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Index of tables
- Environment – Leading Sets
- Environment – Leading Silks
- Environment – New Silks
- Environment – Leading Juniors
Environment – Leading Sets
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Environment – Leading Silks
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- Richard Drabble QC Landmark Chambers
- Charles George QC FTB
- Philip Havers QC One Crown Office Row
- David Holgate QC Landmark Chambers
- John Howell QC Blackstone Chambers
- Robert McCracken QC FTB
- Rhodri Price Lewis QC Landmark Chambers
- Philippe Sands QC Matrix Chambers
- Timothy Straker QC 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square
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- Lord Brennan QC Matrix Chambers
- Charles Gibson QC Henderson Chambers
- Richard Gordon QC Brick Court Chambers
- Kevin de Haan QC FTB
- John Hobson QC 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square
- Stephen Hockman QC 6 Pump Court
- Christopher Katkowski QC Landmark Chambers
- Stephen Killalea QC Devereux
- Neil King QC Landmark Chambers
- Robin Purchas QC FTB
- Dinah Rose QC Blackstone Chambers
- Anthony Scrivener QC 2-3 Gray’s Inn Square
- Mark Shaw QC Blackstone Chambers
- Jon Turner QC Monckton Chambers
- Lawrence West QC Henderson Chambers
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- Simon Bird QC 2-3 Gray’s Inn Square
- Timothy Corner QC 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square
- Owen Davies QC Garden Court Chambers
- Douglas Edwards QC FTB
- Morag Ellis QC 2-3 Gray’s Inn Square
- James Findlay QC 2-3 Gray’s Inn Square
- Michael Fordham QC Blackstone Chambers
- Robert Griffiths QC 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square
- Russell Harris QC Landmark Chambers
- Peter Harrison QC 6 Pump Court
- Michael Humphries QC FTB
- Mark Lowe QC 2-3 Gray’s Inn Square
- Roy Martin QC Landmark Chambers
- Colin McCaul QC Thirty Nine Essex Street
- Angus McCullough QC One Crown Office Row
- Andrew Moran QC Stone Chambers
- William Norris QC Thirty Nine Essex Street
- Nigel Pleming QC Thirty Nine Essex Street
- Graham Read QC Devereux
- Guy Roots QC FTB
- John Steel QC 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square
- David Travers QC 6 Pump Court
- Peter Village QC 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square
- David Wilby QC Old Square Chambers
Environment – New Silks
Environment – Leading Juniors
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- Timothy Briden Lamb Chambers
- Oliver Campbell Henderson Chambers
- Emma Dixon Blackstone Chambers
- Christian Du Cann Thirty Nine Essex Street
- Gerry Facenna Monckton Chambers
- Jeremy Hyam One Crown Office Row
- Toby Riley-Smith Henderson Chambers
- Kassie Smith Monckton Chambers
- Justine Thornton Thirty Nine Essex Street
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- Lisa Busch 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square
- Jane Collier Blackstone Chambers
- Kate Cook Matrix Chambers
- Tom de la Mare Blackstone Chambers
- Richard Harwood Thirty Nine Essex Street
- Richard Honey FTB
- Dan Kolinsky Landmark Chambers
- Meyric Lewis FTB
- Bernard Thorogood No5 Chambers
- Harriet Townsend 2-3 Gray’s Inn Square
- Mark Watson 6 Pump Court
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- Richard Banwell 6 Pump Court
- Michael Bedford 2-3 Gray’s Inn Square
- Ben Cooper Old Square Chambers
- David Forsdick Landmark Chambers
- Andrew Kinnier Henderson Chambers
- Derek O’Sullivan Thirty Nine Essex Street
- Simon Pickles Landmark Chambers
- Jeremy Pike FTB
- James Strachan 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square
- Colin Thomann Thirty Nine Essex Street
- William Upton 6 Pump Court
- Richard Wald Thirty Nine Essex Street
- Christiaan Zwart Thirty Nine Essex Street
Thirty Nine Essex Street’s Stephen Tromans QC is ‘the counsel of choice’ for environmental matters. A number of counsel were instructed on Ankester and Melanphy v DEFRA, a high-profile challenge regarding the Habitats Directive. Colin Thomann provides a ‘very good grasp of the issues and is a good advocate’. Nigel Pleming QC is ‘a clever, persuasive and acute lawyer’. Richard Harwood is ‘good at dealing with the intricacies of a complicated area of law, and is a very competent advocate in court’.
