CPA Management Board - New - Inclusive of cp-opt - Compulsory Purchase Association

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The Compulsory Purchase Association Board

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Officers

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Chair - Jonathan Stott, Gateley Hamer


Jon Stott
Director

Gateley Hamer

One Eleven
Edmund Street
Birmingham
B3 2HJ

Jonathan Stott, Director, Gateley Hamer


Jonathan is Managing Director of Gateley Hamer and heads their Compulsory Purchase & Compensation team having established it when joining the firm in 2013.  Jonathan has over 13 years' experience working in the field of compulsory purchase and he was co-opted on the CPA Committee in 2015 and elected for a two-year term in 2016.  


Jonathan has experience working for promoting and acquiring authorities and for claimants.  He is a RICS accredited expert witness and regularly gives evidence to public inquiries, hearings and Select Committees.  
 
Since joining the CPA Jonathan has been actively involved with the YCPA, spending two years on the YCPA Steering Group, the Midlands regional CPA group, where he continues to be a Committee member, and he has recently taken on Chairmanship of the Outreach and PR working group, aimed at encouraging graduates to consider careers involving compulsory purchase, increasing membership of the CPA and increasing awareness and authority of the CPA through PR strategies.
As if to underline his love of all things compulsory purchase Jonathan can be followed on the Twitter handle @MisterCPO!

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Vice Chair - Rebecca Clutten, Francis Taylor Building


Rebecca Clutten
Barrister
Francis Taylor Building
Inner Temple
London
EC4Y 7BY

Rebecca Clutten, Barrister, Francis Taylor Building

Rebecca Clutten is a barrister at Francis Taylor Building. She has instructed on a wide range of compulsory purchase and compensation matters, both in her own right and as a junior. Highlights include her successful promotion of Westminster City Council’s CPO for the regeneration of the Dudley House estate in Paddington and appearing before the Select Committee on the High Speed 2 Bill in respect of compensation arrangements. In addition to her advisory practice and work before the Tribunal, Rebecca also has experience of advising clients during mediation.

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Immediate Past Chairman - Vicly Fowler, Gowling WLG

Partner
Gowling WLG
4 More London Riverside
London
SE1 2AU

Vicky Fowler, Partner, Gowling WLG


Vicky is a solicitor and partner in the award winning Planning team of Gowling WLG jointly leading their compulsory purchase and compensation work.  Vicky appears as a leading individual in the legal directories with accolades that describe her as “a thoughtful and incisive lawyer who has great capacity”.

Vicky became a Committee Member of the CPA in 2015 and is a strong supporter of its aims and objectives.  Vicky is particularly committed to the reform of the compulsory purchase process and compulsory purchase compensation and while on the Committee has chaired the reform sub group, participating in the representations and discussions with DCLG.
   
Since qualifying as a solicitor in 1998 Vicky has advised on a large number of regeneration and infrastructure projects involving the use of compulsory purchase powers and the settlement of compensation claims including: Bracknell town centre; the Homes and Communities Agency’s regeneration of Greenwich Peninsula; Woolwich Love Lane and Liverpool City Council’s development of Liverpool One (Paradise Street).  Vicky also advised on the implementation of the compulsory purchase powers in the Thames Tunnel Tideway Development Consent Order.

As well as acting for promoters of compulsory purchase orders Vicky also advises claimants.  Vicky advised  Apethorpe Country Estate on compulsory purchase compensation issues following DCMS’s compulsory Acquisition of the Grade I Listed country house, Apethorpe Hall and have  advised claimants on representations and compensation claims relating to HS2, Metrolink, CTRL and Crossrail.  The breadth and depth of experience that Vicky has gained provides a balanced perspective of the issues that concern members and the parties they advise.

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Internal Board appointments

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Hon. Secretary - Paul Astbury BSc (Hons) FRICS, Partner, Carter Jonas LLP
(full details further down)
Hon. Treasurer - Henry Church MRICS, Senior Director, CBRE
(full details below)

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Elected Members October 2017

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Elected Members October 2018

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Henry Church MRICS
Senior Director
CBRE
Henrietta House
Henrietta Place
London
W1G 0NB

Henry Church MRICS, Senior Director, CBRE

Henry has advised both acquiring authorities and affected parties in relation to the use of compulsory purchase and compensation on regeneration, transportation and utility projects for 20 years.

Beginning with predominantly easements and wayleaves for claimants in Kent he progressed on to dealing with acquisitions for motorways and trunk roads as well as in respect of regeneration projects.

Subseuqently he has provided advice in respect of enabling works for Heathrow Terminal 5 and the Olympic Park as well as for both Thurrock Thames Gateway and West Northamptonshire Development Corporations on major regeneration schemes together with numerous other town centre and transportation schemes.  He is currently advising in respect of a number of energy schemes.

He has appeared as an expert witness at CPO inquiries on many occasions and advised in respect of a number of Tribunal references.
He is a visiting lecturer at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester.

