Mr Neil Robson > Ward Hadaway LLP > Newcastle upon Tyne, England > Lawyer Profile

Mr Neil Robson

+44 (0)191 204 4124 neil.robson@wardhadaway.com

Work Department

Property

Position

Partner, Head of Property

Career

Neil has been a solicitor for 30 years and is recognised as one of the country’s foremost planning lawyers.

Neil specialises in Planning and Development law on behalf of commercial clients and private individuals.

He is past president of Newcastle Law Society and was voted ‘Lawyer of the Year’ in the North East in 2010.

He sits on the North East Branch of the Country Land and Rural Association.

Neil has acted on numerous occasions in Town Planning and Compulsory Purchase Inquiries on behalf of developers, landowners and public sector organisations.

Clients he has advised include Newcastle Airport, Northumberland National Park, English Heritage, Northumbrian Water, The National Trust, the Duke of Northumberland, Barratt, Royal Navy, and Amec.

He has acted on numerous occasions as Advocate at Planning Inquiries on behalf of developers, landowners and public sector clients.

Neil specialises in planning aspects of Energy Law. Clients include residential and commercial developers, estates, retail operators, manufacturers, minerals operators and heritage bodies.

Neil has been referred to in RICS Guide to Legal Experts and in Planning magazine as one of the country’s leading planning solicitors.

He has been a member of the Law Society’s Planning and Environmental Law Committee.