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PHILIPPA HIPWELL
PQE: 27 years
Career: Joined DJB in 2016 following a career at Nabarro.
Career Highlights:
• School development scheme involving complex planning and environmental issues, with lease and sublease, for a local authority
• Acquisition conditional on planning with separate development agreement relating to the construction of 12 industrial units
• City centre development agreement for mixed-use residential, retail, hotel and of ce with phasing arrangements and sensitivity around public realm areas
RICHARD HOLMES
PQE: 18 years
Career: Joined DJB in 2018 following a career at Eversheds and Freeths LLP.
Career Highlights:
• Lead lawyer on the negotiation of a new build 40,000 sq ft distribution centre.
• Lead lawyer on a Promotion Agreement for a residential scheme comprising over 100 houses
• Advice on the property aspects of a joint venture scheme where a Local Authority formed an LLP with a developer, involving a transfer of land with particular conditions required of the developer
RACHEL LINDOP
PQE: 12 years
Career: Joined DJB in 2017 following a career at Herbert Smith Freehills and Russell Cooke. Rachel is a planning law specialist.
Career Highlights:
• EDF Energy’s plans to construct new nuclear power stations at Hinkley Point and Sizewell
• Planning permission for developers including a £500m central London commercial development for Heron International
• Section 106 Agreements for BSkyB, St James and Aviva
JOHN STARR
PQE: 29 years
Career: Joined DJB in 2018 as a Consultant, following a career at Dentons and as Head of Construction at Boyes Turner. John is a construction specialist.
Career Highlights:
• Two notable recent reported cases in the Technology and Construction Court: Dacy Building Services Ltd v IDM Properties LLP and AAAEI Construction Ltd v IDM Construction London Ltd
• Disputes in relation to Heathrow Terminal 2 and 22 Bishopsgate on behalf of a sub-contractor
• Successful high-value adjudication relating to defective runway resurfacing works at Farnborough Airport
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