Zaheer Bashir > Davitt Jones Bould > Manchester, England > Lawyer Profile
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Zaheer Bashir
Work Department
Commercial Property, Planning and Property Litigation
Position
Associate Director
Career
Zaheer has expertise in dealing with a wide range of commercial property matters having acted for SMEs, Local Government, Charities, Housing Associations and Corporate Clients. Zaheer is experienced in handling estates management work for Local Authorities, dealing with a variety of property types including retail units, industrial estates, housing developments and leisure centres. Zaheer also handles property litigation matters including title disputes, forfeiture proceedings and Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 disputes.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Commercial property
Development / regeneration
Highways
Landlord and tenant
Planning law
Property litigation
WORK HIGHLIGHTS
Highlights include advising:
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Central Government clients, including Public Health England, on their estates management work.
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Highways England on CPO acquisitions to deliver vacant possession of land for the development of major road schemes.
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Natural England on lease over land at the Sandringham Estate.
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Bath and North East Somerset and other local authorities on the drafting and negotiation of Section106 agreements.
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South Lakeland District Council on title disputes relating to Lake Windermere and negotiation with various land owners to agree the boundary with their adjoining land.
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A Government client on a CPO dispute regarding access, drafting the settlement agreement and attended negotiations with claimant and their solicitor to reach a settlement.
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A leisure company on a leisure procurement exercise.
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South Lakeland District Council on Judicial Reviews relating to planning permissions granted for a Caravan Park and operational developments at a working farm.
Year admitted: 2009
Previously worked in-house for South Lakeland District Council.
Languages
English, Punjabi, Urdu
Memberships
SRA Number: 410449
Education
University of Hull, (LLB) Law
Lawyer Rankings
North West > Real estate > Commercial property: Manchester
Davitt Jones Bould‘s founder, the experienced Madeleine Davitt, leads its Manchester practice. The team continues to assist some of the UK’s biggest landowners on such key projects as the major road scheme developments in and around Manchester, for National Highways, a matter Nichola Gray and the ‘tactful, clear and totally informed’ Zaheer Bashir are advising on. The ‘highly respected’ Tony Fitzmaurice ably manages a broad range of complex portfolios. Richard Holmes regularly works on high-profile developments for key clients. Net-zero specialist partner Stephen Chalcraft joined from Shakespeare Martineau LLP in January 2023.