More Than Law - The Forsters Podcast

Podcast host, Miri Stickland, chats to Oliver Claridge from Forsters’ tax group and Georgina Haddon from the residential property team about the impact of recent changes to the already complex residential SDLT regime and their top tips for overseas buyers.

Miri Stickland talks to Glenn Dunn, head of Forsters’ corporate occupiers sector group, about the current central London office market, key considerations when planning an office relocation and the recent move to agile working for the Forsters’ Commercial Real Estate team in our new offices at Berkeley Square House.

Summary: With applications for 2020 vacation schemes and 2022 training contracts now open, Graduate Recruitment partner Victoria Towers and Graduate Recruitment co-ordinator Holly Meldrum join podcast host Miri Stickland to talk through some of the questions they get asked most frequently by potential candidates.

Senior Associate, Emily Holdstock, and first year Trainee, Tamsin Collingridge, talk to Miri Stickland about the “special relationship” between trainees and their supervisors, including the value that supervisors can bring in mentoring trainees, the feedback and review process and the attributes that are highly valued in Forsters' trainees.

What does the prime residential property market in London look like at the moment? Residential Property partner Helen Marsh and associate Georgina Haddon join podcast host Miri Stickland to discuss the level of activity they are seeing, drivers for overseas investment into London and challenges affecting the market, including the proposed leasehold reforms.

Construction partner Andrew Parker and associate Dan Cudlipp talk to podcast host Miri Stickland about the impact of recent regulatory changes to the use of cladding on high rise buildings and who is responsible for the cost of replacing existing combustible cladding.

Employment Senior Associate, Joe Beeston, talks to podcast host Miri Stickland about statutory Shared Parental Leave rights, with Commercial Real Estate Senior Associate, Anthony Goodmaker, sharing his recent personal experiences of taking Shared Parental Leave.

Emma Flather, partner in the restaurant and leisure agency team at Hanover Green Retail and Forsters’ Senior Associate, Jade Capper, join podcast host Miri Stickland to talk about the central London restaurant market, challenges for landlords and tenants in the sector and some particular quirks of restaurant lettings.

Partner and training principal, Helen Marsh, and second year trainee Anastasia Pejacsevich join Miri Stickland to talk about life as a trainee at Forsters, including the type of support and training our trainees can expect to receive throughout their training contracts, adapting to life as a trainee and the process on qualification.

Property Litigation partner, Ben Barrison, and senior associate, Dean Monk, talk to podcast host Miri Stickland about how to deal practically with squatters in commercial premises, which properties might be particularly vulnerable and the steps you need to go through to get them out.

Ann Marie Aguilar, Director of Operations in Europe at the International WELL Building Institute, talks to Miri Stickland and Victoria Towers about the benefits of the WELL Building Standard, a performance-based system for measuring, certifying and monitoring features of buildings that impact human health and wellbeing. #WELLBuildingStandard #WELLinUK #WeAreWELL

In the second part of our podcast on common issues with urban developments, Katherine Ekers (partner in the Commercial Real Estate team) and Matt Evans (Senior Associate in Forsters’ planning team) provide further insight on issues which are commonly encountered with redevelopment schemes in London, rights of light, other third party rights and planning pre-commencement conditions. They also round...

Commercial Real Estate partner Victoria Towers and Residential partner Helen Marsh have completed a three day 400km cycle ride which raised £50,000 for charity Coram. The annual event called PedElle, organised by Club Peloton and sponsored by Legal & General Investment Management Real Assets, brings together women in the property industry for the networking ride.

Katherine Ekers (partner in the Commercial Real Estate team) and Matt Evans (Senior Associate in Forsters’ planning team) discuss common issues arising on urban development schemes. Part 1 looks at strategies for gaining vacant possession of the redevelopment site and how to approach the process for obtaining planning consent.

Forsters' Graduate Recruitment partner Vicki Towers gives her take on what we are looking for in our future trainees, how we go about recruiting them and what distinguishes Forsters as a place to work.