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.

Building contract disputes: financial and contractual analysis • Dilapidations claims • Dampness and disrepair claims • Party Wall Act • Defective or incomplete building works • Building defects: commercial and residential Mr Frias-Robles is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS), Party Wall Expert and Fellow of the Pyramus and Thisbe Club Learned Society.

Expert Witness - Preparing reports under CPR Part 35 concerning boundary disputes, building disputes, party wall matters, professional negligence, Landlord and Tenant matters and building defects. Acting as single joint and party appointed expert witness, including numerous appearances in the county court and Landlord and Tenant Tribunals as Expert Witness. Boundary Disputes - Extensive experience undertaking boundary surveys and preparing reports for court. Professional Negligence Matters - I have experience of carrying out building surveys and Homebuyer surveys on a wide...

Building surveying • Building pathology and building defects • Construction disputes • Professional negligence in relation to building surveying and contract administration • Dilapidations • Party wall matters

Professional - Neighbourly I am appointed as party wall surveyor for building owners and adjoining owners. I frequently provide advice to parties wishing to undertake work close to or on the boundary, which may or may not fall within the Party Wall etc. Act 1996. This includes commercial and domestic clients. I am employed to help resolve disputes between parties over neighbourly matters, including the undertaking of building works or the removal of boundary features by one party, the position of the boundary, matters concerning access over another person’s land and proper...

Architecture generally, particularly: • Residential work • Refurbishment, conversion & alteration schemes • Professional practice • Party Wall matters • Defects & building failures • Town planning • Educational schemes • Commercial schemes • Fee scales & payment on quantum meruit basis • Architect professional negligence

Building defects • Works not in accordance with Building Regulations • Reviews of design information in relation to scope • Reviews of the design/construction of external walls with respect to Part B (Fire Safety) of the Building Regulations (e.g. material specification, cavity barriers) • Performance of the architect or lead designer

Japanese knotweed • Boundary disputes • Residential construction disputes • Leasehold enfranchisement • Valuations • Easements • Restrictive covenants

Building surveying • Building technology • Buildings • Alterations to buildings • Damp in buildings • Dilapidations • Dilapidation of buildings • Construction of buildings • Construction • Architecture • Fire • Fire safety • Building regulations • Boundary disputes • Party walls • Building design • Building defects • Construction defects • Building inspection • Building condition • Building Act • Building engineering • Building pathology • Commercial buildin

Nick is a Chartered Civil and Structural Engineer with over 25 years’ experience in the construction industry. He started his career working on construction sites whilst studying civil engineering, obtaining a first-class honours degree. He then worked at a multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy in the UK, qualifying as a Chartered Engineer in 2009. Nick then began focusing on forensic engineering and dispute resolution work at a specialist consultancy in the UK, and has been working as an Expert Witness, in the UK and internationally, since 2012. He is a Director at Rimkus, a global ...

During the 39 years of my business life I have practised as a surveyor advising on many aspects of residential and commercial property, investment, development and management. This includes: • Valuation • Survey • Pathology • Defect diagnosis • Sale • Letting • Purchase • Management • Repair • Advice on landlord and tenant • Dilapidations • Boundary disputes • Party walls • Right to light • Building disputes I have extensive valuation experience on residential and commercial properties throughout ...

Domestic building disputes • Building surveying • Valuation disputes, including professional negligence matters • Surveying & valuing • Boundary disputes • Party wall matters

• Expert Witness: Josh Firkins provides expert witness services for chimney systems and solid fuel appliances. • Extensive Experience: He has over two decades of professional experience. • Family Heritage: His expertise is rooted in a family heritage of chimney specialisation since 1860. • Comprehensive Consultancy: He offers comprehensive consultancy services. • Chimney Installations and Regulations: He evaluates chimney installations for adherence to building regulations and safety standards. • Solid Fuel Appliance Expertise: He demonst...

I am a Chartered Building Surveyor, Chartered Project Manager and RICS Registered Valuer with over 25 years’ experience in project management and general building consultancy across the public and private sectors. I have completed the Legal Experience Training Advanced Professional Award in Expert Witness Evidence and am a member of the Academy of Experts. I have prepared numerous CPR-compliant expert witness reports either as a single joint expert or a sole expert. This includes disputes over: • Professional negligence • Building and construction works • Hou...

Building defects • Building surveys • Dilapidations • Family disputes • Housing disrepair • Landlord and tenant compensation • Matrimonial disputes • Professional negligence • Party wall disputes • Valuation disputes

Building contract disputes • Disrepair claims • Defective design & workmanship negligence claims • Building pathology • Building conversion & restoration • Party Wall, etc., Act Mr Mathieson is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Managing Director of Ellis Belk Associates Limited and a practising Chartered Building Surveyor with many years' experience investigating building defects of both design and workmanship. In addition to his expert witness workload, Mr Mathieson has been involved with Channel 4 and the BBC on such ...

Building surveying: • Structural surveys & valuation • Boundary disputes • Party wall administration • Building defect diagnosis • Construction & contract administration • Building disputes • Subsidence damage • Leasehold dilapidations • Duties of a Chartered Surveyor or Valuer & negligence • Double glazing & conservatory disputes • Fire damage • Fire precautions & means of escape • Kitchen & joinery installation disputes Simon Levy is the Principal of an active, multi...

Building pathology • Construction defects and costs • Boundary disputes • Professional negligence • Building surveying • Residential valuations

Party wall disputes • Building contract disputes - typically domestic to a value of £250,000 • Residential service charge disputes - acting for either freeholder or leaseholder • Housing disrepair - Section 11 complaints - acting for either landlord or tenant • Building element condition and compliance for personal injury cases (and similar)

Foundation failures, including heave & subsidence-related problems • Building defects of structure & fabric, including concrete, steel, timber & masonry buildings, whether prefabricated or in situ • Footbridge & cycle bridge-related problems of deck & structure • Concrete failures due to contamination, chloride attack, carbonation, sulphate attack, alkali-silica reaction, together with pollution-related problems & their effect • Prestressing & related problems, including prestressed & post-tensioned in situ concrete • Cements •...

Market valuations for all purposes • Homebuyer reports • Building surveys • Single defect surveys • Boundary disputes and determinations • Disputes relating to building works • Design of remedial works • Party wall work • Applications to Land Registry • Expert witness reports