Year of Call: 1983

Profile

John commenced his practice at 9 Old Square in March 1985. The majority of his work is and always has been litigation and other forms of dispute resolution (including mediations, and he is a CEDR accredited mediator, and arbitrations). He deals with a variety of disputes including general commercial matters as well as matters which have a genuine property, company or other Chancery description.

Recently he has been involved in High Court senior employment disputes (appearing in both the Dominion-Seidel and the Cheltenham-Laird litigation).  His specialisms include civil fraud (for example Laird, and he was instructed in both the Barlow Clowes and Arrows litigation), company (in particular shareholder and director disputes), partnership (e.g. Browell v Goodyear), property (he appeared for the original landowner in the Malory v Cheshire land registration forged transfer litigation), banking (e.g. Hampton v Minns regarding co-guarantors) and professional negligence (especially lawyers, surveyors and accountants).  A substantial element of his practice is located in the North West, and he is always ready to travel out of London.  He is willing to consider acting under conditional fee agreements.

His personal interests include family, church, real tennis and bridge.

Notable Cases
Site Developments (Ferndown) Limited and Others v Cuthbury Limited and Other (2010)
Cheltenham Borough Council v Christine Laird (2010)
Cheltenham Borough Council v Christine Susan Laird (2009)
Dominion Petroleum Limited v Carlo Seidel : Carlo Seidel v Dominion Petroleum Administrative Services Limited [2008]
In re Estate of K, deceased [2007]
(1) Hamid Naghshineh (2) Abdolrahim Pourzakikhani v (1) Harold Percy Chaffe (2) Hamid Farshchi-Heidari (3) Winifred Ruth Farshchi-Heidari (2003)
Albert Smith v (1) Peter Waterman (2) Julie Waterman (3) Richard Bostock (2003)
Malory Enterprises Limited v Cheshire Homes (UK) Limited
Hampton v Minns
Cape & Dalgleish v Fitzgerald
Robinson v Robinson
Dent v Davis Blank Furniss
Browell v Goodyear
Chaffe v Kingsley
Close Asset Finance v Care Graphics Machinery ltd (2000)
Burridge v Stafford
Harold Percy Chaffe v Michael Kingsley (1999)
Prestwich v Royal Bank of Canada

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Memberships
Chancery Bar Association
Professional Negligence Bar Association
Parliamentary Bar Mess

Qualifications
BA (Oxon) First Class, BCL Oxon

Chambers UK
Real Estate Litigation: "his "fine and carefully considered advice." He received much market acclaim." (2010) "The practice of John Dagnall involves substantial elements of chancery law and professional negligence, but has recently taken in a number of access disputes. He wins the support of the market" (2009) "all round excellence"; "He comes up with all the points you could possibly think of, and more." (2008); "Very bright, inventive and supportive."