Hugh Pearce > Stone King LLP > Bath, England > Lawyer Profile
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Upper Borough Court
Upper Borough Walls
Bath
BA1 1RG
England
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Hugh Pearce
Work Department
Commercial property.
Position
Hugh is a Partner and advises on a broad range of property matters including construction contracting and planning though, by his own admission, he has a special interest in the more complex development joint venture and project related work.
Hugh works most closely with Stone King’s charity and education clients and is a senior member of both the firm’s Charity & Social Enterprise Property and Education Property Teams. He also leads the firm’s Faith Organisations Team.
Career
Trained Stephenson Harwood; qualified 1991; Stephenson Harwood 1991-93; Eversheds 1993-97; paternity leave 1997-98; Somerfield Group (in house) 1998-2000; partner Stone King 2000 to date.
Memberships
Law Society; Charity Law Association; Charity Property Association; Conference of Solicitors for Catholic Charities; Ecclesiastical Law Society.
Education
Davenant Foundation Grammar School, Loughton, Essex; Durham University (1986 BSc Hons Geography); College of Law, Chancery Lane (1988 CPE; 1989 LSF).
Leisure
Family, cricket, hill walking, plant/animal husbandry and choral singing.
Lawyer Rankings
South West > Real estate > Commercial property: Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire
‘Large enough to be reassuring and small enough to be personal‘, Stone King LLP acts across a broad range of commercial property matters for a core roster of charity, education, faith, and business clients. Practice head Caroline Taylor advises both charity and non-charity clients on issues such as site assembly and joint venture agreements. Joanne Burton leads the education property team, while Hugh Pearce brings his knowledge of ecclesiastical law to bear on his work across a number of Diocesan property portfolios.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Public sector > Education
- Crime, fraud and licensing > General crime and fraud
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire
- Real estate > Commercial property: Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire
- Employment > Employment: Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire
- Private client > Family
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate