James Pavey > Irwin Mitchell > Southampton, England > Lawyer Profile
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SOUTHAMPTON
SO15 2DP
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James Pavey
Work Department
Agriculture & Rural Estates
Position
James is a partner specialising in resolving and avoiding public and private property disputes. He acts for landed estates, trustees and institutional landowners, and private homeowners.
Career
Trained Knights Solicitors; qualified 2001, assistant solicitor 2001-04, partner 2004-11; partner Thomas Eggar LLP 2011.
Languages
French and Italian (conversational).
Memberships
He is a member of the CLA’s Legal, Parliamentary and Property Rights Committee and a past President of the Cambridge University Land Society.
Education
Maidstone Grammar School; St Catharine’s College, Cambridge (MA (Hons)); College of Law (Post Graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course).
Leisure
Shooting, fly fishing, beagling, Travellers’ Club, Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Private client > Agriculture and estates
(Leading individuals)Irwin Mitchell routinely assists commercial, institutional, and private clients operating in the rural sector. Leeds-based James Laycock co-leads the team alongside James Pavey who splits his time between Gatwick and London and is adept in property transactions. Charlotte West -Withers is located in Gatwick and is seasoned in easement, first registrations and lender refinance work in addition to agricultural tenancies and residential occupations.
South East > Real estate > Environment and planning
Assisting clients out of its regional centres in the South, the Midlands and the North, Irwin Mitchell’s planning and environment group – helmed by Claire Petricca-Riding – has considerable expertise in handling regeneration schemes, section 106 agreements, and strategic land developments. The firm has a particularly strong presence in the education sector, regularly assisting providers with capital projects, and advising landowners on air, water and energy matters. Gatwick-based Nicola Gooch leads the team, providing bespoke strategic planning advice to residential development clients, while James Pavey focuses on contentious planning and statutory inquiry work. Senior associate Sejal Patel is knowledgeable on drafting and negotiating highways and infrastructure agreements.
Lawyer Rankings
- Agriculture and estates South East > Private client
- Environment and planning South East > Real estate
- Leading individuals South East > Private client > Agriculture and estates
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Real estate > Environment and planning
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media and entertainment
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Hampshire
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Real estate > Construction
- Employment > Employment: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Private client > Family: Hampshire
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Hampshire
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Hampshire
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Kent, Surrey and Sussex
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Real estate > Commercial property: Hampshire
- Public sector > Public sector
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media and entertainment