Property Hub

This is the prime location for informed opinion on property matters: finance, law, development, investment, planning, taxation, offices, retail, industrial, distribution, residential, healthcare, hotels and leisure. If it’s property, it’s in the remit. In online courses, conferences, webinars, and journals, we make sure the important issues are covered – sound, comprehensive and thorough.

Here to keep you informed; because it’s knowledge that underpins value – CPD at its very best. 

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A property truism: whatever the condition every property has a value – even if that value is a negative value. 

Inappropriate cladding has created a problem. Remedial works need to be done. Those remedial works will have a cost and someone (perhaps multiple individuals and organisations) will have to pay those costs. 

Before works are undertaken, interests (either freeholds and/or leaseholds) in the property will have a value. After the works are completed, the same property (and those interests) will have value. 

Stuart has worked in private architectural practice and for main contractors. He has designed and/or delivered a diverse range of projects, including nonprocess buildings on oil refineries and an aluminium plant, the Stirling Prizewinning botanical sciences laboratories Cambridge, neurological sciences labs and other Further Education projects, 30+ PFI and academy framework schools, a recording studio, offices, cardiothoracic, A&E and mental health hospitals, residential and student accommodation, a 1480-cell prison, defence and retail projects. 

Chris is a chartered quantity surveyor with 22 years of experience in the construction industry, working with contractors, sub-contractors, consultants, public bodies and employers. He has acquired considerable dispute resolution experience in all major sectors such as building (residential and commercial), healthcare, education, industrial, water, energy, rail and ports. Chris provides expert witness opinion on complex quantum issues, including valuation of proposed work, final accounts, change management, delay and disruption associated with all major forms of contract.

Richard provides specialist lease end strategy advice to landlords and tenants across a range of assets. He also has experience in providing technical due diligence building surveys, Schedules of Condition, Reinstatement Cost Assessments and Contract Administration on construction projects.

Neave is a litigation and disputes lawyer based in London. She advises on and negotiates standard form and bespoke contracts and also provides guidance on a wide range of issues, including construction disputes and insurance coverage. Neave has experience of dealing with a range of dispute resolution processes in the construction sector including adjudication, arbitration and civil litigation, as well as mediation. Acting for and against large multi-disciplinary consultancies, engineers, architects, project managers, developers and employers, and tier 1 and 2 contractors, she

Donald is head of Norton Rose Fulbright's infrastructure and energy team working on both domestic and international construction and engineering projects. Donald focuses on highly technical disputes. He has significant experience of all forms of construction contract including FIDIC, LOGIC, NEC, JCT and ICE as well as bespoke and operational works contracts in numerous sectors. Donald has previously spent 2 years as acting General Counsel on secondment (whilst a partner) to Tube Lines, who were responsible under the PPP Contract with London Underground Limited for the up