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FRANCIS TAYLOR BUILDING, INNER TEMPLE
LONDON
EC4Y 7BY
England
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James Rankin
Work Department
Licensing
Position
With over thirty years’ experience in licensing and regulatory work, preeminent licensing barrister James Rankin is ranked by Chambers and Partners Directory as a starred licensing junior. He is also named in the Chambers 100 UK Bar list of the top juniors.
He appears up and down the country on behalf of applicants, and objectors and appellants from local authority decisions. A true ”independent”, he also represents the police and local authorities on reviews of licences and on appeals.
Career
Called 1983.
Education
Buckingham University LLB (hons)
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Licensing
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1James Rankin –Francis Taylor Building ‘James is charm personified. His breadth of experience in licensing law is unparalleled.’
Francis Taylor Building has a strong reputation for its ‘unparalleled breadth of expertise across licensing law‘. Gerald Gouriet KC is highly regarded for his expertise in handling high-profile cases involving gambling, taxi, entertainment and alcohol licensing issues, and David Matthias KC has an excellent track record in assisting local authorities with licensing policies. Among the junior end of chambers, the ‘tenacious‘ Leo Charalambides is a licensing specialist; Gary Grant is ‘a very well prepared and smooth advocate‘; and James Rankin is ‘a superb junior – he is always a master of the brief, exceedingly well prepared and eloquent in court‘.