INDEPENDENT EXPERTS

All PIRRS Independent Experts must have met the following criteria:

  • They must be nominated by a member of the PGB and approved unanimously by the board. 
  • They must hold a qualification and hold professional indemnity insurance to act as an Independent Expert.
  • They must have at least 5 years experience of conducting and being involved in licensed property rent reviews and must have acted as an Independent Valuer and/or have undertaken the appropriate qualification OR they must have 10 years experience of regularly preparing licensed property rental calculations and resolving licensed property rent reviews.

Alan Creevy, BSC

Regions Covered:
Scotland and North of England
Alan is a founding Director of CDLH Leisure & Hospitality Surveyors, having previously been a National Director of the Licensed Leisure & Hotels department at Jones Lang LaSalle.

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Andrew Crease, FRICS, FCIARB

Regions Covered:
London and South East, South West and the East of England
Andrew has been a general practice surveyor since 1989 and has specialised in leisure and licensed property since 1999.

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Barry Crux, FRICS, ACIARB

Regions Covered:
North of England and Midlands
Barry qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 1977 and is also an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, since 1992.

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Chris Whirledge

Regions Covered:
North West, West Midlands, East Midlands and South East
Chris has mainly worked on behalf of tenants with regard to professional and MRO work, with the exception of a limited number of free of tie, independent landlords.

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Daniel Tadeusz Mackernan

Regions Covered:
East of England, London, South East
Daniel is a Chartered Surveyor, Honorary Secretary of the AVLP and Associate BII member with over 21 years of pub rent review experience.

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David Sutcliff, BSC, MRICS

Regions Covered:
North, North West and North Wales
David has 34 years experience within the licensed, leisure and hospitality sectors and qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 1988.

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Dougie Lambie, MRICS, MCIARB

Regions Covered:
North England and Scotland
Dougie is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

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Jeremy Beeching

Regions Covered:
South West England
Jeremy is a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and a Fellow of the Association of Valuers of Licensed Property. He has over 35 years experience specialising within the licensed and leisure sector.

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John Spacey, FRICS, FAVLP

Regions Covered:
East of England, London, South East
John has almost 50 years experience in the licensed trade valuing pubs, hotels, clubs and restaurants throughout the South East, East, London and the South.

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Jonathan Simon Reakes

Regions Covered:
South West, West Midlands and Wales
Jon has 30 years of experience in providing valuation advice within the Licensed trade, acting for mainly Tenants and some private Landlords in rent review.

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Paul Newby

Regions Covered:
East, East Midlands, North West, South West, West Midlands, Yorkshire, Humberside and Wales
Paul has over 40 years’ experience in the pub sector dealing with rent reviews and lease renewals for both Tenants and Landlords, as well as a wide range of other professional and agency work.

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Peter Darroch, BSC, FRICS

Regions Covered:
Scotland and North of England
Peter Darroch is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a founding Director of CDLH Leisure & Hospitality Surveyors

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Sarah Hart

Regions Covered:
Nationwide
Sarah is a Director – Lease Advisory at Christie & Co, based in the London office and specialises exclusively in lease advisory acting on behalf of both tenants and landlords.

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Stephen Owens

Regions Covered:
Nationwide
Stephen is Managing Director – Pubs and Restaurants at Christie & Co and is responsible for leading the team of brokers, valuers and consultants across the UK.

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Thomas Nichols

Regions Covered:
East, East Midlands and London
Tom is a Chartered Surveyor and has over 25 years experience in the licensed property sector being a RICS Registered Valuer and Fellow of Association of Valuers of Licensed Property.

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Tony Hunter

Regions Covered:
West Midlands, East Midlands, North, North West, Wales, & Yorkshire
Tony has over 35 years’ experience of pub valuations throughout the country with regular appointments as third party from RICS who appoint him arbitrator and independent expert in rent review disputes.

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