Our Aviation team has now been instructed by more than 30 families in both the UK and India and is advising the families of more than 50 passengers who died on Air India Flight 171, which crashed en route to London Gatwick Airport on 12 June 2025.
Stewarts’ team is uniquely placed to assist families and victims of this tragedy in their claims against Air India, Boeing and other potentially responsible parties. Stewarts has partnered with Clifford Law and Kreindler & Kreindler to prosecute claims against Boeing and other US based defendants following this disaster.
Stewarts, Clifford Law and Kreindler are recognised as global leaders in aviation law, protecting and pursuing the rights of families following aviation disasters worldwide.
International Aviation team supporting and advising families of Air India 171 tragedy
Stewarts’ 11-strong team is made up of experts from the UK’s leading claimant Aviation team and our dedicated India Practice.
The team is led by Peter Neenan and Sarah Stewart, jointly recognised by legal directories as the only top tier claimant aviation lawyers in the UK. They are supported by Sherina Petit, Head of India Practice and 15-year member of the India Business Law Journal A-List of leading practitioners; and in-house counsel Nosherwan Vakil, a dispute resolution lawyer with more than 15 years’ experience practicing in India, also a barrister in England and Wales.
Our Air India team includes Gujarati and Hindi speakers.
Stewarts is the UK’s largest litigation-only law firm, with more than 90 partners acting exclusively on complex disputes. Each of our departments has an international reputation for excellence and we have strategic partnerships in place with law firms around the world.
Clifford Law and Kreindler & Kreindler are widely recognised as the pinnacle of US aviation law firms and the top two US firms representing families of passengers killed in aviation disasters worldwide. Between them, they represented families of 137 of 157 passengers killed in the recent Boeing 737 Max8 Ethiopian Airlines disaster litigation against Boeing in the US. This litigation has resulted in Boeing paying higher figures of total compensation than any other case in history.
Get in touch
Families who require legal assistance can contact Stewarts at flight171@stewartslaw.com in English, Gujarati or Hindi.
You can also get in touch with us via WhatsApp – Send us a WhatsApp message.
Any families affected can also directly contact Sarah Stewart at sstewart@stewartslaw.com or Peter Neenan at pneenan@stewartslaw.com, and we would be happy to meet you individually or in one of our group meetings.
