CPA National Committee - Compulsory Purchase Association

Meyric Lewis
Barrister
Francis Taylor Building
Inner Temple
London
EC4Y 7BY

Meyric Lewis - Chairman
Meyric is a barrister at Francis Taylor Building. He has practised in compulsory purchase and compensation law all his working life. Highlight cases include Batchelor v Kent County Council – ransom value not excluded under Pointe Gourde, Stayley Developments v Secretary of State – planning assumptions in the no-scheme world, promoting the North West Development Agency CPO for Kingway Business Park in Manchester, promoting Manchester Metrolink – Salford-Eccles and Airport Extensions and defending section 18 appeals following the Olympics and Legacy CPO. He is committed to reform of the compulsory purchase compensation code and is particularly interested in the pressures – financial as well as intellectual – on participants in proceedings in such a complex and demanding field. He is keen to see greater involvement of membership nationwide through development of the role of the regional groups in the CPA.

Richard Guyatt
Partner
Bond Pearce LLP
3 Temple Quay
Temple Back East
Bristol
BS1 6DZ

Richard Guyatt  - Vice Chairman

Philip Maude, Solicitor
Director of Compulsory Purchase
Squire Sanders (UK) LLP
2 Park Lane
Leeds
LS3 1ES

Philip Maude - Squire Patton Boggs (UK) LLP
Philip is Director of Compulsory Purchase at Squire Patton Boggs (UK) LLP and leads a National team of 25 lawyers. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Compulsory Purchase Manual and is currently the Chairman of the Compulsory Purchase Association. He is a member of the Law Society’s Specialist Planning Panel and a Legal Associate of the Royal Town Planning Institute.
He has over 30 years experience dealing with all aspects of Compulsory Purchase and Compensation matters. He appears as advocate at public inquiries and at the Lands Tribunal and he acts for public authorities, objectors and claimants.
He was responsible for promoting the first CPOs for 2 Regional Development Agencies and is currently acting for a number of local authorities who are about to make orders. He has around 15 cases at various stages in proceedings in the Lands Tribunal.

Colin Cottage, BSc (Hons) MRICS IRRV
Partner, Glenny LLP
Glenny House
56 Longbridge Road
Barking
IG11 8RW

Colin Cottage BSc (Hons) MRICS IRRV, Glenny LLP

Paul Singleton
Turley
10th Floor,
1 New York Street,
Manchester,
M1 4HD

Paul Singleton - Immediate Past Chairman
Paul has over 30 years of practical experience as a planner with a variety of roles in both the public and private sectors. He is a Director of national planning and urban design consultancy, Turley, and has the national lead role for the Company’s CPO, Land Assembly and Expert Witness services. Paul has been involved in CPO and land assembly work throughout his career and has established a long track record as an expert witness in a variety of cases and forums including the Lands Tribunal.

He has regularly advised acquiring authorities on the scoping and preparation of CPOs made under a range of statutory powers and has prepared and submitted a large number of Planning Act Highway Stopping up Orders. Paul has also advised and represented many objectors to such Orders. He has also acted both for acquiring authorities and land owners in relation to the planning aspects of land compensation claims including Certificates of Appropriate Alternative Development..  

Elected Members

Paul Astbury BSc (Hons) MRICS
Director & Head of Compulsory Purchase G L Hearn
20 Soho Square
London
W1D 3QW

Paul Astbury BSc (Hons) MRICS, GL Hearn
Paul Astbury spent fifteen years at Transport for London Group Property acquiring property through compulsory purchase on a variety of schemes including Crossrail, the Jubilee Line Extension, Docklands Light Railway Lewisham Extension, and East London Line Extension, as well as station improvement and congestion relief schemes. Since joining GL Hearn in 2006 Paul has dealt with High Speed Rail schemes and urban regeneration schemes for acquiring authorities, developers and affected landowners and ocuppiers.

Paul is a past chairman of the CPA, and is heavily involved in the CPA’s reform activities; and led the Planning Assumptions working group on the Localism Act.

Henry Church MRICS
Director
CBRE
Henrietta House,
Henrietta Place,
London,
W1G 0NB

Henry Church MRICS, CBRE
Henry has advised both acquiring authorities and affected parties in relation to the use of compulsory purchase and compensation on regeneration, transportation and utility projects for 20 years.

Beginning with predominantly easements and wayleaves for claimants in Kent he progressed on to dealing with acquisitions for motorways and trunk roads as well as in respect of regeneration projects.

Subseuqently he has provided advice in respect of enabling works for Heathrow Terminal 5 and the Olympic Park as well as for both Thurrock Thames Gateway and West Northamptonshire Development Corporations on major regeneration schemes together with numerous other town  centre and transportation schemes.  He is currently advising in respect of a number of energy schemes.

He has appeared as an expert witness at CPO inquiries on many occasions and advised in respect of a number of Tribunal references.

