Daniel Gill

Daniel specialises in dispute resolution, with particular expertise in property matters, inheritance and trust disputes, and criminal and regulatory matters.

Daniel is a Partner in the Commercial and Private Client Litigation Team specialising in dispute resolution.

Daniel’s broad litigation practice encompasses property litigation, inheritance and trust disputes, and criminal and regulatory matters.

Daniel is one of just three lawyers ranked as Tier 1 in the South West for crime and regulatory work by Legal 500.

A member of the firm’s Agriculture sector group, Daniel is also a key client partner for the National Farmers’ Union; Clarke Willmott is the NFU panel law firm for Somerset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Dorset.

Daniel is a member of the following organisations:

• The Association of Contentious Trusts and Probate Practitioners (Associate Member)
• The Agricultural Law Association (committee member for the West of England region)

How to Daniel can help you

Daniel’s practice can be broken down into the following areas:

Property litigation

Daniel advises clients in the residential and agricultural sectors on contentious property matters relating to:

• Proprietary estoppel;
• Adverse possession;
• Trespass;
• Nuisance;
• Contract disputes in the context of property matters;
• Third party rights over land, including both public and private rights of way;
• Farming partnerships;
• Agricultural tenancies;
• Land drainage and flooding;
• Boundaries;
• Co-owner property disputes; and
• Professional negligence claims in the context of property matters.

Inheritance and trust disputes

Daniel advises clients in respect of claims relating to:

• Contesting the validity of Wills;
• Claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975;
• Breach of executors’ and trustees’ duties; and
• Professional negligence claims in the context of Will drafting and estate administration.

Criminal/regulatory matters

Daniel advises and represents individuals, businesses, and local government bodies in a wide range of criminal and regulatory matters, including in the following areas:

• Environment and pollution;
• Judicial review;
• Agricultural regulation;
• Animal welfare;
• Hunting Act;
• Health and safety;
• Housing standards and Houses in Multiple Occupation;
• Trading Standards;
• Food standards/quality;
• Planning law breaches and enforcement;
• Fraud;
• Traffic and motoring;
• Offences against the person.

Daniel is experienced in helping clients at all stages of the regulatory and criminal process and can provide advice on compliance issues, assist clients in interviews and during investigations. He regularly appears for his clients as an advocate in a variety of courts and tribunals.

Experience

• Guest v Guest [2019] EWHC 869 (Ch) and Guest v Guest [2020] EWCA Civ 387 – a proprietary estoppel case. Daniel represented the son in his claim against his parents and was successful both in the High Court and also in defeating their subsequent appeal in the Court of Appeal.
• The Queen on the application of Richard Wilmot v Exmoor National Park Authority and others [2015] EWHC 1595 (Admin) – a Judicial Review claim. Daniel represented the Exmoor National Park Authority in a long-running Judicial Review in respect of the planning law breaches.