Partner

Richard Farr

Location

Central Square South
Orchard Street
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 3AZ

Department

Business Rates

Compulsory Purchase

Contact
About

Richard is Head of the Sanderson Weatherall Compulsory Purchase Business Group nationally.

Richard has been extensively involved in non-domestic check challenge and appeal/rates appeals and minimisation of rates liability throughout the whole of his career. He deals with both volume and specialist property classes.

He has wide experience acting as an Expert Witness in both the Valuation Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chambers); including the landmark rating case Monk v Newbiggin, where he acted as Expert Witness for the rate payer.

Approximately 75% of his professional time is devoted to compulsory purchase work and at the time of writing is divided equally between representing acquiring authorities and affected parties. His experience in the application of the compulsory purchase code is broad with an in-depth understanding of the principles of compensation and their application to a wide variety of properties and businesses.