David Stockill

David has developed, and continues to grow, his practice mainly at the business end of the work within the Chancery Division of the High Court. There is particular emphasis on the following areas of law: property and property development (including commercial landlord and tenant); company law (share sales and shareholder disputes); partnerships and other commercial litigation often with a technical, complex or valuable asset content. This also encompasses breaches of trust and fiduciary obligation, restitutionary claims and related professional negligence.

In addition, he appears in commercial matters in the Queen's Bench Division (Mercantile List) and as befits his seniority, David's appellate practice is growing with regular appearances in the Court of Appeal.

He has been ranked in the directories as a leading junior and in the last few years described as “having great intellectual ability and skill in Court”, having a chancery practice “with a real company flavour ... with great experience in minority shareholder disputes and section 459 matters and a strong writer” and a “highly capable practitioner ... well respected for his expertise in property and trusts work”.

Recent experience include two freezing injunctions, one worth in excess of £4million for a worldwide order including passport and movement restrictions; the other a telecoms fraud. At the same time, he was writing an opinion on executors’ duties, interpretation of a will, adverse possession and mortgage issues.

“David Stockill is expert in chancery matters concerning real property. A barrister who ‘rolls his sleeves up and immerses himself in the case’, his preparation ‘is always of the first order’. He ‘never fails to impress clients with his immediate grasp of the problem at hand’”.
The Legal 500, 2011