Synopsis - Coyle White Devine was founded by Peter Coyle.
In setting up the firm Peter wanted to provide the corporate sector with niche legal services but at provincial prices.
For four years Peter worked in the City of London as a banking and insolvency litigator. He acted for a number of high street banks and had a spell heading up one bank's debt recovery programme in the United States from a base in New York City.
Peter returned to the UK to get married. He spends his leisure time keeping his 3 children entertained …and supporting West Ham United.
For eight years prior to the inception of Coyle White Devine, Peter was a partner at another local firm heading up the commercial litigation department. Peter has a wealth of experience in commercial dispute resolution. However, as well as litigating cases for clients through the Court, Peter also takes joint instructions from disputing parties to resolve their commercial differences through mediation. To this end, Peter is a CEDR Accredited Mediator.
The expertise in banking and insolvency litigation remains…but Peter’s specialist knowledge extends to the following fields as well:
business disputes
sports disputes
professional negligence claims
contentious probate claims
employment disputes
Stephen Taylor
Synopsis - Stephen has twenty years experience in commercial, civil and criminal litigation.
Originally from the Midlands and articled at a high street firm, Stephen spent 9 years in the city of London acting primarily for financial institutions and companies. He then spent 10 years at a central London firm where he was head of the litigation department. In this latter role Stephen has represented a number of very high profile celebrities in the music industry.
Stephen’s approach is to assess the client’s current position and advise a strategic and practical course which best suits and is most likely to achieve the required objectives with particular regard to the law, procedure, evidence and costs.
Married with two children, he lives in Hertfordshire and spends his non legal time travelling, supporting Stoke City and (more successfully!) playing chess.
Stephen specialises in the following:
music industry disputes
defamation
intellectual property disputes
fraud
education disputes
criminal appeals
David Sheahan
Synopsis - All property disputes are handled by David Sheahan.
Following his graduation from Lincolnshire & Humberside University with a BA (Hons) in Law and Business, David did a sabbatical year having been elected as President of the University Students' Union. David then returned to his home City of Durham where he completed a Diploma in Legal Practice.
Before joining Coyle White Devine, David spent 6 years in general litigation with another local practice. David conducts all of the firm’s property litigation, as well as handling general commercial disputes, intellectual property disputes and defamation claims.
David is married with 2 young sons and a daughter. He played ice hockey for several years at Durham and later at Hull. He is also a fervent follower of football – Sunderland is the team which makes David miserable most weekends.