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Charles Clarke
Principal Solicitor
Transport for London
6th Floor Windsor House
42-50 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0TL


Charles Clarke Principal Lawyer, Transport for London


Charles is a Principal Lawyer at Transport for London and has previously been a partner at law firm Bircham Dyson Bell. Charles has extensive experience in acting for acquiring authorities on compulsory purchase issues. He has previously advised on projects such as the Hinkley Point C Connection Project and the Richborough Connection Project and currently advises on a range of projects for Transport for London including Crossrail 2, Bakerloo Line Extension, East London crossings, highway schemes as well as the Bank, Camden and Holborn station capacity upgrades. Charles was also involved in the passage of the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017 through Parliament and remains actively involved in future law reform.

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Raj Gupta
Partner
Town Legal LLP
1 London Wall Buildings
London
EC2M 5PG
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London

EC2M 5PG

Raj Gupta, Partner, Town Legal LLP


Raj is a partner of Town Legal, a firm which specialises in planning and compulsory purchase law.  

Raj acts for both public and private sector clients on a range of contentious and non-contentious matters including the promotion of and opposition to CPOs, Transport & Works Act Orders, Development Consent Orders and Hybrid Bills in Parliament. He specialises particularly in town centre regeneration and transport infrastructure schemes.  Raj is particularly well-known for his expertise in land compensation disputes, having acted for the successful parties in a number of significant cases including Spirerose, Urban Edge and Scotia Plastics.  Raj is a keen advocate of alternative dispute resolution and has participated in a number of successful mediations.
    
As a board director of the CPA, Raj has focussed in particular on helping to develop a pre-action protocol for compensation claims and on law reform.

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Abigail Walters
Partner
Shakespeare Martineau
Abigail Walters, Partner, Shakespeare Martineau

I am a planning solicitor and for more than ten years a large majority of my work has been compulsory purchase related. Having acted both for promoters and claimants I feel this would enable me to represent you, the members of the CPA, in the best way possible. The work of the CPA in achieving recent law reform has been significant in bringing improvements to the system and I feel strongly about the need for further reform.

I am a partner within the planning team at Shakespeare Martineau based in their Leicester office in the East Midlands but also working out of our Birmingham and London offices. Having links with both London and the Regions will enable me to assist the CPA Committee and both the London and Regional members.

I qualified as a solicitor 17 years ago in Local Government and worked in two London Boroughs before spending nearly 11 years with Berwin Leighton Paisner in London. I have worked on the promotion of numerous compulsory purchase orders for acquiring authorities through to confirmation and beyond, in relation to mixed use town centre regeneration, estate renewal schemes and infrastructure provision for utility companies. This gives me a good understanding of the process from an acquiring authority’s perspective.

Since moving out of London in 2014, I have acted primarily for claimants, from utility companies to individuals, affected by compulsory purchase in all its various guises, whether CPO’s, DCO’s, TWAO’s or Hybrid Bills. This work has given me a very good insight in to the problems faced by claimants, and their advisors, in seeking equity in our compensation system and highlighted other significant issues faced by parties affected by the processes of compulsory acquisition generally.

I have been an active member of the CPA for over 6 years and regularly attend CPA events both in London and the Midlands. I regularly engage in CPA and law reform consultations generally and I am currently co-opted onto the law reform sub committee. If elected I would be honoured to give my time to the work of the CPA, as I feel strongly that the CPA has an increasingly important role to play in shaping the law, policy and practice relating to compulsory acquisition.

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David Holland, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs

I am a solicitor and Partner in the Compulsory Purchase and Compensation team at Squire Patton Boggs, specialising in land compensation matters, including compulsory purchase compensation claims, claims under Part 1 of the Land Compensation Act 1973 and compensation matters in the aviation, energy and utilities sectors.

I am experienced in advising both acquiring authorities and claimants in compensation matters, including in relation to matters involving some of the most high profile recent schemes such as HS2, Crossrail and Thameslink.I regularly advise clients in proceedings before the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) and higher courts.

I have been an active member of the Compulsory Purchase Association for over 10 years, regularly attending and speaking at national and regional CPA events, including jointly delivering the Tony Johnson Memorial Lecture at the CPA AGM in 2016.

I am the current Joint Regional Convenor of the CPA for Yorkshire, responsible for advancing the activities of the association in the region.

I have taken an active role in the reform activities of the CPA, in particular as a member of the CPA working group responsible for the introduction of the proposed Land Compensation Claims Protocol currently under consideration by the association and its members.

I am a strong advocate for the use of alternative dispute resolution in compensation matters and am experienced in successfully resolving claims through many forms of ADR, including mediation, early neutral evaluation and expert determination.

I am currently involved in contributing to the drafting of a proposed form of specialist ADR process under consideration for adoption as a preferred method of dispute resolution by the RICS.

I am also proud to be a founder member of the Young Compulsory Purchase Association and to have continuously served on the steering committee of the YCPA since its inception in 2013 until 2017. I would welcome the opportunity to become a Director of the CPA Board and to play an active role in contributing to and promoting the activities of the association in the future.

