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United Kingdom

Land administration and registration legal specialist available for select international specialist roles.

United Kingdom

Developed options for fractional ownership of land in the UK and overseas using tokens and smart contracts. Working as part of a small team of specialists, developed a standard operating procedure for creating fractional interests in land and advised on complex land registration practice and legal issues.

Sint Maarten

Authored legal content for a land registration manual, including complex Dutch civil law, mapping and land registration practice. Reviewed existing processes and procedures on site with frontline caseworkers, IT professionals and the Land Registrar. Held discussions on site with a notary to test assumptions and encourage buy-in. The land registration manual sets out the kadaster’s processes and procedures and is a guide for the public and the government in the day-to-day administration of land and property rights in Sint Maarten.

United Kingdom

Senior leadership deputy director role leading a Head Office team of 15 lawyers and five support staff, responsible for corporate and commercial legal work, land registration practice and policy development and law reform. Line managed six Land Registrars. Provided expert legal advice on complex corporate and commercial matters. Provided expert legal advice on property law and land registration matters in order that practice guidance (internal and external) was clear, accurate and up to date. Liaised closely with wider government in respect of policy that would impact on the services Her Majesty’s Land Registry provides. Provided legal advice to the Chief Executive’s Office in responding to government consultations. Provided practical risk focused legal and policy advice to the expanding local land charges programme of work.Played a leading role in responding to the global pandemic. Led on the development of electronic signatures policy and practice, introducing new practice in July 2020 allowing for the first time all transfers, mortgages and leases of land and property in England and Wales to be signed with electronic signatures. Oversaw wide ranging practice changes in response to the Covid-19 crisis and provided advice and guidance to the Executive Board daily as the country moved into lockdown. Introduced emergency legislation in response to the Covid-19 crisis to address technical difficulties with the rules that regulate the organisation’s activities.

United Kingdom

Senior leadership director role leading a directorate of 235 people. Accountable for the delivery of all legal and assurance activities across Her Majesty’s Land Registry reporting directly to the Chief Executive and Chief Land Registrar. Line managed four Deputy Directors. Provided expert, delivery focused, legal and policy advice to the Executive Board and non-executive directors. As a member of the Executive Board contributed to policy and decision making in all areas of the business: operational delivery, finance, business transformation, corporate governance, digital data and technology, human resources and risk management.Developed strong working relationships with colleagues from across government and land and property professionals in the sector. Presented at industry forums and other external events. A proactive member of the Law Society’s Conveyancing and Land Law Committee. Responsible for preparing a draft government response to proposals made by the Law Commission for reform of land registration law. Carried out a strategic review of the structure of the directorate and made significant changes to improve efficiency and effectiveness of legal and assurance activities.

United Kingdom

Senior leadership deputy director role leading a national team of 95 Assistant Land Registrars, 12 Land Registrars and 35 support staff. Line managed the 12 Land Registrars.Carried out a strategic review of the team’s efficiency and introduced measures that significantly improved performance so that service standards for speed and quality were achieved and consistently exceeded.Developed a legal apprentice scheme (one of the first in the public sector) working in partnership with the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives. For the first time caseworkers at all levels were able to qualify as chartered legal executives inhouse and apply for the most senior legal posts (senior caseworker and Assistant Land Registrar). Provided expert strategic legal and policy advice as a member of boards and committees. Provided expert strategic legal and policy advice to Executive Board members on a broad range of issues. Regularly deputised for the General Counsel and Deputy Chief Land Registrar during periods of absence.

United Kingdom

Senior leadership role leading a team of 12 lawyers and five support staff. Provided expert impartial legal advice on novel and complex legal matters. Made quasi-judicial decisions in cases where parties requested that their costs were paid by another party; prepared judgments in each case and made and served orders on the parties. Made numerous final binding legal decisions on behalf of the organisation. Line managed and coached the 12 lawyers on their work and dealt personally with the most challenging cases. Member of the Senior Management Team responsible for the office – 350 members of staff. Developed a strategic resource plan for the organisation’s 120 lawyers using assumptions and scenario planning to forecast when to recruit to replace lawyers that leave, are promoted or retire based on projected increased demand for legal services over the next 10 years. Developed a means of measuring the efficiency of the organisation’s lawyers based on average daily output over time – also used to inform resource planning assumptions.Designed and introduced a detailed training syllabus for newly recruited lawyers covering all the topics needed for land registration legal work, supported by an intensive three-day workshop covering the most challenging topics. Also provided coaching and support for less experienced Land Registrars.

