Neil Spurrier

Head of Department

Neil is a partner in the Property team specialising in property litigation. He has extensive experience of both contentious and non-contentious property work and acts for corporate and private owners in the management and purchase of commercial, agricultural and residential property. His expertise includes landlord and tenant and dilapidation disputes, the Technology and Construction Court, rent review and building arbitrations and the granting of new leases under various security of tenure provisions. He has also been a Deputy County Court District Judge.

Neil is involved in charitable work having been chairman and now board of trustees member of his local Home-Start, the national support charity for parents with young children. Neil also sits as a lay member on the Appeals Panel of his local Education Authority

e: n.spurrier@grm.co.uk

William Bennett

Partner

William is a member of the Property team. He has wide experience of all types of property work, including trust, agricultural, commercial and residential conveyancing, and has a special interest in planning and environmental matters. He has lectured to Building Societies on property law and conveyancing procedures.

Until December 2008 he headed our former branch office in Tunbridge Wells.  He built up a substantial practice there, offering litigation and private client services in addition to property services to our valuable client base in Kent and the South East generally and whom he continues to service from 1 Bedford Row, with the added advantage of immediate access to our commercial team in London.

William served articles with Simmonds Church Rackham (later Simmonds Church Smiles), becoming a partner in 1973. He joined GRM on merger in 1999.

e: w.bennett@grm.co.uk

Michael Palmer

Partner

Michael is a member of the Property team and specialises in commercial and residential conveyancing.

In addition to the more straightforward areas of property expertise, he has extensive experience of a wide variety of problems arising from landed and residential estates including enfranchisement. He is actively involved in the managing and letting of estates and other property.

He obtained his degree from Southampton University and was then articled to Gregory, Rowcliffe & Co before becoming a partner in 1978.

e: m.palmer@grm.co.uk

Robert Harmer

Senior Property Assistant

Bob is a senior property assistant dealing with domestic conveyancing and associated work.

He started work with GRM in 1967 and worked in the areas of Private Client and Tax before embarking on his present role within the firm in 1972

Over the years, he has gained a high level of expertise in all aspects of property work and is a key member of the property group.

e: r.harmer@grm.co.uk

Richard Poole

Consultant

Richard is a Consultant within the Property team. He deals with commercial property work especially leases, acquisitions and disposals and landlord and tenant matters – acting for both landlords and tenants

He obtained a law degree at Clare College Cambridge and has since worked in the property sector over a number of years. He was a Partner Simmonds Church Smiles before their amalgamation with Gregory Rowcliffe Milners in 1999.

e: r.poole@grm.co.uk

Sandeep Singh Jandu

Trainee Solicitor

Sandeep graduated from The University of Reading in 2005 having read Law before undertaking study in London and completing his LPC.

Away from the office Sandeep enjoys music, film, sport and undertaking community work.

e: s.jandu@grm.co.uk