John Fifield

Background

About John Fifield

I have been in practice for 60 years. I commenced practice in 1965 with Buckell & Ballard in Oxford, moving to Dunlop Heywood & Co in Manchester in 1968, prior to commencing the Practice in Manchester in 1975. I am a past Chairman of the Greater Manchester Branch and Junior Organisation of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. I am a former member of the RICS Management Board, RICS Commercial Property Committee, RICS General Practice Divisional Council and past Chairman of the RICS Small Firms Panel. I am a past President of the Manchester Society of Land Agents and Surveyors which was established one year prior to the RICS in 1867 having been Honorary Secretary for 7 years. I am a founder member of Arbrix which is an organisation set up under the guidance of RICS for the ongoing training of Arbitrators and Independent Experts. I have a wide and varied experience of valuing and negotiating all types of land and property throughout North West England and North Wales, though I act regularly throughout the remainder of England and Wales. My time is equally divided between agency and professional work and I am based in the Cheshire office. I am also an RICS Accredited Expert Witness for Commercial Property and Residential Land in relation to Valuation, Development, Dilapidations and Professional Negligence, throughout North West England and North Wales. I also carry out appointments from both the RICS and by agreement between the Parties to act as Arbitrator/Independent Expert in respect of similar disputes. I am qualified to act as both Single or Single Joint Expert for valuations required to comply with Part 25 of the Family Procedure Rules 2010. I act regularly on behalf of Owners, Occupiers, Developers and Investors in relation to property matters.