Neil Stockdale > Hugh James > Cardiff, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile

Hugh James Offices

Hugh James
Two Central Square
CARDIFF
CF10 1FS
United Kingdom
Visit website 033 3016 2222 029 2038 8222

Neil Stockdale

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033 3016 2222 neil.stockdale@hughjames.com

Work Department

Group actions.

Position

Neil is an elected partner on the firm’s board of management. He is also head of the firm’s financial mis-selling team, specialising in handling claims for financial mis-selling relating to pension mis-selling, timeshare purchase, annuities, mortgages and insurance.

Neil and his dedicated team of specialist lawyers act on behalf of individuals across the UK in relation to group action cases across a number of sectors including; environmental nuisance and toxic tort cases, claims for property blight and interference relating to highway and airport developments, claims for industrial illness and disease cases including asbestos related illnesses as well as product liability, major accident and disaster cases.

Neil also heads up a team that specialises in handling claims for financial mis-selling relating to pension mis-selling, timeshare purchase, annuities, mortgages and insurance.

Neil and his dedicated team of specialist lawyers have acted for clients across the UK in several high profile cases include personal injury and property blight claims against major public utilities, government bodies, landfill and composting sites, and a variety of claims against private and public limited companies relating to industrial sites.

Neil has also been involved in a number of cases in the Lands Tribunal involving claims for compensation resulting from the development of airports and public highways.

Career

Career history

  • Trained: Robertsons
  • Qualified: 1996
  • Partner at Hugh James:  2003
  • Head of Group Actions: 2008

Education

Howardian High School, Cardiff; Liverpool University (1993 LLB); Chester (1994 LPC).

Leisure

Neil enjoys playing golf and is also an active member of Pentyrch Rugby Club.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant

Environmental nuisance, industrial disease, and product liability claims are all mainstays of the group litigation department at Hugh James, which also has ‘unrivalled experience of litigating domestic environmental group actions‘. Neil Stockdale, who heads the firm’s financial mis-selling team, has an ‘instinctive grasp for the core issues, and an excellent feel for when to fight and when to settle‘; he works in tandem with Mark Harvey, who has a ‘longstanding and deserved reputation as a market leader’ and has been representing claimants in product liability claims for over four decades.

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