Compulsory Purchase & Land Valuation

There are two main areas covered by land valuation that Members of Chambers become involved with - Compulsory Purchase & Compensation and Rating.

Compulsory Purchase & Compensation

Members of Chambers have considerable experience in advising in relation to compulsory purchase generally and, in particular, appearing at public local inquiries for both acquiring authorities and objectors. Recent examples include the inquiries into Thameslink 2000, Wembley Stadium Link, the regeneration of Greenwich Peninsula, the Olympic 2012 proposals and Extensions to the Midland Metro system in Birmingham.

FTB members have considerable experience in advising and appearing in the Lands Tribunal in relation to such compensation claims, and in relation to subsequent appeals to the Court of Appeal. Recent examples include Purfleet Farms Ltd v Secretary of State for Transport; Colneway Ltd v Environment Agency; Christos v Secretary of State for Transport; Optical Express v Birmingham City Council; RMC and ACE v London Borough of Greenwich; Moto v. Secretary of State for Transport.

Amongst the members of Chambers are the editors of one of the leading textbooks on compulsory purchase and compensation: Tottel's Compulsory Purchase and Compensation Service (2 volume looseleaf publication).

Rating

Members of Chambers have considerable experience in advising in relation to the full range of rating matters and in appearing in Tribunals and courts on rating matters.  Indeed, members have advised and appeared in almost all of the major rating cases in recent years (both in England and Wales and abroad).  These include BT v. Sanderson; Best Origin v. Commissioner for Rating & Valuation; Imperial College v. Ebdon, Monsanto v. Farris and Eastbourne B.C. and Wealden D.C. v. Allen; H.J. Banks v. Speight; Harrods v. Baker; Orange PCS v. Bradford; Coventry & Solihull Waste Disposal v. Russell.

Two of the three editors of the standard textbook, Ryde on Rating & the Council Tax, are members of Chambers.

Please see below for the full list of  members that practise in land valuation:
 

Andrew Tait QC	Richard Glover QC	Hereward Phillpot
Robin Purchas QC	Andrew Newcombe QC	Alexander Booth
Guy Roots QC	Douglas Edwards QC	Saira Kabir Sheikh
Charles George QC	Gregory Jones QC	Jeremy Pike
Clive Newberry QC	Suzanne Ornsby QC	Richard Honey
Kevin de Haan QC	Robert Fookes	Mark Westmoreland Smith
Robert Mcracken QC	Jonathan Milner	Cain Ormondroyd
Michael Humphries QC	Timothy Comyn	Annabel Graham Paul
David Matthias QC	Meyric Lewis	Rebecca Clutten
Richard Humphreys QC	Dr Charles Mynors	Isabella Tafur
Craig Howell Williams QC	James Pereira	David Graham