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Derek Bruce 

A graduate of Edinburgh University, Derek qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 1984 and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in 1993. He gained a post-graduate Diploma in Arbitration from the College of Estate Management and, via examination, became a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in 1996 and the National Association of Estate Agents in 2004. He has an LLM from Northumbria University in Advanced Property Law specialising in landlord and tenant and service charge matters. Derek commenced his surveying career in Scotland in the District Valuer’s Office spending much time abroad in Shetland. Subsequently he worked for Prudential and as a partner in a regional firm of Chartered Surveyors in south England. He then took on the position of Associate Professor in Real Estate at Kingston University and has spent some time at the University of Westminster where he was responsible for business development in real estate external programmes. 

Throughout his career he has dealt with a wide range of property from residential to commercial real estate, forestry and agricultural interests to valuing fishing and seabed rights, mast sites, open cast mines and schools. He regularly sits as an assessor of those seeking chartered status and is an external examiner to two national professional societies. He has recently been made an Honoured Fellow of the National Association of Estate Agents. He also presents training programmes for a number of major international surveying practices in the UK and at other international destinations including Bahrain, the Bahamas, Russia, Europe and Scotland. In October 2014, he was made an Honoured Fellow of the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) for services to property education.

Richard Webber

Richard Webber is a partner at Borough Market-based property specialists RLS Law with many years’ experience in advising on property matters and resolving property disputes. Prior to joining RLS Law, he worked at Lovells/Hogan Lovells and Mishcon de Reya, in the course of which he advised a varied range of institutional, corporate and entrepreneurial clients. He has a broad practice in contentious matters concerning real estate, including insolvency and professional negligence. He has a particular focus on commercial and residential landlord and tenant disputes including lease renewals/extensions and dilapidations issues. His particular specialisms include issues arising from electronic communications, advertising and party walls. He also has a developing Pubs Code practice. Richard has published articles on a number of topics in various property journals including Estates Gazette, Property Week, Property Law Journal and RICS Commercial Property Journal and is a regular speaker on real estate issues at conferences and other events. When not lawyering, he enjoys music (particularly singing), beer, walking and spending time with his family. All at once, on a good day.

4-Part Online Educational Course

4-Part Online Educational Course