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David Gilchrist

Call: 1987
  • David Gilchrist is pleasant, very competent and a safe pair of hands.

    Chambers UK Bar (2025)
  • Savid is experienced, reliable and a very safe pair of hands with any contentious probate matter. He's able to cut to the nub of any dispute very quickly and is meticulous in his preparation.

    Chambers UK Bar (2025)
  • He is a very good operator - very good on the law and completely reliable.

    Chambers UK Bar (2025)
  • Impresses with his responsiveness, turn-around time and the content and quality of his advice.

    Chambers UK Bar (2023)

Overview

David is a specialist in business and property litigation and Head of the Business and Property Team at Nine.

The principal areas of his practice are:

  • Real property
  • Landlord and tenant
  • Wills, trusts and estates
  • Business disputes, including partnership

As well as advisory and drafting work, he has extensive experience of litigation in the High Court, the County Court, the Property Tribunal (including the Upper Tribunal) and the Court of Appeal.

He is recommended for both Chancery and Real Estate Litigation by Chambers and Partners in 2024 and has been ranked by Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 for a number of years.

In 2015, he was trained and accredited as a mediator by CEDR and, since then, has been regularly engaged as a mediator; mainly, in disputes involving property and the administration of estates.

Associations

Chancery Bar Association

Professional Negligence Bar Association

Northern Circuit Commercial Bar Association

Education

BA, Durham University

Prescribed Information

David Gilchrist is a practising barrister, who is regulated by the Bar Standards Board. Details of information held by the BSB about him can be found here.

David Gilchrist’s clerks will happily provide no obligation quotations for all legal services that he provides. Their contact details can be found here. It is most common for David to undertake advocacy before courts and tribunals for a fixed fee in respect of preparation and the first day (brief fee) plus a further fee (refresher) in respect of each additional day in court. Advisory work (including conferences) is commonly charged an hourly rate, although a fixed fee may be negotiated. He will typically return paperwork within 14 days, although other professional commitments, complexity and volume of documentation may affect this approximate timescale.

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