About the executive committee

An executive committee is responsible for developing the future strategy of the Section and enhancing services already offered to members. Committee members are: Christoper Bean; Roger Buston; Denis Cameron; Nicholas Fluck; Michael Garson; David Parton; Neil Robinson; Peter Rodd (Chair); and Ian White.

Property Section Executive Committee minutes and agendas are available on the Corporate Business section of the Law Society website.

Christopher Bean is a partner and head of residential conveyancing services at Gaby Hardwicke Solicitors, a Legal 500 firm, based in East Sussex on the South Coast. Christopher sits on the firms board of management. He is a member of the Direct Conveyancing Association and an affiliate member of the E-Homebuying Forum. He is the immediate past president of the Eastbourne Law Society.

Roger Buston is a sole practitioner based at Asher Prior Bates in Colchester, Essex, a Lexcel- and IIP-accredited practice, and specialises in conveyancing. He has practised as a property solicitor for 35 years. He is the member of the Law Society Council for Suffolk and North Essex.

Denis Cameron is former chair of the Law Society's Conveyancing and Land Law Committee and a member of the Law Society’s Council, E-conveyancing Task Force, Electronic Law Committee and Lexcel Assessment Panel.

Nicholas Fluck is a partner at Stapleton and Son, an ISO 9001 accredited two-partner high street firm in Stamford, Lincolnshire. He specialises in commercial property law and various other areas of general legal practice. He is the Law Society Council member for commercial property and a member of the Law Society's Conveyancing and Land Law Committee.

Michael Garson is a partner at Kagan Moss and Co, a London-based private client practice. He is former chair of the Property Section Executive Committee, a Law Society Council member for Central Middlesex, and a member of the Society's Legal Affairs and Policy Board, Rules & Ethics Committee and of the E-Conveyancing Task Force. He lectures on alternative business structures and regulatory affairs. He is an estate agent and a member of the National Association of Estate Agents. He is also the author of Home Information Packs: a guide to the new law (Law Society Publishing, 2006) and the Property Section’s 'HIPs Handling Guide'.

David Parton is a partner at Shoosmiths and is based at the Northampton office. In 1997, he established Shoosmiths’ direct conveyancing department, following successes in acting in relocation schemes and on behalf of the firm’s commercial clients nationwide. He sits on Shoosmiths’ Operations Committee and is also a director of the Direct Conveyancing Association.

Neil Robinson is a legal director and solicitor for Redrow Homes and is experienced in many aspects of property development work, including the acquisition and disposal of residential and mixed use land and site assembly. At Redrow, he is the immediate line manager to the in-house plot conveyancers and has been the member of various internal steering group committees.

Peter Rodd (Chair) is senior conveyancing partner at 12-partner, high street practice Boys and Maughan in Margate, Kent. He is also a member of the Law Society's E-conveyancing Taskforce and Anti-Money Laundering Taskforce. He is a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Scriveners and past president and current secretary of the Isle of Thanet Law Society.

Ian White is managing partner and head of property at Knight and Sons law firm in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire and specialises in all aspects of landlord and tenant and general commercial property law. He is the immediate past President of the North Staffordshire Law Society and co-editor of Ross: Commercial Leases (LexisNexis Butterworths).