Richard Stockdale > Schofield Sweeney > Leeds, England > Lawyer Profile
Schofield Sweeney Offices
76 WELLINGTON STREET
LEEDS
LS1 2AY
England
- Firm Profile
- Go to...
Richard Stockdale
Work Department
Dispute resolution.
Position
Partner in the dispute resolution team. Extensive experience of commercial construction, professional negligence, shareholder and partnership disputes. Richard has been an accredited mediator since 2000.
Career
Trained Emsley Collins, Leeds; qualified 1983; partner and head of litigation Emsley Collins 1986-96; partner and head of litigation Brooke North 1997-2011; partner Schofield Sweeney 2012 to date.
Memberships
Law Society; Leeds Law Society; Professional Negligence Lawyers Association.
Education
Danum Grammar School, Doncaster 1977; Keble College, Oxford University (1980 Jurisprudence 1st); Yorkshire Commercial Litigator of the Year 2003.
Leisure
Cooking, motor racing, rock music.
Lawyer Rankings
Yorkshire and the Humber > Real estate > Construction
Schofield Sweeney‘s construction team advises on construction documentation, appointments and procurement processes for a roster of developers, contractors and investors engaged in commercial and residential projects. Practice head Andrew Hurst, who is based in Bradford, is a specialist for non-contentious work and handles contracts for a number of logistics sites and prime residential developments. Leeds-based consultant Richard Stockdale is a key contact for contentious work and advises on a number of multi-party contract disputes.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Public sector > Education
- Real estate > Environment
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Planning
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Real estate > Commercial property: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- Projects, energy and natural resources (including PFI) > Infrastructure and energy
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Social housing
- Real estate > Construction
- Employment > Employment: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms