New law to be explained at conference
Thursfields Solicitors will explain how new regulations about mobile phone masts affect landowners at a regional property event in Birmingham later this month.
John McLean, a senior associate at Thursfields’ Birmingham office, is appearing at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors conference at Aston University on Thursday, May 24.
He will be discussing the details behind the new Electronic Communications Code, which came into force on December 28 last year.
Mr McLean, who specialises in telecommunications law, said: “The reformed Electronic Communications Code has drastically changed the relationship between landowners and telecoms operators with regard to mobile phone masts.
“The new code seeks to substantially increase nationwide connectivity, making it more difficult for landowners to remove operators from their land, which can be particularly problematic if they are planning redevelopment projects.
“I will be explaining at this seminar how template agreements or leases that have previously been used will need to be amended to be fit for purpose for future use under the new code.”
Mr McLean is an experienced commercial property solicitor who joined Thursfields in 2016, having previously spent 11 years working at Eversheds in Birmingham.
He has been acting for landowners for over 10 years in relation to agreements under the previous Electronic Communications Code, and has been explaining the new code at a number of RICS seminars this year.
He added: “The new code includes various changes to assignment, upgrading and sharing, security of tenure, and valuations, all of which I will cover in detail.”
For more details and to book spaces at the conference visit https://ww2.rics.org/uk/events/conferences-seminars/cpd-days/cpd-day-birmingham/
