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Nina Pindham
Work Department
Planning and Environment
Career
Since being called to the Bar in 2012, Nina has built a wide-ranging planning practice specialising in environmental law matters in the context of planning applications, including infrastructure, energy, controversial minerals development, hazardous substances consent, waste, EIA, SEA, agriculture, water, air quality, and nature conservation issues. She has represented clients before the High Court, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court and the United Nations both for and against Government and public bodies. She has been appointed to the Attorney General’s C Panel of counsel.
In 2022 Nina was part of the legal team that challenged the government over its Net Zero Strategy which the High Court, in a historic ruling, deemed as “unlawful”, and led the government to revise its climate strategy to show how key emission reductions will be met.
At COP27 Nina was awarded the Global Leadership Award in Climate Law for her work with an international coalition of bar associations seeking to build the capacity of the legal sector in relation to climate change where it is relevant to legal advice, so as to best serve the needs of lawyers’ clients.
Education
- BSc (Hons) Acadia University
- BPTC College of Law
- GDL Manchester Metropolitan University
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Planning
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Members of Cornerstone Barristers advises a variety of clients from property developers and public bodies down to small businesses and individuals. Thomas Cosgrove KC, leading Ben Du Feu in Frack Free Balcombe Residents Association v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, concerning macro-level climate change policy as a material consideration in specific planning decisions. Du Feu was also led by Richard Ground KC, who represented Barnet & Community Health Partnerships in the High Court, successfully obtaining planning permission for a cancer care unit. Nina Pindham also appeared in R (Parkes) v Secretary of State for the Home Department concerning the use of the Bibby Stockholm barge to house asylum seekers.