FTB has ‘a good blend of skills, experience and seniority’. Robert McCracken QC ‘does not overawe but quietly impresses with his erudite advice and measured approach. His advocacy is persuasive and to the point’. Charles George QC led on Morge v Hampshire CC at the Supreme Court, which considered the Habitats Regulations 2009. Meyric Lewis is ‘nimble on his feet and able to react and respond to unusual turns of events’. Richard Honey is ‘quick thinking, an excellent advocate and unflappable under pressure’.
‘Among the best’, Landmark Chambers has ‘excellent clerks and is customer focused’. Highlight cases included Edwards v Environment Agency at the Supreme Court and Commission of the European Communities v UK. Rhodri Price Lewis QC is ‘a first-class barrister, very bright, and always impeccably prepared’. Russell Harris QC is ‘fundamentally very bright. He takes a room with him with his power of suggestion, and rarely makes an enemy in the process’. Dan Kolinsky has ‘a very quick grasp of matters but still has an eye for detail’. David Forsdick is ‘decisive, penetrating and combative’.
Blackstone Chambers is well regarded for its public law expertise on environmental matters. John Howell QC is ‘scarily intelligent. He gets to the heart of an issue very quickly and advises clearly’. Mark Shaw QC is ‘entirely practical and always provides insightful advice combined with case-winning advocacy’. Jane Collier ‘covers every conceivable detail to always be the best-prepared barrister in a court room’. Howell led Collier in Boggis v Natural England, and Shaw appeared for a group of water companies in Smartsource v Information Commissioner.
2-3 Gray’s Inn Square has a ‘strong team of environmental law specialists’, and clerks who provide ‘great customer service, being very approachable and easy to deal with’. James Findlay QC is ‘very approachable whilst being tactical, assertive and realistic as to outcomes’. Mark Lowe QC is ‘very experienced, with deep knowledge of the field and sound judgement’. Simon Bird QC ‘masters his brief with impressive thoroughness and is excellent at cross-examination’. Michael Bedford is ‘clear in his thinking and thorough in his approach to matters’.
4-5 Gray’s Inn Square’s ‘clerking is of the greatest quality’. ‘At the top of his profession’, Timothy Straker QC is ‘unfailingly courteous both with clients and opponents, but also a formidable cross-examiner’. John Steel QC is ‘very enthusiastic and can think his way through complex problems to provide very practical outcomes’. Garrett Byrne is ‘very approachable and empathetic, robust and excellent on his feet’.
‘Quality advocates in the environmental field’, 6 Pump Court is ‘down-to-earth without all the corporate flannel of larger sets’. Peter Harrison QC is a ‘very robust cross-examiner with an uncanny ability to master the detail very quickly’. David Travers QC is also praised. William Upton has ‘an in-depth knowledge of environmental law that one can only marvel at’. Mark Watson ‘appears to have a photographic memory. His advocacy is steely and carefully crafted’.
At One Crown Office Row, ‘highly able practitioner on specialist environmental points’ David Hart QC appeared in the Winwood v Biffa appeal. Angus McCullough QC acted for the UK government in the first complaints brought against it before the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee.
Henderson Chambers provides ‘a sophisticated service reflecting the needs of clients in the context of complex claims’. ‘A highly effective and forceful advocate’, Charles Gibson QC ‘knows group actions and environmental claims inside out. He doesn’t back away from a scrap’. ‘A very effective right hand man’, Oliver Campbell is ‘diligent, hardworking and always delivers on time’.
Matrix Chambers has a ‘genuine personal interest in issues and a willingness to explore novel approaches’. Maurice Sheridan provides ‘breadth and depth of knowledge, enthusiasm for the subject and quality advice delivered in a confident helpful way’. David Wolfe is ‘utterly convincing and can turn technical arguments into layman’s terms’. Kate Cook is ‘wonderfully easy to work with and her advice is always pitched at the right level of strategic/technical detail’.
Monckton Chambers’ Kassie Smith and Gerry Facenna are ‘exceptionally bright, approachable and willing to go the extra mile to find a solution’. Robert Palmer is ‘excellent’.
At Old Square Chambers, David Wilby QC is ‘extremely knowledgeable, practical and tactical’. Ben Cooper is ‘a very gifted lawyer’.
Devereux’s Graham Read QC has ‘unparalleled analytical, strategic and creative ability’ on environmental/human rights issues.
At Enterprise Chambers, Charles Morgan’s ‘ability to tackle not only pure environmental law issues but other related matters is a particular strength’, and is ‘equally at home in the court room or advising in the board room’.