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Having acted for both social housing clients and housebuilders, Roger’s skills have been honed in the acquisition and disposal of development land and newbuild units. His work routinely involves, in addition to land sale and purchase and development agreements, the negotiation of joint ventures, options, section 106 planning agreements, deeds of grant and release, covenant and surrender, infrastructure and car club agreements and the grant of nomination rights.
Roger’s business lease negotiation skills are employed for the benefit of existing and prospective tenants of commercial premises and also for those disposing of surplus space.
Recent instructions have included acting for a housing association in relation to the regeneration of part of a Hampshire town, which involved the buying in of land and premises in third party ownership, the release of third party rights and the surrender of shop leases, the client’s commitment to the local authority to redevelop effectively be achieved through an overarching section 106 planning agreement and acquiring freehold and leasehold headquarter offices for housing associations
Roger’s concerns are to achieve the client’s objectives as cost-effectively as possible and within the client’s timescale and measures job satisfaction by having a happy client, whose requirements are met, and where the consequences of a job well done can be seen on the ground.

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Roger’s route to a career in the law started at Yarm Grammar School in the then North Riding of Yorkshire, followed by a law degree at the University of East Anglia in Norwich and the College of Law in Chester. Roger joined a City firm in 1990 and has remained in practice in London ever since then.
Roger’s extra-curricular activities usually involve travel. His mode of transport of choice is the motorbike but, of late, his interest in cycling has been rekindled - not just to offset his carbon footprint earned courtesy of the no frills airline industry but also as a means of keeping fit and avoiding the Tube on a daily basis. Roger also enjoys foreign languages.