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St John's Buildings Offices
St John's Buildings
24A-28 ST JOHN STREET
MANCHESTER
M3 4DJ
England
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Daniel Metcalfe
Work Department
Banking, Finance and Insolvency
Company and Commercial
Property and Private Client
ADR and Mediation
Position
Daniel has a broad commercial and chancery practice and undertakes a wide range of advisory, drafting and advocacy work. He appears regularly in the High Court for trials, applications, appeals and case management hearings. Daniel is very experienced in a number of commercial and chancery areas including contract and tort litigation, intellectual property, consumer law, construction, insurance, insolvency, bankruptcy, professional negligence, property and land disputes, commercial leases, and procedural and jurisdictional issues.
Daniel is attuned to the specific needs of his clients and represents clients from all backgrounds. He understands the array of motivations driving litigation, advises in a client appropriate manner and is particularly keen for clients to recognise the commerciality of their decisions. Daniel is known for his extensive and meticulous preparation for court hearings, so as to put his clients’ cases at their highest. In court, Daniel robustly and fearlessly represents his clients’ interests.
Career
Daniel was called to the Bar by Lincoln’s Inn in 2008.
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Commercial litigation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Daniel Metcalfe – St John’s Buildings ‘Daniel has a strong work ethic and attends every conference and every hearing having read every word of every document provided to him. In addition to being well-read, he becomes fully familiar with the case and has excellent recall, and during advocacy, he is a real fighter and not afraid to make points and stands his ground with opponents and judges.’
The members at St John’s Buildings have expertise in handling contractual disputes. The set houses Pépin Aslett, who has a thriving practice in multi-party claims, as well as banking and financial services litigation. Daniel Metcalfe regularly appears in the High Court, and he recently represented the claimant in Sale Property Consultants Ltd v JD Sports Plc, a claim for a loss of profit of £350,000.