3 Hare Court

Samuel McNeil has a busy commercial, chancery and civil practice.

He appears on a weekly basis as sole counsel in trials, case management hearings and insolvency hearings. He has also been successful against considerably more experienced opponents in multi-track trials and in applications at the High Court.

Samuel spent time as a Judicial Assistant in the High Court, both at the Chancery Division and as the only Judicial Assistant at the Kings Bench Division. He thereby has experience of working closely with High Court Judges in cases of the highest value and complexity, including on:

• South Bank Hotel Management Company Limited v Galliard Hotels Limited and others BL-2021-000862
• Viarentis Property Management Limited and another v Viagefi 1 Limited and others QB-2021-004601
• Winchester Park Limited v 1 Palace Gate Freehold Limited [2024] EWHC 661 (Ch)
• Lowe v The Governor’s of Sutton’s Hospital in Charterhouse [2024] EWHC 646 (Ch)
• The Financial Conduct Authority v London Property Investments (U.K.) Limited (t/a LPI Emergency Property Finance) and others [2024] EWHC 1276 (Ch)
• Akorede and others v National Westminster Bank and others CH-2023-000206
• 29 Buckland Crescent Management Company Limited v Rojer Taylor White [2024] EWHC 1480 (Ch)
• Pradip Daya v Serious Economic, Organised Crime and International Directorate [2024] EWHC 1091 (Admin)
• Clark and Others v Adams and the Provisional Irish Republican Army [2024] EWHC 62 (KB)
• Booth vs Hinton (As Liquidator of Active Ticketing Limited) [2024] EWHC 1886 (Ch)

Samuel has a keen awareness of the commercial realities facing clients, including in the context of commercial disputes, insolvency, disputes across different jurisdictions and subrogation. He regularly delivers training to law firms on law and procedure on request.