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James is an experienced health real estate lawyer, with a track record of managing teams dealing with routine estates work for a range of NHS organisations as well as advising on innovative or complex, health infrastructure development, reconfiguration or disposal projects. James is the author of many standard legal documents used by national NHS bodies.
James is a leading specialist on the rules for funding and development of primary care premises and regularly advises commissioners and GPs on their application. He has also been at the forefront of the development of integrated health and wellbeing facilities providing a range of health and social care services, often by joint venture arrangement between the NHS and local authorities.
James also regularly deals with the disposal of former NHS facilities, including the imposition of overage and clawback arrangements.
James has a BA Honours degree from Nottingham University. He studied law as a postgraduate at the College of Law, York, where he was the winner of the Anthony F. Hughes prize.
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Experience
- Advising NHS Property Services Limited on joint venture redevelopment of a site in London, which will see the delivery of a modern, fit for purpose health facility and 55 units of affordable housing
- Advising on the funding and development of a range of innovative integrated primary and community care facilities across the country
- Providing advice on the structuring of health infrastructure projects including, for example, the £50m multi-use development of an integrated care campus
- Acting on the disposal of high value surplus NHS estate for a range of NHS organisations, including Trusts, FTs and central NHS organisations
- Acting for GPs on the development of new practice premises, the sale of old practice premise and numerous leases and licences
- Advising an NHS Foundation Trust on various real estate issues arising from their £600m New Hospital Programme project
- Managing a team of solicitors delivering health real estate advice to a national NHS organisation with hundreds of properties across the North of England
- Acting for private sector developers on the construction of new health facilities, including GP premises
- Drafting standard documents for use in the funding and delivery of new health projects
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Affiliations
- Member of the Law Society
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Languages
- German = Basic