Neil Stockdale > Hugh James > Cardiff, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile
Hugh James Offices
Two Central Square
CARDIFF
CF10 1FS
United Kingdom
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Neil Stockdale
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
Successful in group action cases, Hugh James specialises in environmental nuisance and industrial disease claims. Product liability is another area of expertise; the team is particularly active in the medical devices and pharmaceutical drugs space. Neil Stockdale leads the firm’s group actions department from Cardiff, while Kathryn Singh leads the industrial disease team, specialising in multi-party group litigation. Also in Cardiff, Stephanie Eedy specialises in environmental matters and James Gibson is experienced in multi-party actions, representing claimants with respiratory disease and cancer. In London, Mark Harvey
has a strong track record in product liability claims. Rebecca Andrews and James Coleman are further key names to note in Cardiff.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media and entertainment
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Social housing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property
- Employment > Employment
- Private client > Family
- Crime, fraud and licensing > General crime and fraud
- Employment > Health and safety
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Employment > Pensions
- Insurance > Personal injury: defendant
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Public sector