Expert Details
Building Disputes, Boundary Disputes, Right to Light, Daylight & Sunlight Assessments
ID: 728346
United Kingdom
With regards to boundary dispute matters, Expert uses a Nikon Total Station to undertake his own on-site measuring, enabling him to confirm with certainty details of the measured survey.
Expert is one of only a very small number of Surveyors in the North of England who have been acepted onto the RICS Expert Witness Registration Scheme in respect of Building Disputes and Boundary Disputes.
Expert has acted as a Single Joint Expert for disputes and has been to court as an expert witness on a number of occasions.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1990 | Degree: BSc (Hons) | Subject: Building Surveying | Institution: University of Salford |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2005 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Director | Department: |
Responsibilities:As one of two Directors of the business, Expert is responsible for the normal role relating to the running of a Chartered Building Surveying business including business procurement and staff management in addition to his own workload which has, in recent years, become more focussed on Expert Witness and specialist Right to Light work. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2003 to 2005 | Employer: Lewis Smith Associates LLP | Title: Director | Department: |
Responsibilities:As one of two Directors of the business, Expert was responsible for the normal role relating to the running of a Chartered Building Surveying business including business procurement and staff management in addition to his own workload, including surveys, architectural projects and conservation work plus Expert Witness work. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1998 to 2003 | Employer: Philip Smith, Chartered Building Surveyor | Title: Director | Department: |
Responsibilities:As a self-employed Chartered Building Surveyor, Expert was responsible for all aspects of the business. The workload mostly comprised Expert Witness work, architectural projects, surveys and building conservation work. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1993 to 1998 | Employer: Smiths Gore, Chartered Surveyors | Title: Associate Director | Department: Building Surveying Department |
Responsibilities:Smiths Gore is a national company of Chartered Surveyors, principally Land Agents, but also offering Building Surveying and Estate Agency services. Many of the clients for the Building Surveying work are Estate owners, including the Church Commissioners in addition to other wealthy landowners. Expert began his employment as assistant to the head of the office's Building Surveying Department. He retired after approximately 12 months, leaving Expert as head of the office department. The workload was mostly residential and agricultural but included work to large country houses, many of which were of a senstive historical nature. Whilst at Smiths Gore, Expert obtained the RICS Diploma in Building Conservation. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1990 to 1993 | Employer: University of Hull Estates Office | Title: Building Surveyor | Department: Estates Department |
Responsibilities:Expert worked within this busy office dealing with maintenance and capital works projects to the University's stock of buildings, including student accomodation, science and teaching buildings and student bars. |
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