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Pinney Talfourd LLP Offices

Pinney Talfourd LLP
CROWN HOUSE
40 NORTH STREET
HORNCHURCH
RM11 1EW
England
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Mr Stephen Eccles

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Work Department

Litigation

Position

Partner and Head of Litigation

Career

Stephen was articled to Myles Hickey of Dowse & Co, a leading Legal Aid firm specialising in Personal Injury, Criminal Law and Property Law, qualifying as a solicitor in 1986.

Stephen then worked in the West End undertaking Civil Litigation work for National and International clients before joining Kingsfords where he headed a Civil Litigation Team of 7 lawyers.

Stephen joined Talfourds as a partner in 1997 heading its Dispute Resolution department. Talfourds merged with Pinney Rogers in 2009 to become Pinney Talfourd LLP.

Stephen is a Partner and Head of Litigation. Under Stephen’s guidance, Dispute Resolution has expanded and specialised into a number of departments as follows:

  • Property Litigation;
  • Contentious Probate;
  • Employment;
  • Personal Injury;
  • Clinical Negligence;
  • Commercial Litigation.

Stephen now exercises overall supervision of Litigation within the firm whilst specialising in Property Litigation.  The Property Litigation Department comprises 5 Solicitors and 1 Trainee Solicitor. Both Residential and Commercial Property is dealt with.

Memberships

Legal 500 describes Stephen as “knowledgeable and confident”.  He is a member of:

Education

Stephen Eccles studied Law at Durham University, graduating in 1983 before completing his Law Society Finals (as they were then) at University of London 1984.

Personal

On a personal note, Stephen runs half marathons (personal best Great North Run, 1 hour 29 minutes) and Marathons (London 2022 – 4 hours 30 minutes) and endeavors to stay flexible through yoga practice and competitive sailing most weekends (if there is wind!). Music and Reading takes up any other spare time.

Lawyer Rankings

South East > Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant

Pinney Talfourd LLP maintains a robust, well-regarded medical negligence offering, handling multi-track, complex and sensitive matters including oncology cases against local hospital trusts. Hornchurch-based Stephen Eccles is the key name in the team for all things medical negligence, with his recent cases concerning negligent stillbirths and negligent breast surgery claims.

South East > Insurance > Personal injury: claimant

Pinney Talfourd LLP is well known for its work within the personal injury space, and places particular emphasis on two-wheel accidents, including motorcycle and bicycle accidents, alongside industrial disease claims. Stephen Green leads the personal injury team and is  praised as ‘a very experienced, tactically astute litigator who uses his skills to progress cases efficiently to achieve great outcomes’. Stephen Eccles is a fellow key contact at partner level.

South East > Real estate > Property litigation

Operating out of Hornchurch, Pinney Talfourd LLP’s property litigation group provides a ‘diversity of services’, ranging from representation in TOLATA claims to lease extension matters. The team assists HNWIs, landlords, and estates, with ‘outstanding’ practice head Stephen Eccles contributing over 30 years’ experience in handling all aspects of property litigation, including cases in the Court of Appeal. Senior associate Lisa Eastwood is ‘articulate and compassionate’, specialising in landlord and tenant disputes, while associate Oliver-James Topping is a ‘hard worker’, focusing on forfeiture and dilapidation claims.

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