Isabella Tafur > Francis Taylor Building > London, England > Barrister Profile

Francis Taylor Building
FRANCIS TAYLOR BUILDING, INNER TEMPLE
LONDON
EC4Y 7BY
England
Isabella Tafur photo

Work Department

  • Planning
  • Environment
  • Infrastructure

Position

Isabella is a leading junior at the Planning Bar, described in the legal directories as “one of the best juniors for planning JRs at the Bar…with excellent drafting skills and superb in court”; “Really impressive, amazingly hard-working and destined for great things.”

She is consistently ranked in the top ten junior barristers in the Planning Magazine survey where she has also been recognised as one of the top ten ‘sector leading’ barristers in the field of infrastructure.

Isabella advises widely on all aspects of planning and infrastructure law and has particular expertise in housing, compulsory acquisition and nationally significant infrastructure projects. She has a busy inquiry and infrastructure practice, both promoting and resisting all forms of development and has appeared in numerous reported cases in the High Court and Court of Appeal. She acts for major companies; housebuilders; public authorities and individuals. Notable clients include bp; National Grid; Dong Energy; the GLA and several London authorities.

Career

  • Buchanan Prize, Lincoln’s Inn, 2009
  • Bar Vocational Course (Outstanding), The College of Law, 2009
  • Graduate Diploma in Law (Distinction), The College of Law, 2007
  • Lord Denning Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn, 2007
  • Lord Brougham Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn, 2006
  • Hardwicke Entrance Award, Lincoln’s Inn, 2006
  • BA(Hons) Modern History (II.I) , St Catherine’s College, Oxford University, 2004
  • St Catherine’s College Scholarship, 2001

Languages

Spanish

Memberships

  • Member of PEBA
  • Member of NIPA
  • Member of the CPA
  • Member of the Denning Society, Lincoln’s Inn

Education

  • Buchanan Prize, Lincoln’s Inn, 2009
  • Bar Vocational Course (Outstanding), The College of Law, 2009
  • Graduate Diploma in Law (Distinction), The College of Law, 2007
  • Lord Denning Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn, 2007
  • Lord Brougham Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn, 2006
  • Hardwicke Entrance Award, Lincoln’s Inn, 2006
  • BA(Hons) Modern History (II.I) , St Catherine’s College, Oxford University, 2004
  • St Catherine’s College Scholarship, 2001

Lawyer Rankings

London Bar > Planning

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2

Isabella Tafur  – Francis Taylor Building