Dan Kolinsky KC was called to the Bar in 1998 and appointed King’s Counsel in 2015. He combines a specialist rating practice with a wider public law, local government and planning practice. He sits as a Deputy High Court Judge and as a Recorder. He is a CEDR accredited mediator. Dan was made an honorary member of the Rating Surveyor’s Association in 2017. He has recorded a series of rating podcasts (links on his profile page on Landmark’s website). Dan was ranked as the star individual in Chambers and Partners 2025 for Rating and Valuation.
Key rating cases include:
- Nuffield Health v LB Merton [2023] UKSC 18– successfully represented Nuffield Health in mandatory charitable relief case in the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court.
- Cardtronics UK ltd v Sykes (VO) [2020] UKSC 21 representing Cardtronics in ATM test case (from VTE to the Supreme Court).
- Iceland Foods Limited v Berry (V0) [2018] 1 WLR 1277- represented Iceland throughout these proceedings including as advocate in its successful appeal to the Supreme Court
- Monk v Newbigin (VO) [2017] 1 W.L.R. 851 – represented RSA and BPF in their successful intervention in the Supreme Court. Acted for Canary Wharf Ltd in 2019 post Monk case in the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber).
- Woolway (Valuation Officer) v Mazars [2015] 3 W.L.R. 386 (Supreme Court) – acted for VO (with Tim Morshead QC) in leading case on identification of the hereditament
- UKI (Kingsway) Ltd v Westminster City Council [2019] 1 W.L.R. 104 – acted for ratepayer at all stages of this litigation including as advocate in the Supreme Court in leading case on service of completion notices.
- Acting for Network Rail in ongoing litigation regarding advertising rights at main line stations.
- Acted for Principled Offsite Logistics Limited in 2025 High Court litigation on intermittent occupation schemes
- Other notable cases include - GPS (Great Britain) Ltd v Bird (VO) [2014] RA 145 –acted for retail ratepayers at Fosse Park securing reduction for material change of circumstances; Aviva v Whitby (VO) [2014] RA 61 – acted for ratepayer in leading case on the need for completion notices to be served before warehouse properties are entered in the rating list; acting for the VO in litigation including Harrods; Vtesse (2010 rating list), British Gas Trading Company (Peterborough Power Station case) and the rateability of the Mormon Temple at Preston; North Somerset Council v Honda and Graham [2010] R.A. 285 – acted for ratepayer in High Court proceedings concerning the consequences of a billing authority’s failure to serve a demand notice as soon as practicable.