Turning Tensions into Trust: A New Mediatory Approach to Party Walls, Rights of Light and other Neighbour Conflicts
John Pugh-Smith, Celina Colquhoun and Niraj Modha discuss the practical deployment of mediation techniques.
This webinar brings together 39 Essex's Planning Environment & Property ADR specialists, John Pugh-Smith, Celina Colquhoun and Niraj Modha, with RICS Party Wall Mediator and Valuer, Mark Duckworth (Martin & Mortimer), and Rights of Light expert, Stuart Cobbold (Schofield Surveyors), to discuss the practical deployment of mediation techniques in the swifter resolution of these particularly contentious subjects.
About the speakers
John Pugh-Smith John’s practice is now divided between acting as retained counsel dealing with town and country planning matters, with related environmental, real estate and local government work, and his increasing appointments as an experienced alternative dispute adviser and resolver in his various roles as an arbitrator, independent expert and mediator. |
Celina Colquhoun Celina Colquhoun specialises in all aspects of planning and environmental law, including in particular highways, DCO, and CPO matters and has experience in licensing as well. Her practice also involves a considerable degree of wider Administrative and Local Government Law. |
Niraj Modha Niraj is a property, commercial, and construction law specialist. His cases frequently involve issues relating to and crossing over with civil fraud, insolvency, professional negligence, and disputes between shareholders, partners, and joint venturers. |
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