Miles Paffard > Cripps > Tunbridge Wells, England > Lawyer Profile
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MOUNT EPHRAIM
TUNBRIDGE WELLS
Kent
TN4 8AS
England
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Miles Paffard
Work Department
Real estate.
Position
Partner specialising in property litigation – commercial and residential; landlord and tenant disputes including opposed lease renewals, rent review, dilapidations, landlord and tenant insolvency, opposed alienation, service charge, forfeiture and other possession claims, leasehold enfranchisement, rights of first refusal, squatters actions; land law disputes including adverse possession, easements, restrictive covenants, nuisance, trespass, boundary and neighbour disputes. Clients are all property clients of Cripps LLP including government departments, local authorities, property investment companies, retail landlords and tenants, housebuilders and RSLs.
Career
Trained Cripps LLP; qualified 1995; assistant solicitor Cripps LLP, 1995-99; associate 1999-2002; senior solicitor Nabarro 2002-05; partner Cripps LLP 2005.
Memberships
Property Litigation Association.
Education
Angmering School, Angmering; Hull University (1992 LLB Hons 2:1); College of Law, York (1993 LSE Pass).
Leisure
Cricket, football, tennis, music, travel.
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Public sector > Public sector
(Leading partners)Cripps regularly acts for a broad array of public sector clients across the healthcare, education, social housing, and utility sectors, with the team’s noteworthy strengths spanning real estate acquisitions and disposals, development work, joint ventures, and commercial contracts. Following the merger with PDT solicitors in January 2024, real estate development specialist James Clewlow joined property litigator Miles Paffard and James Lee as practice co-head. Paffard is recommended for proficiency in landlord and tenant matters, while Lee leads the firm’s construction practice and specialises in procurements and capital investment programs. Holly Goacher is recommended for her expertise in the healthcare sector, focusing on acquisitions and disposals of retail pharmacy businesses.
South East > Real estate > Property litigation
Described as an ‘exceptional legal mind’, Nitej Davda heads the team at Cripps. Based in Tunbridge Wells, Davda has longstanding experience in commercial landlord and tenant disputes as well as professional negligence claims relating to both property and construction. Miles Paffard handles real estate disputes across a variety of sectors, including retail, infrastructure, and hospitality. Mike Scott and Richard Housley are standout lawyers in the team. Scott is recommended for developer disputes, right to light claims, and restrictive covenants, while Housley is skilled with matters relating to property insolvency and leasehold enfranchisement.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners South East > Public sector > Public sector
- Property litigation South East > Real estate
- Public sector South East > Public sector
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Kent, Surrey and Sussex
- Real estate > Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Employment > Employment: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Real estate > Environment and planning
- Private client > Family: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Public sector > Public sector