Experience in architectural practice both pre-contract & post-contract with particular reference to terms of appointment & construction methods & detailing • A detailed knowledge of building regulations involving legislation & building contracts • A member of the RIBA panel of adjudicators • A wide knowledge of landscape contracting disputes as a Director of Deberris Landscapes Ltd • Experience in preparation of reports under legal instruction as an expert both prior to issuing of proceedings & court action • Experience...

Agronomy • Single farm payment • Advice on implementation of organic & environmental schemes • Providing appraisals & assessments on the restructuring of estates & farming businesses • Providing business plans for agricultural businesses & operations • Agricultural machinery operation • Dairy parlour operation • Grain storage • Aspects involving the operation & running of agricultural businesses • Fertiliser recommendations

Farm management • Horticultural economics • Arable farming • Livestock farming • Personal injury • Producer groups • Grants • Subsidies • Renewables • Environmental farming • Organic production • Quantum • Diversification

Partnership disputes • Disputes between directors or shareholders of a private limited company • Commercial disputes between businesses • Business valuations as related to matrimonial disputes • Loss of profit claims • Any disputes over the determination of a profit arising in a partnership or joint venture • Minority shareholding valuations

• Litigation disputes relating to rights of way, access and wayleave agreements, covenants, uplift agreements. • State involvement and direction of agriculture: the impact of food production campaigns of the first and second world wars; agri-environment schemes. • Historical research • The impact of Enclosure • Changes in land ownership • The National Farm Survey 1941-43. • Tenancy and access agreements: sporting rights, tenancy and access agreements, agri-environmental schemes. • Management and access agreements...

Environmental & housing legislation relating to domestic properties • Personal injury claims pertaining to property, pathways, commercial & industrial accidents • Homebuyer surveys • Reports on kitchens, bathroom & window installations, building works, etc., under consumer law & grant-aided work • Damp investigations on domestic & commercial property • Specialist testing • All expert witness reports comply with CPR requirements • Consumer/contractor disputes on residential property