Profile
A Chartered Surveyor and RICS Registered Valuer specialising in valuation, landlord & tenant and rating matters, Simon possesses a calm persona and pragmatic approach to problem solving. His experience as a business owner and employer means Simon is also well placed to mediate non-property disputes.
Principal Areas of Mediation Practice
- Valuation
- Construction
- Leasehold matters
- Professional/Contractor Fees
- Boundary disputes
- Rights of way
- Compulsory purchase
- Business rates
- Property investment/transactions
In addition to direct instructions from individual and corporate clients, Simon regularly takes instructions from solicitors, accountants and tax advisors, other surveying firms and insolvency practitioners.
The following is an indicative (but not exhaustive) list of recent instructions on contentious matters as either expert witness or mediator:
Valuation
• Professional negligence (solicitor) – residential property
• Professional negligence (valuer) – leisure property
• Probate – industrial property
• Insolvency (disposal under value) – industrial property
• Compulsory Purchase Compensation – retail property
• Capital Gains Tax – residential property
Landlord and Tenant Matters
• Rent review – retail property
• Long leasehold covenants – residential property
Contracts/Construction
• Contract value, specification of works – residential property
• Termination of contract, liquidated damages – franchise agreement
• Delay in landlord reinstatement following fire - leisure property
Fees
• Abortive professional fees, project management – residential property
• Disputed Architect’s Fees – residential development
Rating & Council Tax
• Rateable value – all classes of property
• Rating reliefs – all classes of property
• Liability order (non-domestic rates) – all classes of property
• Liability order (council tax) – all classes of property
History
-
Date
Nature of dispute
Outcome
-
22 July 2021BoundaryOutcome: Did Not Settle
-
14 October 2020BoundaryOutcome: Settled
-
28 October 2019Commercial PropertyOutcome: Settled
-
11 December 2018PropertyOutcome: Did Not Settle
-
13 December 2017Commercial Property Valuation/Compulsory PurchaseOutcome: Settled
-
24 May 2017Residential Property Service ChargesOutcome: Settled
-
28 September 2016Commercial Property, Lease/Rent ArrearsOutcome: Settled
-
21 September 2016Commercial - Introduction FeeOutcome: Did Not Settle
-
1 October 2015Compulsory PurchaseOutcome: Settled
-
26 August 2015CommercialOutcome: Settled
-
19 June 2015CommercialOutcome: Settled
-
17 April 2015ConstructionOutcome: Settled after date
-
12 March 2015CommercialOutcome: Settled
-
18 February 2015Compulsory PurchaseOutcome: Settled
-
22 December 2014Architect's fees, negligenceOutcome: Settled
-
22 December 2014CommercialOutcome: Settled
-
16 January 2014Delay in landlord reinstatement following fireOutcome: Settled
-
21 November 2013Disability BenefitsOutcome: Settled
-
4 November 2013Shareholder/Employment DisputeOutcome: Settled
-
4 April 2013FranchiseOutcome: Did Not Settle
-
6 February 2013Disputed Professional FeesOutcome: Settled
-
25 October 2012ContractorOutcome: Settled after date
-
14 September 2012ContractorOutcome: Settled after date
-
19 October 0028Commercial PropertyOutcome: Settled
Insurance
- Insurance Provider Cavendish Munro
- Certificate Status Certificate on file
- Expiry Date 27 September 2024
- Level of Cover 2000000
CPD & Training
- Mediation Training Provider Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
- Date Qualified as Mediator 22 May 2012
- Training Certificate Download PDF
Approved Mediator
- Profile submitted Checked
- Independent feedback Checked
- History Checked
- Insurance provider Checked
- Insurance certificate Checked
- Expiry date Checked
- Level of cover Checked
- Training requirement Checked
- Qualification date Checked
- Training certificate Checked
- E.U. Code of conduct Checked
- Observations completed Checked
- Annual CPD log Checked
- Mediator status Checked
- Specialist panels Checked
- Geographical location Checked
- Professional status Checked
- League table position Checked
Approved Mediator - Clerksroom Mediator Database