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.
Gwyneth deals with a wide variety of commercial property work.
She deals primarily with tenanted property, with all aspects of property management forming a large part of her caseload, and prides herself on her knowledge of the properties in her clients' portfolios.
She also acts frequently on acquisitions and disposals of freehold and long leasehold properties subject to tenancies.
Gwyneth spent many years prior to joining Land Law specialising in commercial lending and she maintains a strong interest in this area of work, acting for both institutional lenders and borrowers, with involvement in the negotiation of the terms of facility agreements as well as the implementation of the security.
She enjoys investigating unregistered titles and has a particular liking for handwritten deeds.
Before joining Land Law in 1999 Gwyneth was a partner for 8 years at DWF in Manchester.
Outside work Gwyneth's somewhat eclectic interests include Butterfly Conservation, liberal Christian theology and modern jazz.
Gwyneth can be contacted at: gheritage@land-law.co.uk