Hill Dickinson LLP

Commercial Dispute Resolution

Partner

Qualified in 2001 at Eversheds, spending five years in the commercial litigation department before gaining top level commercial and finance litigation experience at: DLA Piper (2006 to 2010); Cobbetts (2010 to 2013); DWF (2013 to 2015); and Irwin Mitchell (2015 to 2023), becoming head of the national litigation team.

Joined Hill Dickinson’s Commercial Dispute Resolution team, based in Manchester, in March 2023.

English

Law Society of England and Wales

University of Nottingham, LLB (Hons)

Nottingham Law School, Legal Practice Course

Duncan grew up in Rochdale and attended Hulme Grammar School, Oldham.

Having spent four years in Nottingham at University and Law School, Duncan travelled across India, South East Asia and Australia before starting his legal career, throughout which he has worked in Manchester.

Duncan now lives in Bolton with his wife and two sons.

Duncan likes to keep busy in his free time.  He has recently started ballroom dancing lessons to compete in a charity event. He also likes to keep fit, participating in endurance events such as marathons (completing 3 marathons in 2023) and triathlons (completing two 70.3 events in 2024) and training for a full Ironman event in 2025.