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STEPHANIE SMITH
PQE: 17 years
Career: Joined DJB in 2018 following a career at Norton Rose, K&L Gates and Dundas and Wilson. Stephanie is an environmental specialist.
Career Highlights:
• Planning advice to the City of London Corporation regarding the redevelopment of Spital elds Market
• Planning, compulsory purchase and judicial review advice to Bedford Borough Council on a new bypass for Bedford
• Advice on low level waste storage and the promotion of a planning application to secure new facilities for the Low Level Waste Repository at Drigg
LOUISA SWANTON
PQE: 23 years
Career: Joined DJB in 2017 following a career at Lovells. Louisa has expertise in commercial and agricultural property.
Career Highlights:
• Investigating title and verifying the site assembly process for a Hong Kong investor taking security over a residential development
• Led a team on title investigations for 450 acres of land on the bank of the Thames, assessing suitability for an ambitious redevelopment
• Negotiation and exchange of an option agreement conditional on planning for a 120 acre Solar Park Lease subject to an Agricultural Holding Act tenancy
NEIL TINDALL
PQE: 21 years
Career: Joined DJB as a Consultant in 2016 following a career at Pinsent Masons. Neil specialises in large infrastructure projects and construction.
Career Highlights:
• Major project, public-private partnership, construction contracts and EU public procurement advice to a National Facilities Management Company
• JCT and NEC3 contract terms for schools and housing-related projects
• Procurement advice to Flintshire County Council on their Strategic Housing and Regeneration programme
JONATHAN WARNER-REED
PQE: 18 years
Career: Joined DJB in 2019 following a career at Fox Hayes and Lupton Fawcett. Jonathan specialises in commercial and property litigation.
Career Highlights:
• Acted on a high pro le claim in relation to South Bank Development on behalf of Formby 2019 Limited
• Acted on behalf of Heaney in one of the leading cases on adverse possession, Heaney V Kirkby [2015] UKUT178 (TCC)
• Acted on behalf of an entire village, known as the Newby Wiske Action Group, against Hambleton District Council, securing award of legal costs over awed planning procedures
OTHER DJB DEVELOPMENT SPECIALISTS
Maeve Bonner Jo Briers
Tina Durani Nichola Gray Nigel Heilpern
Teresa Kamppari Baker Gemma Merry
Sophie Philippon-Thomas Andrew Taylor
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