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Maisie Stewart

Maisie is a dispute resolution lawyer and has worked on complex contentious cases of significant value across a number of sectors, including financial services, insurance and aviation.

Maisie has acted on a number of high profile domestic and international disputes in the Commercial Court and Financial List. She has also worked on regulatory investigations, defending clients in investigations concerning financial crime controls and market manipulation, and has experience of contentious restructuring and insolvency matters.

In England and Wales, the ability to set aside judgments obtained by fraud reflects the principle articulated in the 70-year-old decision of the Court of Appeal in Lazarus Estates Ltd v Beasley [1956] that “fraud unravels everything”.
Continue Reading More on the Horizon: Setting Aside Judgments Obtained by Fraud in England and Wales

On 10 November 2025, the UK’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) issued a £160,000 penalty against the Bank of Scotland Plc (Bank of Scotland).
Continue Reading UK’s OFSI Imposes £160,000 Penalty on Bank of Scotland for Russia Sanctions Violations