DELVA PATMAN REDLER - Key Persons
Aidan Cosgrave Aidan Cosgrave BSc(Hons) MRICS is a salaried Partner, based in our London office. He joined the practice in October 2017 and has specialised in rights of light, daylight/sunlight, party wall and other neighbourly matters for over 20 years, having originally qualified as a Chartered Building Surveyor in 1993. Aidan has a wealth of experience advising clients and their designers on projects for property companies, major housebuilders, financial institutions, local authorities, housing associations and private individuals and for neighbours affected by such schemes. He is a past chairman of the London Branch of the Pyramus & Thisbe Club, which is the principal organisation for party wall professionals. He is also a past member of its working group that produced "The Party Wall Act Explained", known by practitioners as the ‘Green Book'. Aidan is frequently invited by architects, project managers, lawyers, professional bodies and universities to speak on rights of light, daylight/sunlight and party wall matters. aidan.cosgrave@dpr.uk.com
Amy Donovan BA (Hons) is an Associate, based in our London office. Amy joined the practice in 2011 and specialises in both daylight and sunlight for planning and common law rights of light. Amy has developed an in-depth technical knowledge of all aspects relating to rights of light and daylight and sunlight and regularly provides strategic client advice to both developers and neighbours on commercial and residential instructions. amy.donovan@dpr.uk.com
Ashley Patience BSc(Hons) MRICS MPTS MFPWS APAEWE is a Senior Partner based in our London office. He joined the practice as a salaried Partner in September 2020, although he was previously a member of our team as a graduate surveyor many years ago. He is an experienced Chartered Building Surveyor and specialises in party wall and other neighbourly matters, including easements, boundary plotting and related advice. Ashley was previously an equity partner in a specialist central London practice and has considerable experience advising on large development schemes in London and other major cities for property companies, major housebuilders and financial institutions as well as prestigious residential developments for private individuals. Ashley is a past Chairman of the London branch of the Pyramus and Thisbe Club, the learned society for party wall professionals and is frequently selected as third surveyor by other professionals. ashley.patience@dpr.uk.com
Job Titles:
- HEAD of MEASURED SURVEYING
Brian Bevis Head of department Brian Bevis has over 30 years of experience in the measured survey field and can offer advice for schemes ranging from domestic boundary establishment to iconic city developments. At Delva Patman Redler we understand that as projects become more complex and challenging, we need to respond with efficient turnarounds of the most detailed and accurate information. Brian regularly provides Continued Professional Development (CPD) talks. brian.bevis@dpr.uk.com
Conor Healy BSc (Hons) MSc (Building Surveying) MPTS is a Partner working in the London Party Wall team. Conor started his career at TPS Consult as a graduate Surveyor where he spent a year before joining Delva Patman Redler in 2018. Conor brings with him a wealth of enthusiasm to the job and a very applied and personable approach to his projects, always seeking out practical solutions to often complex neighbourly matters situations. Conor works across all aspects of projects relating to the Party Wall etc Act 1996 and also including scaffold licences, crane over-sail licences and boundary disputes. Conor's breadth of experience covers some of the largest projects in London, southeast and north of England including the City of London's Court buildings, NHS Middlesex Hospital development and Lancer Square developments as well as smaller domestic scale projects. Conor holds the CIH Level 4 Certificate in Housing and regularly provides advice to local authorities and registered social landlords. conor.healy@dpr.uk.com
Delwyn Jones BSc(Hons) MRICS is a salaried Partner. Delwyn joined as a partner in 2016 to co-found and lead our North West England office. Previously partner at Edmund Kirby (and the merged practice of Matthews & Goodman LLP) specialising in neighbourly matters for large and complex city centre developments, Delwyn has considerable experience in rights of light, party wall surveying, voluntary negotiations for development rights and CPO interfaces on major projects. He advises developers and those affected by developments throughout England and Wales allowing close integration between the London and North West offices. Delwyn is past chair of the Building Surveying Faculty of the RICS in the North West, has held external examiner appointments on RICS accredited degree courses, is an occasional lecturer and speaker at seminars and is the current chairman of the North West Branch of the Pyramus & Thisbe Club, the principal organisation for party wall professionals. He has published papers exploring, from first principles, some aspects of surveying practice related to neighbourly matters law. delwyn.jones@dpr.uk.com
Donovan BA (Hons) is an Associate, based in our London office. Amy joined the practice in 2011 and specialises in both daylight and sunlight…
Jessica BBS is an Associate, based in our London office. Jessica joined the practice in 2018 and provides strategic advice for clients for…
Jessica Rhodes BSS is an Associate, based in our London office. Jessica joined the practice in 2018 and provides strategic advice for clients for daylight and sunlight for planning and common law rights of light. Jessica has previously held client advisory positions with specialist London practices and over the past seven years has developed a particular speciality in rights of light negotiations. Her experience includes providing high level strategic advice and negotiations on projects from some of the largest masterplan projects across London to numerous small residential disputes. This breadth of input provides Jessica with an exceptional understanding of all aspects of rights of light matters enabling her to provide clear and concise client advice on every instruction. Jessica.rhodes@dpr.uk.com
Lok Tang MSc is a Partner and team leader assisting in the management of CAD department based in our London office. Lok specialises in both daylight and sunlight for planning and common law rights of light and advises clients and neighbours alike on a large number of projects of varying scales. Lok originally joined us in 2007 and has developed a deep technical knowledge of all aspects relating to both rights of light and daylight and sunlight analyses and now regularly provides strategic client advice. Lok graduated in 2016 from the University College of Estate Management with a Masters in Building Surveying. lok.tang@dpr.uk.com
Job Titles:
- Head
