Allegations & Questions · Tom Watson
The issues. The record. The answer.
Related background. No separate allegation is made against this party.
Professional affiliation & public office
Tom Watson · Estates and Wayleaves Specialist · National Grid Electricity Distribution (South West) plc · Bodmin, Cornwall
Organisation: National Grid Electricity Distribution (South West) plc.
NGED Bodmin public office: Lostwithiel Road, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL31 1DE, United Kingdom.
National Grid’s published specialist directory lists Tom Watson under Bodmin. Its letter dated 1 October 2025 gives his role as Estates and Wayleaves Specialist, National Grid Electricity Distribution – Cornwall. A government letter dated 5 March 2025 addresses him at National Grid Electricity Distribution (South West) plc, Bodmin. These are the dated professional records supporting the role, company and office shown here.
Documented involvement
Public records identify Tom Watson as a Bodmin estates-and-wayleaves specialist. He is linked here as the professional match for the estate specialist described as “Tom” in the family’s office-visit account. The supplied letter gives only that first name; the connection to the particular meeting has not been independently confirmed. The statements attributed to Tom remain the family’s account, not an admission recorded from Mr Watson.
Source references: D, p. 3.
Questions connected to this party
The question connections.
No question in this register is recorded as sent directly to Tom Watson. Being named in a document is not the same as being asked a question.
Related questions · see recipient details.
Mentioned in the question · not its recorded addressee
Which wayleaves cover BH68?
What agreement or other basis supports the claimed BH68 wayleave rights connected with Mr Mayo? Produce the agreement, its date, parties and plan. Identify the land and apparatus covered. If an older agreement is relied upon, what establishes its continued application after any ownership change or subdivision, and how does it relate to Miss E’s signed 2024 agreement? When and why were the 1963 and 1975 instruments first obtained and relied on, and what explains their addition to the 24 October 2025 schedule? For the 1963 and 1975 instruments now relied on, identify the executed agreement, plan, apparatus, original land and the provision or transaction connecting the asserted right to Mr Mayo. Map that chain through the subdivisions and ownership changes described by the family. Does “transferred” refer to the operator’s apparatus/access rights, a payment entitlement, or a right claimed personally by Mr Mayo? Which conveyancing-file pages support it? Reconcile that account with PCC’s January 2024 predecessor letter and Miss E’s June agreement.
Why this matters Verifiability
Miss E’s signed agreement provides a specific record against which the claimed BH68 rights can be compared. A transfer assertion should identify the relevant agreement or other basis, the land and apparatus, and why an older arrangement is said still to apply. Without those records, the family cannot test the competing claim.
Related request in record 6 May 2026
What the supplied reply addresses
The 2 February reply says existing wayleaves transferred to Mr Mayo. The supplied replies do not identify the individual agreements or establish whether one covers BH68. Howard Mark Hacking’s 7 May reply promises a substantive response to recent Shackson correspondence but does not identify those agreements.
Howard Mark Hacking — professionally Mark Hacking; solicitor and partner, Geldards LLP, Nottingham; individual SRA 156301 · SRA individual register ↗
The letter before action addresses Nick Shackson (Estates Specialist, National Grid Electricity Distribution (South West) plc; Barnstaple, North Devon, in the 2024 correspondence) (Document D, pp. 4–5). Geldards’ 7 May 2026 reply acknowledges reviewing recent correspondence to him and receiving the forwarded Skea letter. The 6 May covering email lists a National Grid legal mailbox in BCC; its receipt is unconfirmed (Document E, p. 1). The expanded question compares Miss E’s agreement, PCC’s letter and the reported subdivision. Expanded wording not yet sent by this publication. Tom Watson is a related professional identification, explained in his profile, rather than a recorded recipient. Expanded on 19 September 2026 to seek the historic instrument, land and succession chain; this added wording has not been sent by the publication.
Documents: A, pp. 1, 4–6 · B, pp. 5–7 · D, pp. 3–5 · E, p. 3 · J, pp. 1–3 · T8, historic agreements, conveyancing disclosure and payment comparison
Related reporting
Nick Shackson, National Grid and the BH68 plan: the questions in the record.
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