With experience representing clients before the Court of Appeal, Colman Coyle exhibits particular strength in fire safety defects and cladding disputes, as well as experience representing clients before the Court of Appeal. Practice head Neil Curbison represents both commercial and residential clients on a host of matters across the judicial system. Anjani Purohit chiefly focuses on building safety claims, while Matt Champ covers work at the intersection of trusts and property.
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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Personable, hard-working, extremely well qualified, and experienced, and most of all very capable at thinking outside of the box and working with and making work some of the more bizarre ideas from our team.’

  • ‘We have worked on three very different and separate projects with different senior partners. In my experience, they have spent time understanding the particular requirements of the brief and offering wise counsel as a result. We have never had to restate the context of the project.’

  • ‘The team at Colman Coyle is excellent, and there are no weak links. They're on top of the law, the work product is excellent, and they set up the case for success.’

  • ‘Their sense of strategy is first-rate and they're realistic in their advice. They know when to push the other side, when to hold back, and how to approach hearings. Clients trust them and opponents respect them. Anjani Purohit in particular is brilliant.’

  • ‘Matter of fact and direct reporting that is never condescending. Very willing to advise not to pursue a matter if not in the client's interest to do so. Neil Curbison is a standout partner and expert in his field.’

  • ‘The advice they give is clear and unequivocal. Neil Curbison seems to have a much better handle on client matters than his clients do; his ability to compartmentalise relevant matters and make sense of them, and his memory recall for facts is astonishing.’

Key clients

  • Spacious Developments Ltd
  • The Village Estate Management Co. Ltd
  • Tricorp Corporate Holdings Ltd
  • Cormorant Ltd
  • Sarama Ltd
  • Silver Group S.A.
  • GMF Investments Ltd
  • Avon Ground Rents Limited
  • Triplerose Limited
  • Mofed Limited
  • Regalmain Limited
  • Merchant Square Capital Limited

Work highlights

Instructed by Rockerbay Limited (one of the 96 Respondents) in a large application for a Remediation Contribution Order to date sought in the sum of £13million against the developers of Vista Tower and its associates.
Instructed on behalf of Millenium Seacon Properties Limited in respect of a contested enfranchisement claim in the First Tier Tribunal concerning 6 residential towers with circa 300 residential units worth £10million and the related County Court Proceedings between the same parties.
Instructed by Mofed Limited in a multi-million-pound dilapidations claim following the tenant’s departure from a building in London’s Docklands which it used as data centre.

Practice head

Neil Curbison

Other key lawyers

Anjani Purohit; Matt Champ; Adam Palmer; Thomas Coyle