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Richard Asher, Director, Savills

I am a Chartered Surveyor and Registered Valuer working in the Savills’ Development Department. I have specialised in CPO work for many years. I was a member of the steering group which set up the CPA, a founding member and the second Chairman. I have also served as Chair of the RICS Global Planning and Development Professional Group Board, and am a former Chair of the RICS Compulsory Purchase Policy Panel (which I remain a member of). Currently, I am an elected member of the RICS Governing Council. I also serve on the BPF planning committee.

I am standing to serve on the CPA Board, because I am keen to utilise my skills and experience to ensure that the CPA remains the most important multi-disciplinary association in the compulsory purchase sector. I am very anxious to promote the recruitment and training of younger members of the discipline, and fully support the YCPA as a way of engaging with younger people, I believe the YCPA should be encouraged to pursue its own agenda.

I have carried out CPO instructions throughout the UK and support greater engagement with the regional membership. I am delighted to see therefore that the AGM is being held outside London for the first time this year. Being involved in the governance of the RICS I would like to see the CPA maintain its close links with all professional bodies associated with compulsory purchase and compensation.

Last year I delivered the Tony Johnson Memorial Lecture to members of the CPA warning of the massive changes likely to happen to the professions over the next few years. I believe we need to look to the future to ensure that the CPA and the compulsory purchase discipline as a whole adapt to these changes and ensure that the CPA and its members are not left behind. That is why I am standing for election.

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Co-opted Members 2018

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Dan Knowles, Director, Sawyer Fielding

Dan is the Director of Sawyer Fielding, a firm of Chartered Surveyors who predominantly represent homeowners affected by Estate Regeneration schemes in and around London.

His company has gone from strength to strength in recent years, representing hundreds of homeowners each year.

Dan has been working in Compulsory Purchase since 2008, initially representing acquiring authorities and their development partners before representing homeowners. He founded Sawyer Fielding to give a professional voice to homeowners affected by regeneration. He provides a complete service to homeowners, negotiating their sales, advising on the Compulsory Purchase Order process and helping with related matters such as providing investment advice, assistance on relocation purchases and coordinating efforts of Mortgage brokers, eviction specialists and solicitors. He also regularly replies to Government consultation documents on Compulsory Purchase, helping ensure that homeowners concerns are professionally represented

He prides himself on trying to be the voice of reason in the melting pot that is Estate Regeneration.

One of Dan’s proudest achievements is setting up the company’s charitable arm, Sawyer Fielding gives back, which makes donations to deserving charities. In 2018 alone, they expect to donate approximately £10,000.

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John Sayer  

Director
CBRE      
Henrietta House      
Henrietta Place                
London          
W1G 0NB


John Sayer, Director, CBRE


John is a Chartered Surveyor and Director in the CBRE Compulsory Purchase Team based in London.  He has 15 years of property experience and for the last decade has focussed his career on compulsory purchase and land assembly.  He advises a variety of acquiring authorities,  development partners, and claimants on regeneration and infrastructure projects across the UK. Such schemes include the Olympics & Legacy CPO, Westfield & Hammerson’s redevelopment of Croydon’s retail centre, Ballymore’s Brentford Waterside redevelopment, High Speed 1, High Speed 2,  Rowner Renewal, Thames Tideway Tunnel, and Heathrow Airport.


John was a member of the Young CPA steering group for three years since its inception in 2013 and also undertook  the co-ordinator role for the group.

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Greg Dickson BSc(Hons) MA MRTPI
Planning Director
Barton Willmore
Tower 12
18/22 Bridge Street
Spinningfields
Manchester
M3 3BZ


Greg Dickson BSc(Hons) MA MRTPI, Planning Director, Barton Willmore


Greg has had varied private sector experience including promotion of strategic mixed-use, commercial, highway infrastructure, rail freight and logistics development.


As well as handling a variety of detailed planning applications, Greg has assisted on a number of complex projects involving Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPO). He is commercially aware and has a proven track record in delivering results for our clients.

Greg also plays an active role in the Compulsory Purchase Association and is a member of the management board; and is a member of the National Infrastructure Planning Association (NIPA).

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Invitees 2018

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Odell Milne
Partner
Brodies LLP

15 Atholl Crescent
Edinburgh
EH3 8HA
Scotland UK

Odell Milne, Partner, Brodies LLP


Odell led Brodies’ market leading Land and Rural Business team between 2007 and 2016 and has many years’ experience advising on major infrastructure projects, compulsory purchase and commercial developments. She is ranked by The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners for both agricultural law and transport, with the latter commenting that “sources suggest Odell Milne is "one of the top land property experts in Scotland”.


Odell has particular expertise on all aspects of compulsory purchase, notably advising on legislation and procedure, managing land acquisition and compensation claims. She also has extensive experience in advising in connection with Private Bill and TAWS procedure. She is co-author of the Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia Volume “Compulsory Acquisition and Compensation”, regularly speaks at seminars and conferences on the topics of Compulsory Purchase and Compensation and contributes articles to a range of Journals.  She has also been actively involved in the Scottish Law Commission’s Consultation on Reform of Compulsory Purchase legislation.

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Brendan O'Connor - YCPA

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Mark Barlow - Administrator
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