Our firm
Your position comes first.
Whether the task is protecting family wealth, resolving a tax issue, recovering what is owed or defending a claim, we give a clear view of where you stand and a practical, commercially workable solution you can act on.
Who we are
Litigation experience and private wealth expertise under one roof.
Newstone Law LLP is led by Rory Newman and Christian Balderstone, both solicitors of England and Wales.
Christian leads our litigation and dispute resolution practice. He advises companies, directors, shareholders and individuals on high-value commercial disputes, civil fraud and asset recovery, cross-border enforcement and shareholder disputes.
Rory leads our tax, private client and private wealth practice. He advises wealthy individuals, families, trustees and businesses on how their wealth is held, how it moves and how it passes between generations, and on enquiries and disputes with HMRC.
We provide specialist legal advice and strategic support. We do not conduct litigation or appear in court on our clients’ behalf. Where proceedings need to be issued or a party formally represented, we work with you and with your chosen solicitors or counsel to make sure your case is properly prepared and well directed.
Our partners have worked on proceedings in the High Court, including the Commercial Court and what is now the Business and Property Division, the Court of Appeal and the UK Supreme Court, and in the tax tribunals. That experience shapes the advice we give long before any hearing.
Working with your solicitors and counsel
Where we fit in a contested matter.
We advise on merits, value and strategy. We identify the evidence that matters, advise on whether urgent interim remedies such as freezing orders are available and appropriate, and prepare correspondence, including letters before claim.
When proceedings are issued, your chosen solicitors go on the court record and conduct the litigation, and counsel appears at hearings. We continue to advise you and to work with them throughout, so that the strategy settled at the outset carries through to the result.
If you do not yet have solicitors or counsel in place, we can discuss the options with you.
Our network
The right specialists, brought in when needed.
We work closely with highly experienced forensic accountants and with foreign-qualified lawyers in a number of jurisdictions. Forensic accountants trace funds, quantify losses and value businesses and claims. Lawyers overseas advise on local law and take the steps needed in their own courts, from preserving assets to enforcing judgments.
We bring them in when a matter calls for it and coordinate their work with ours, so that you receive one consistent strategy rather than separate pieces of advice.
Instructing us
First contact
You send us a short outline. We check for conflicts and confirm whether it is a matter we can take on.
Scope and terms
We agree the scope, timetable and fees and set them out in a letter of engagement before substantive work begins.
The work
We advise as the matter requires, keep you informed at each stage, and work with your solicitors and counsel where proceedings follow.
Partners
Rory Newman
Partner | Tax & Private Wealth
Leads our tax, private client and private wealth practice, advising individuals, families, trustees and businesses on structuring wealth across borders and on disputes with HMRC.
View profileChristian Balderstone
Partner | Head of Litigation
Leads our litigation and dispute resolution practice: complex commercial disputes, civil fraud, asset recovery and shareholder disputes, with experience of matters before the Commercial Court, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.
View profileRegulation
How our services are regulated.
Newstone Law LLP is not a law firm and is not authorised or regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Christian Balderstone [SRA: 7007432] and Rory Newman [SRA: 7019400] are solicitors regulated by the SRA, but the services of Newstone Law LLP are not regulated legal services. You will not have access to the SRA Compensation Fund, and Newstone Law LLP is not required to hold SRA-compliant professional indemnity insurance. We do not undertake reserved legal activities, including the conduct of litigation or rights of audience, and we do not hold client money.
Our partners are personally regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. What this means for you, including how to complain, is explained on our Legal and regulatory page and our Complaints page.