Dick
Williams has been a valuable member of the FPRA's Committee
since 1991, dutifully attending conferences on our behalf and
answering members' queries. At the beginning of 199. he was
elevated to the position of Vice-Chairman.
It will not surprise readers to learn that Dick is a solicitor
by profession. He was born in Liverpool and spent his childhood
in Berkshire and Devon before coming to London to study law.
He now runs his own firm and specialises in taxation and agriculture
which means dealing with tax planning and trusts. Like all people
running their own businesses, work takes up far too much of
his time, and he finds it difficult to give himself holidays.
He lives in a very large block of 520 flats in West London,
where he has been since 1983. He was one of the prime movers
during the difficult years when the tenants were struggling
to buy the freehold company. He is now a director of the freehold
company. He feels that the legal and tax system should recognise
the special characteristics of leasehold controlled freehold
companies. At present, management is made too complicated by
laws designed to protect investors and tenants from unscrupulous
financiers and landlords.
Dick enjoys good food and wine, and makes frequent forays to
the cinema and theatre. Modest yet forceful, friendly yet unrevealing
about himself, Dick is always prepared to listen, on of the
most important characteristics of a good solicitor. |
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