Building control and regulations • Construction contract disputes • Negligent construction and design • Housing disrepair • Building defects and pathology • Surveyor negligence • Valuation of property, including family, proceeds of crime, land with development potential, diminution, etc. • Party wall and boundary matters Also consulting at: 140 Ewell Road, Surbiton ,KT6 6HE.

• Dispute resolution claims, adjudication and arbitration • Professional negligence claims - Philip regularly acts for parties that are seeking compensation from a negligent surveyor or representing surveyors where an allegation of negligence has been made • Expert witness reports acting as a claimant, defendant and/or single joint expert in building dispute matters • Party wall consultant and published author on the Party Wall Act, first person to undertake doctoral research into the Party Wall, etc., Act 1996 • Landlord and tenant dilapidation di...

Housing disrepair • Accommodation • Building contractor disputes for residential refurbishment and extension projects

I have worked in private practice for in excess of 50 years handling non-contentious private client work, including conveyancing, wills, trusts, estate administration, legal and solicitors accounting, and probate work and more latterly in leasehold reform and residential landlord and tenant law, including acting for both freeholders and leaseholders alike. I have wide experience dealing with right to manage claims, right to enfranchise (collective) claims and claims under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967. I have a thorough grasp of the practicalities of the legal system, jurisdictions and co...