defense Research Institute (DRI), the National Product Liability Association, the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), Asia-Pacific Users Council andLEADR.
