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Douglas Edwards KC
Work Department
Planning
Infrastructure
Town and Village Greens
Administrative and Public
Local Government
Compulsory Purchase and Compensation
Position
Douglas Edwards KC practices in the fields of town and country planning, infrastructure, compulsory purchase, environment, administrative and local government, highway law and the law of easements and restrictive covenants.
He is acknowledged as one of the leading silks at the planning bar and a recognised expert in the law relating to common land and town/village greens.
He appears regularly for both appellants and local planning and other authorities at inquiries and in the courts.
Douglas Edwards was elected a bencher of Lincoln’s Inn in 2017, and is a member of the Inn’s Estates Committee.
He was appointed as a Crown Court Recorder in 2019, and, as such, sits as a Judge in courts in London and on the South Eastern Circuit.
He has served as an assistant Parliamentary boundary commissioner and as lead assistant commissioner for the East Midlands region. In that capacity, his role has involved holding hearing and considering representations into proposals to modify Parliamentary constituency boundaries.
Career
Call to the bar 1992
KC 2010
Memberships
Past secretary of Planning & Environment Bar Association
Administrative Law Bar Association
Education
Birmingham University (LLB Hons 2(1))
King’s College London (Dip Europcar Law)
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Agriculture
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Members of Francis Taylor Building‘s agriculture and rural affairs practice are regularly instructed in cases involving common land, village and town greens, rights of way and highways. The team’s client base includes public authorities, landowners, private individuals and government entities. Douglas Edwards KC has a strong track record in handling applications brought under the Commons Act 2006, and Morag Ellis KC has expertise in assisting with village green inquiries. Ned Westaway stands out for the ‘strength and clarity of his arguments and advocacy‘.