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Cripps

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Cripps is sought out by a broad range of clients from the public sector, including central government bodies, local authorities and universities. The team is especially well versed in asset management, property dispute resolution, development and regeneration work. James Lee heads up the construction practice and specialises in non-contentious transactional work for a range of high-profile clients, while Miles Paffard leads the property dispute resolution team, and stands out for handling complex high-value landlord and tenant matters. Head of the planning team Beth Gascoyne is well equipped to work on an array of complex planning matters, such as Section 106 agreements for regeneration and development projects. In early 2024, the firm merged with Horsham-based firm PDT Solicitors, which added the expertise of James Clewlow, Holly Goacher and Oliver Parsons.

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Key clients

  • Home Office
  • Crawley Borough Council
  • Canterbury Christ Church University
  • Ashford Borough Council
  • Eastbourne Borough Council
  • Runnymede Borough Council
  • Sevenoaks District Council
  • Slough Borough Council
  • Lewes District Council
  • South East Water
  • Town and Country Housing
  • University of Kent

Work highlights

  • Advised Slough Borough Council on its Urban Renewal Project alongside development partner Morgan Sindall; provided construction and property litigation advice for the creation of a new library and football stadium, four new leisure centres, school refurbishments, housing and infrastructure projects and advised on contentious employment matters.
  • Acting for Sevenoaks District Council on the negotiation of a s106 agreement in connection with an application for 340 dwellings, land for a four-form entry secondary school, land for a community facility and improvements to the town railway station.
  • Advising Runnymede Borough Council in relation to the development of a mixed-use urban regeneration scheme known as Egham Gateway West, with the intention to create a new cultural quarter in Egham Town Centre.

Lawyers

Leading partners
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James Lee
Cripps
James is a partner in our construction and engineering group specialising in non-contentious construction law.  His practice normally centres on advising employer clients including large institutional investors, shopping centres, developers, central Government departments, local authorities and affordable housing providers, but can provide advice to any party at any point of the supply chain, including contractors, professional consultants and sub-contractors.  His expertise includes advising on all forms of building and engineering contract, bespoke development agreements, consultant appointments, sub-contracts, collateral warranties and project finance documentation.
Miles Paffard
Cripps
Partner specialising in property litigation – commercial and residential; landlord and tenant disputes including opposed lease renewals, rent review, dilapidations, landlord and tenant insolvency, opposed alienation, service charge, forfeiture and other possession claims, leasehold enfranchisement, rights of first refusal, squatters actions; land law disputes including adverse possession, easements, restrictive covenants, nuisance, trespass, boundary and neighbour disputes. Clients are all property clients of Cripps LLP including government departments, local authorities, property investment companies, retail landlords and tenants, housebuilders and RSLs.
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Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

James Lee, Miles Paffard

Other key lawyers

Beth Gascoyne, James Clewlow, Holly Goacher, Oliver Parsons

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