[1] Stewart qualified as a solicitor in 1990, was accredited by Resolution as a specialist family lawyer in 1999.

[4] A year later he was appointed partner and head of the family department at Reynolds Porter Chamberlain.

[9] In January 2009 Stewart was appointed Governor of the IAFL[10] and invited to become a member of the Times Law Panel, an advisory body of 100 of the country's most prominent barristers and solicitors.

[16] His firm, Penningtons Manches, represented Guy Ritchie in his divorce with his wife Madonna.

[17] In 2015 Stewart's book, Family Law: Jurisdiction Comparisons, was published by Sweet and Maxwell.