Contractual Controls of Land Regulations: retroactive impact on qualifying contracts
A significant shift from private control of land agreements to a public register of strategic land...
Paul is a Senior Associate in the Development Team and is a residential development specialist.
Paul is an experienced commercial property solicitor with a specialism in Residential Development work having worked with major PLC housebuilders, landowners, Registered Providers and SME developers. Paul’s primary focus is ensuring that transactions are completed quickly with clients given legally sound and commercially focused advice.
Areas of Expertise
In terms of Residential Development work Paul has the following expertise;
- Immediate land acquisition and disposal.
- Strategic land acquisition and disposal including; Options, conditional contracts, promotion agreements, collaboration agreements and joint ventures.
- Social Housing transactional work including Golden Brick and Turnkey Agreements.
- Associated site infrastructure including Deeds of Easement, Wayleave Agreements, Section 38 agreements and Section 104 agreements.
In addition to his Residential Development specialism Paul undertakes general real estate work acting for owners, occupiers and investors including;
- Landlord and Tenant work including Leases, Licences, Assignments, Underlettings and Surrenders.
- Commercial Property Development.
- Overage clauses and agreements.
Testimonials:
"We started using mfg in 2021 only because a solicitor who we had worked with for over 15 years and who we trusted explicitly for her professionalism and ethos had moved there. What a great decision that has proven to be. mfg in all of our dealings (leases, contracts and commercial purchase) have proven to be stars. This is a highly professional and ethical firm with a client focused ethos. Their team have a wide range of knowledge covering literally everything, they communicate with their clients and are hyper responsive to requests putting many other firms we could name to shame. In the 10 months the commercial property purchase we undertook they have truly proven their worth and where other solicitors involved were quite frankly not up to the job, failed to communicate or seemingly to to do their job, mfg held the whole process together and went the extra mile to ensure that it crossed the line before the buyer pulled out for a better offer. If it had not been for mfg I am sure that the deal would have been lost. The solicitors involved in the deal and who we have to thank are Phil Hutsby-Hunt who bravely stepped in when our assigned solicitor Paul Harris went off on paternity and dealt with crucial phases to get this across the line - Phil is a true stalwart and professional. And Emily Stancer, a trainee solicitor at mfg who supported both Phil and Paul and I am sure will be a star in her own right in the future. So to summarise, if you want a legal firm from an ethical and professional client focused firm then you need to look no further than mfg Solicitors."