James Staton > Schofield Sweeney > Bradford, England > Lawyer Profile
Schofield Sweeney Offices
CHURCH BANK HOUSE
CHURCH BANK
BRADFORD
BD1 4DY
England
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James Staton
Work Department
Dispute resolution.
Position
Partner and head of the dispute resolution team. Extensive experience of commercial, property and construction litigation, including partnership and shareholder disputes. Also handles licensing matters for the firm’s clients in the leisure industry as well as clients faced with prosecution by regulatory authorities. Regularly uses mediation in the resolution of disputes.
Career
Trained Lupton Fawcett Bell Cumming & Co, Leeds; qualified 1982; Booth & Co, Leeds 1982-85; Wright & Wright/Gordons Wright & Wright 1985-97, partner 1989; partner Ralph C Yablon 1997-2001; partner Schofield Sweeney 2001 to date.
Memberships
Law Society’s Civil Justice Section; past president of Bradford Law Society.
Education
Malet Lambert School, Hull; University of Birmingham (1979 LLB 2(1)); College of Law, Chester 1979-80.
Leisure
Walking, theatre, reading, cricket (both playing and umpiring), member of the Rotary Club of Keighley.
Lawyer Rankings
Yorkshire and the Humber > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
Schofield Sweeney advises clients on across the region, nationally, and cross-borders, with clients from the manufacturing, energy, waste, education, healthcare, and professional services sectors. Bradford based James Staton is the head of the team, regularly advising on a range of commercial disputes, including shareholder disputes, intellectual property, and regulatory matters. ‘Intuitive’ senior associate Annie Hui-Gillen is also key. Other notable figures in the team include Simon Lucas and Leo Jones-Rowe.
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