Zaheer Bashir > Davitt Jones Bould > Manchester, England > Lawyer Profile

Davitt Jones Bould
2ND FLOOR
3 HARDMAN SQUARE
MANCHESTER
M3 3EB
England

Work Department

Commercial Property, Planning and Property Litigation

Position

Associate Director

Career

Zaheer has expertise in dealing with a wide range of commercial property matters having acted for SMEs, Local Government, Charities, Housing Associations and Corporate Clients. Zaheer is experienced in handling estates management work for Local Authorities, dealing with a variety of property types including retail units, industrial estates, housing developments and leisure centres. Zaheer also handles property litigation matters including title disputes, forfeiture proceedings and Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 disputes.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Commercial property
Development / regeneration
Highways
Landlord and tenant
Planning law
Property litigation

WORK HIGHLIGHTS

Highlights include advising:

  • Central Government clients, including Public Health England, on their estates management work.

  • Highways England on CPO acquisitions to deliver vacant possession of land for the development of major road schemes.

  • Natural England on lease over land at the Sandringham Estate.

  • Bath and North East Somerset and other local authorities on the drafting and negotiation of Section106 agreements.

  • South Lakeland District Council on title disputes relating to Lake Windermere and negotiation with various land owners to agree the boundary with their adjoining land.

  • A Government client on a CPO dispute regarding access, drafting the settlement agreement and attended negotiations with claimant and their solicitor to reach a settlement.

  • A leisure company on a leisure procurement exercise.

  • South Lakeland District Council on Judicial Reviews relating to planning permissions granted for a Caravan Park and operational developments at a working farm.

Year admitted:  2009
Previously worked in-house for South Lakeland District Council.

Languages

English, Punjabi, Urdu

Memberships

SRA Number:  410449

Education

University of Hull, (LLB) Law

Lawyer Rankings

North West > Real estate > Commercial property: Manchester

Davitt Jones Bould‘s founder, the experienced Madeleine Davitt, leads its Manchester practice. The team continues to assist some of the UK’s biggest landowners on such key projects as the major road scheme developments in and around Manchester, for National Highways, a matter Nichola Gray and the ‘tactful, clear and totally informed’ Zaheer Bashir are advising on. The ‘highly respected’ Tony Fitzmaurice ably manages a broad range of complex portfolios. Richard Holmes regularly works on high-profile developments for key clients. Net-zero specialist partner Stephen Chalcraft joined from Shakespeare Martineau LLP in January 2023.