He is a visiting lecturer at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester

Colin Cottage, BSc (Hons) MRICS IRRV
Partner, Glenny LLP
Glenny House
56 Longbridge Road
Barking
IG11 8RW

Colin Cottage BSc (Hons) MRICS IRRV, Glenny LLP

Barry Denyer Green Hon RICS, Hon CAAV, LLM PhD Barrister
Falcon Chambers
Falcon Court
London
EC4Y 1AA

Barry Denyer Green   HonRICS LLM PhD , Falcon Chambers
Hon member of the RICS. Hon member of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers. Fellow of the College of Estate Management. Editor of the Estates Gazette Law Reports 1987-2006. Joint editor of the Planning Law Reports 1986-2006. Author of: Compulsory Purchase and Compensation (10th Edition) 2013; Development Law and Planning (4th Edition) 2012; Law of Commons and of Town and Village Greens (2nd Edition) (2006) (Joint author).

Barry is also a past chairman of the CPA, and is a frequent contributor to the CPA’s stakeholder engagement papers.

David Epstein
Consultant Forensic Accountant
Kingston Smith LLP
Devonshire House,
60 Goswell Road,
London,
EC1M 7AD

David Epstein FCA, CTA, MAE, MEWI, Kingston Smith LLP
David is a chartered accountant  and a consultant at a top twenty practice in the UK and has been acting as an expert for both Claimants and Acquiring Authorities in compulsory purchase claims for nearly twenty five years.
His experience covers acting as expert on claims involving major infrastructure projects such as High Speed 1, the Olympic Games, and Crossrail, private developments such as the Victoria Square shopping Centre in Belfast, the Broadmead Shopping Centre in Bristol and the Northern Quarter Scheme in Portsmouth, and many smaller schemes up and down the country.
He has appeared on many occasions at the former Lands Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal ( Lands Chamber) as well as the Lands Tribunal in Northern Ireland.

Adrian Maher MRICS
Head of Operational Property at Transport for London
5th Floor,
84 Eccleston Square,
London,
SW1V 1PX

Adrian Maher MRICS, Transport for London

Adrian Maher MRICS is head of the Operational Property team at Transport for London.  He has worked for an acquiring authority for over 27 years and been responsible for the land acquisition on a number of major compulsory purchase schemes including Crossrail, the East London Line extension, Jubilee Line extension, Croydon Tramlink. He has been responsible for a number of leading compulsory purchase cases such as Urban Edge, Spirerose, Great Portland Estates and many recent GLA  Olympic cases.  He has extensive experience both in the compulsory purchase process and in the assessment of compensation and is responsible for a compensation budget of £1bn.

Philip Maude, Solicitor
Director of Compulsory Purchase
Squire Sanders (UK) LLP
2 Park Lane
Leeds
LS3 1ES

Philip Maude - Squire Patton Boggs (UK) LLP
Philip is Director of Compulsory Purchase at Squire Patton Boggs (UK) LLP and leads a National team of 25 lawyers. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Compulsory Purchase Manual and is currently the Chairman of the Compulsory Purchase Association. He is a member of the Law Society’s Specialist Planning Panel and a Legal Associate of the Royal Town Planning Institute.
He has over 30 years experience dealing with all aspects of Compulsory Purchase and Compensation matters. He appears as advocate at public inquiries and at the Lands Tribunal and he acts for public authorities, objectors and claimants.
He was responsible for promoting the first CPOs for 2 Regional Development Agencies and is currently acting for a number of local authorities who are about to make orders. He has around 15 cases at various stages in proceedings in the Lands Tribuneral.

Keith Murray
Principal, Keith Murray Associates
53 High Rd
Bushy Heath
Herts
WD23 1EE

Keith Murray, Keith Murray Associates
Keith Murray is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. He started his career with the Valuation Office where he dealt with all aspects of compulsory purchase and compensation advice; primarily advising local authorities and government departments. He subsequently worked at the VO head office as a specialist valuer dealing with development land tax, capital gains tax and capital transfer tax.

For twelve years he was a partner with Edwin Hill in charge of the Specialist Services Department responsible for advising clients in connection with compulsory purchase and compensation. In 2000 he set up Keith Murray Associates to provide a specialist service in compulsory purchase and compensation with a personal approach. Keith Murray Associates is one of the UK’s leading experts in compulsory purchase and compensation.

Gary Soloman
Partner
6 New Street Square,
London,
EC4A 3BF

Gary Soloman, Burges Salmon LLP

Rebecca Clutten
Francis Taylor Building
Inner Temple
London
EC4Y 7BY

Rebecca Clutten, Francis Taylor Buidling
Rebecca Clutten is a barrister at Francis Taylor Building. As well as being on the CPA’s Committee, she is also an active member of the steering group for the YCPA – the arm of the CPA specifically aimed at those under 35 or with less than ten years’ post-qualification experience. The group promotes learning and best practice amongst those entering the field.

She is instructed on a wide range of compulsory purchase and compensation matters, both in her own right and as a junior. Highlights include her successful promotion of Westminster City Council’s CPO for the regeneration of the Dudley House estate in Paddington and appearing before the Select Committee on the High Speed 2 Bill in respect of compensation arrangements. In addition to her advisory practice and work before the Tribunal, Rebecca also has experience of advising clients during mediation.

Co-opted Members