Gwyneth Heritage acted for Hollins Murray Group in their acquisition of the 12,000 sq ft Winstanley Shopping Centre in Wigan, with tenants including the Co-operative and Boots. HMG acquired the asset for an undisclosed sum using cash resources. Winstanley joins the Gerard Centre, Wigan and West Heath Shopping Centre, Congleton in HMG's portfolio.
Land Law acted for Silver Street Holdings which has completed the sale of 1 Yates Street in Oldham to the Oldham Unit of the Sea Cadets. The Sea Cadets have relocated from their former Derker Annex premises, which have been the subject of a CPO by Oldham Council as part of the Government's controversial pathfinder housing scheme. The transaction also involved a restructure of Silver Street Holdings' head lease of the building with landlord Oldham Council to pave the way for the Sea Cadet's use of the Property.
On Saturday 26 November Andrew Stone of Land Law competed in 'Dancing Strictly', a charity dance event based on Strictly Come Dancing. Andrew, an experienced dancer, competed with a novice partner against 9 other couples to raise money for various local charities, including the Christie Charitable Fund. Andrew and his partner won the event, which raised over £20,000.
Nicholas Illyr Pride has joined Land Law LLP having previously worked for DLA Piper in Sheffield and specialises in property litigation. He has extensive experience of all aspects of property litigation including landlord and tenant issues, acquisition and disposal advice, site assembly projects, development work and property management. Illyr has acted for a wide range of clients such as PLCs, property investors, housebuilders, developers, portfolio managers, landlords and tenants.
Land Law LLP has retained its position as a leading real estate firm in the 2012 Edition of the Chambers and Partners guide to the legal profession. Managing Partner Angus Whyte is a top-ranked practitioner and there is also a new entry for partner Helen Davidson.
Diana works as a Consultant, providing back up support in complex commercial transactions and a knowledgeable sounding board for difficult problems. She has extensive experience in a wide spectrum of property related matters having been trained at Herbert Smith in the City of London and having been a full partner at Addleshaws (now Addleshaw Goddard) for over 20 years, before retiring from full time practice. She has now completed nearly 40 years in practice.
Her principal areas of expertise include:
- Acquisitions, sales and development related work for commercial, industrial and retail premises
- Complicated leasehold transactions
- Land regeneration
- Planning law and some construction issues
Diana's clients have included private and public institutions and public sector bodies, as well as individuals with a commercial focus.
Diana is a trustee director of a large national charity which is locally based and a college governor, and was for many years a governor at a leading local girls school as well as being a member of network groups for women in business and involved at national level with the Association of Women Solicitors. Her present remaining non-work time is taken up with family related activities, gardening and reading, and (if pushed) visits to the gym or swimming pool.
Diana can be contacted at: dcraven@land-law.co.uk