- HEAD of RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Rahul Parmar is head of our research and development department working out of our London office. Rahul joined us in March 2021 and has a total of 9 years in the rights of light sector industry. Rahul has gained experience in computer programming like AutoLISP and C#, and various application software including AutoCAD, 3DS Max, Revit, Rhino, Radiance, Excel and Game engine with different architects and engineering consultancies after finishing his study in Diploma in Engineering. Rahul has overall responsibility for research and development of software and technical services to support us to retain our reputation as leaders in RoL and DL/SL & Shadowing and related light analysis environmental consultancy services. Rahul is constantly working to develop techniques to improve efficiency, accuracy, presentation and quality to our light analysis services and more. rahul.parmar@dpr.uk.com
Job Titles:
- SENIOR PARTNER
- FRICS Is a Senior Partner, Based in Our London Office and Heads Our
Rob French BSc(Hons) MSc(Proj Man) FRICS is a Senior Partner, based in our London office and heads our…
Rob French BSc(Hons) MSc(Proj Man) FRICS MPTS MFPWS is a Senior Partner, based in our London office and heads our London team of specialist building surveyors. Rob is an experienced Chartered Building Surveyor who has worked in a number of building surveying practices. He has good all round building surveying experience as well as party wall surveying expertise which allows him to fully understand the client and project team requirements when advising on developments. Rob is actively involved in surveyors' education and is past treasurer of the Chartered Surveyors Training Trust and past Chair of the RICS London Matrics University Liaison Committee. He is a Freeman of the City of London and Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors. rob.french@dpr.uk.com
Shirley Waldron Shirley Waldron B(Arch) Hons Dip. Arch RIBA is a salaried Partner having joined Delva Patman Redler in 2014. Shirley qualified as a Chartered Architect in 1998, and has worked for epr Architects, Scott Brownrigg (and Turner), Imperial College Estates and others besides. She has project management experience and worked for three years as a Building Control Officer for the London Borough of Wandsworth. From May 2010 onwards she provided strategic advice to Crossrail on their party wall obligations and is managing said matters at the Crossrail, Bond Street, Eastern Ticket Hall at 18-19 Hanover Square. The adjoining property, a Grade II* listed property was protected by a pre-Crossrail Act undertaking. Shirley's advice to Crossrail, in order to discharge their duties under the deed was to re-apply all rights under the Party Wall Act. Shirley ran her own Architects' practice from 2000 to 2016. She has more than 10 years' experience as a party wall surveyor having delivered awards for the Shard of Glass and Cannon Place and many more developments besides. Shirley is an active member of the Pyramus and Thisbe Club, being the current National Club Chair and a member of the Whispers publication editorial committee. shirley.waldron@dpr.uk.com
Stuart Gray BSc is Managing Partner. Stuart first joined the practice in 2000 and has managed our dedicated in-house CAD department for many years, advising and reporting on rights to light, daylight/sunlight assessments, 3D shadow analyses and EIA studies on a wide range of commercial and residential instructions. Stuart has refined a thorough expert knowledge and understanding of all technical aspects involved in these calculations using 3D modelling techniques and tailored software. A recognised expert in these fields, Stuart also provides strategic professional advice to clients and architects to help resolve potential issues and to optimise their designs and acts as an expert witness. stuart.gray@dpr.uk.com
Sue Wheeler is Office Manager and manager of our admin team. Sue has had responsibility for administration since joining the practice as senior partner's PA in 1998 and has been instrumental in organising our internal structure and systems as the firm has expanded and moved over the years. Sue has in depth knowledge of the work that we undertake and is the person to contact for new instruction enquiries or to resolve problems arising if the surveyors are not available. Sue's passion for travel means that she also organises the complicated logistics of our staff Christmas trips abroad, with great success. sue.wheeler@dpr.uk.com
Suzanne Leo BSc(Hons) MRICS is a salaried Partner in our North West England Office. Suzanne is an experienced Chartered Surveyor with a first class honours degree who has particular specialisms in occupier services and party wall surveying. Suzanne provides a range of comprehensive occupier services for clients both regionally and nationally. According to the needs of the commission, this may extend from analysis of the future space requirements of an office or business, through to the identification and negotiation of more favourable provisions relating to the reinstatement by the occupier of any works or alterations undertaken as part of any fit out under the terms of a lease. She works closely with clients' agency and legal advisors concerning technically oriented due diligence and may input on the more practical aspects of any agreements for lease, leases and licences for alterations. In addition to acting for clients in the procurement and monitoring of office fit out, she also acts in monitoring landlords' category A works in circumstances where landlords assume a responsibility for undertaking certain works in advance of occupation. Suzanne regularly acts as party wall surveyor both for parties undertaking works and for neighbours and is currently the Secretary of the North West branch of the Pyramus & Thisbe Club, the principal organisation for party wall professionals. suzanne.leo@delvapatmanredler.co.uk
Tim Grierson is a Partner and is Head of our Dilapidations department based in our London Office. Tim is a chartered surveyor, working across the…
Tim Grierson BSc(Hons) MRICS is a Partner and Head of our Dilapidations department based in our London Office. Tim is a chartered surveyor, working across the building surveying field, with a speciality interest in dilapidations. Tim has advised clients including British Airways, Education and Skills Funding Agency and DTZ Investors. tim.grierson@dpr.uk.com
Veysel Karkin BA, is an Associate within our Rights of Light & Planning team and based in our London office. Veysel joined the company in 2013 as a CAD Surveyor and has developed expertise in technical analyses, review and reporting and is an experienced professional in Daylight/Sunlight/Overshadowing for planning matters, and the legal entity of Rights of Light. Veysel brings a hybrid approach combining technical, theoretical, and practical elements to assist clients holistically with review, reporting, negotiations and strategic advice at all stages and all sizes of commercial and residential client instructions. Veysel.Karkin@dpr.uk.com