Pinney Talfourd LLP

Litigation

Partner and Head of Litigation

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.

Legal 500 describes Stephen as “knowledgeable and confident”.  He is a member of:

Property Litigation Associate (PLA) - https://www.pla.org.uk/ ALEP - https://www.alep.org.uk/ London Solicitors Litigation Association - https://www.lsla.co.uk/

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.

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.