The Legal 500

Position

Planning law: Rencher-Paine v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2011] EWHC 382 (Admin); Flattery v Secretary of State fo Communities and Local Government [2011] JPL 345; Doran v Secretary of State for Communities and Loval Government [2011] JPL 93; Farnborough Airport Inquiry [2010]; Bexley LBC v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2010] JPL 513; Kent International Gateway Inquiry [2009]; River Club v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2010] JPL 584; Daventry appeals inquiry [2009]; R (Berwood Homes Ltd) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2008] EWHC 3243 (admin); R (Carroll) v South Somerset DC [2008] JPL 991; Bromley LBC v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2007] EWHC 2480 (admin); Hammersmatch Properties Ltd v First Secretary of State [2006] 2 P&CR 11; Coventry Airport inquiry [2006]; South Downs National Park inquiry [2003-05]. Judicial review/public law: R (Ogilvy) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2007] EWHC 2301 (admin); R (Persimmon Homes (SE) Ltd) v Secretary of State for Transport [2005] 2 P&CR 24; R (Mount Cook Land Ltd) v Westminster City Council [2004] JPL 470; R (Crichton) v Wellingborough BC [2004] Env LR 11; R (Medway Council) v Secretary of State for Transport [2003] JPL 583. Licensing law: Uttlesford DC v English Heritage [2007] LLR 273; local government law; employment law: Woodhouse School v Webster [2009] ICR 818; Darrell Hair v International Cricket Council [2007]. Common law (general); human rights law: George Blake v United Kingdom (2007) 44 EHRR 29.

Career

Called to Bar 1999, Gray’s Inn; Advice on Individual Rights in Europe 1999-2001; member 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square since 2002. Appointments: Junior Counsel to the Crown (C Panel) since 2007; honorary legal adviser to The Air League since 2008; CPRE legal panel since 2009; ranked in ‘Chambers & Partners’ (planning, licensing, employment); ranked in ‘Legal Experts’ (planning); Peter Duffy Bar European Group scholarship 2001; Gray’s Inn Junior Award 1998; Gray’s Inn Karmel Award 1997. Publications: specialist editor, ‘Phipson on Evidence (17th ed); joint author ‘Atkin’s Court Forms: Evidence’ (vol 19 (2)); ‘Licensing Act 2003: closure orders and licensing authorities’ [2010] 15 Local Government Lawyer; ‘Leaders as Claimants: Undoing the Done’ [2008] Local Government Encyclopedia Bulletin; ‘Rewriting cricket history’ [2008] New Zealand Lawyer [2008] 158 New Law Journal 1100; ‘Cumulative impact policies, costs and planning matters’ [2007] 5 Local Government Lawyer; ‘The ball-tampering affair’ [2007] New Zealand Law Journal; ‘Awards of costs under section 181 of the Licensing Act 2003’ [2007] Local Government Encyclopaedia Bulletin; ‘Recent High Court judgments under the Licensing Act 2003’ [2006] Local Government Encyclopaedia Bulletin; ‘Appeals to the magistrates’ court under the Licensing Act 2003’ [2006] Local Government Encyclopaedia Bulletin; ‘Not Cricket’ [2006] 156 New Law Journal 1879; ‘Uneasy bedfellows’ [2006] 156 New Law Journal 1821; ‘Buildings: the meaning of agricultural use and essential facilities – some recent decisions’ [2006] Journal of Planning and Environmental Law 1135; ‘Mount Cook 2: An Analysis’ [2004] Judicial Review 55; ‘The importance of alternative proposals in development control’ [2004] Journal of Planning and Environmental Law 887; ‘Pawnbrokers and parishes: the protection of property under the Human Rights Act’ [2002] 1 European Human Rights Law Review 67; ‘Developments in the European legal orders: implications for the medical profession’ [2002] 2 Medico-Legal Journal 80.

Languages

French.

Member

ALBA; PEBA.

Education

Adwick School, Doncaster; University of Birmingham (1993 BSoc Sc, Economics and Politics joint hons); College of Law (1998 Diploma in Law); Inns of Court School of Law (1999 Bar Vocational Course).

Leisure

Hampstead Golf Club; Gray’s Inn Golfing Society; Marylebone Cricket Club.

Practice Areas

Administrative and public law; Employment; Planning