after the war he became a lecturer at the college of estate management, the leading british institution of higher learning in the fields of property, and from 1948 to 1951 was head of the valuation department. in 1949 he became joint author, with david lawrence and harold may, of the second edition of "modern methods of valuation" and subsequently edited the next four editions. in 1951 he moved to richard ellis as head of the valuation department. during this period he acted for mrs harvey in the "harvey" v "crawley" case, which gave rise to the concept of crawley costs. in 1961 he became senior partner of turner rudge & turner, where he stayed until he became a member of the lands tribunal in 1973, where he gave lead decisions in a number of important cases. in 1978 he devised and edited the first five editions of "valuation: principles into practice".