United Kingdom

Provided expert impartial legal advice on land law and land registration applications to caseworkers at all levels. Provided procedural advice to property professionals and unrepresented customers to resolve novel legal and practice points. Dealt with complex legal issues relating to registration fraud and disputed applications. Coached and mentored less experienced lawyers.

United Kingdom

Senior leadership role leading a team of eight lawyers and four support staff. Provided expert impartial legal advice on novel and complex legal matters. Made quasi-judicial decisions in cases where parties requested that their costs were paid by another party; prepared judgments in each case and made and served orders on the parties.Line managed and coached the eight lawyers on their work and dealt personally with the most challenging cases. Identified inefficiencies in the way the team was working and introduced new working practices that significantly increased speed of service at a lower cost. Member of the Senior Management Team responsible for the office – 350 members of staff.

United Kingdom

Provided expert legal, land registration practice and policy advice on six projects within the electronic conveyancing business transformation programme. Provided expert legal advice as a member of multi-disciplinary teams developing new electronic services including the electronic discharge (e-DS1) (enabling the discharge of registered charges electronically), the first digital mortgage in England and Wales (the electronic charge in standard form) and electronic information services for searching and obtaining copies of land registers electronically.Provided expert legal advice on the development of a separate gateway for business customers (known as Business Gateway) to make high volumes of applications electronically using case management systems.Developed new practice for accepting certificates by property professionals in place of submitting documents in support of electronic applications including on change of name, death of a property owner and applications to protect interests in the register such as restrictions and notices. This facilitated electronic automation of these applications. Prepared legal documents for electronic transactions.

United Kingdom

Provided expert impartial legal advice on land law and land registration applications to caseworkers at all levels. Provided procedural advice to property professionals and unrepresented customers to resolve novel legal and practice points. Dealt with complex legal issues relating to registration fraud and disputed applications.Prepared and delivered training for the lawyers and senior caseworkers in the office on dispute resolution, using the extensive experience gained in the previous role where most of the work involved contested applications. Provided one-to-one training for two recently recruited lawyers. Working with senior caseworkers and mapping specialists, developed a national systematic registration process to support the process of registering all land and property in England and Wales that relied on certificates of title and record cards. This innovative approach significantly accelerated the national land registration process and was quickly adopted across the whole country.Provided expert legal advice on several high-profile, large-scale applications including the registration of Denbighshire County Council’s unregistered land and property portfolio, Heathrow Terminal 5 and parts of the London Underground. Regularly deputised for the Land Registrar during periods of absence.

United Kingdom

Member of a dedicated specialist legal team tasked with review and resolution of the most complex and contentious land registration applications. Dealt with complex boundary disputes, protracted complaints and settled high value compensation claims.Carried out reviews of decisions made by Land Registrars at the 26 offices when challenged. Conducted litigation on behalf the Chief Land Registrar. Responsible for one particularly complex and high-profile case involving 70 disputed rights of way over common land that was ultimately decided by the House of Lords (now called the Supreme Court), the final court of appeal in the United Kingdom. This single case took three years to resolve.

United Kingdom

Provided expert impartial legal advice on land law and land registration applications to caseworkers at all levels, ensuring accurate recording of land and property transactions in the land register, with a strong focus on managing risk. Provided procedural advice to property professionals and unrepresented customers to resolve novel legal and practice points.Dealt with complex legal issues relating to registration fraud and disputed applications. Regularly made quasi-judicial decisions in dispute cases. Prepared and delivered one-two-one training for newly recruited lawyers and senior caseworkers on promotion. Acted as coach and mentor for many colleagues to support their personal development.

United Kingdom

Responsible for a broad range of legal work including right to buy sales of council houses, preparing commercial leases, land acquisitions for redevelopment, housing and town and country planning matters, civil litigation, prosecutions in the magistrates court under environmental health legislation and committee work and advice.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Solicitors Final Examination, Law

Bachelor Of Laws - Llb, Law