Mr Stephen Eccles > Pinney Talfourd LLP > Hornchurch, England > Lawyer Profile

Pinney Talfourd LLP Offices

Pinney Talfourd LLP
CROWN HOUSE
40 NORTH STREET
HORNCHURCH
RM11 1EW
England
Visit website 01708 511000 01708 511040

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 > Real estate > Property litigation

In Hornchurch, Stephen Eccles leads the property litigation practice at Pinney Talfourd LLP. Eccles is well versed at handling property disputes in both the commercial and residential sectors, particularly in relation to rent recovery, lease terminations, dilapidation claims, boundary disputes, and evictions. The ‘knowledgeable’ Oliver-James Topping routinely advises on forfeitures, adverse possession applications, and leasehold extensions. Lisa Eastwood is another recommended member of the team, who handles a range of landlord and tenant disputes.

South East > Insurance > Personal injury: claimant

Pinney Talfourd LLP‘s practice in Hornchurch is jointly lead by Stephen Green and Stephen Eccles, and is noted for its knowledge of claims relating to two-wheel accidents, including motorbike and bicycle accidents, and industrial disease mandates. Green is praised by clients as ‘absolutely first rate‘ and someone who ‘never misses a trick or subtlety in a complex case‘, while Eccles is singled out as ‘a calm, accomplished and expert solicitor with a firm guiding hand and superior client skills‘.

South East > Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant

Recommended for its ‘committed’ and ‘efficient’ manner, Pinney Talfourd LLP deploys its considerable experience in the realm of clinical negligence to operate across complex oncology cases and wound management cases against local trusts. Stephen Green and Stephen Eccles co-helm the practice; the latter has more than 30 years of experience in the litigation space. The team has ‘superb knowledge of a difficult and complex area of law’.

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