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Planning Environment Highways, rights of way, commons and village greens Compensation, rating and land valuation Public and local government law Land and property law

Ned is a highly regarded lawyer who accepts instructions in a wide variety of work, in particular across all areas of planning, environmental and highways law.

He is consistently rated as a leading barrister by Chambers and the Legal 500 in three categories: planning law, environmental law and agricultural & rural affairs.  He was named as Planning and Environmental Junior of the Year at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2022.

Ned regularly appears in the High Court and the Court of Appeal and has appeared in the Supreme Court on four occasions – twice as advocate (for the appellant in CPRE Kent v SSCLG [2021] UKSC 36; [2021] 1 WLR 4168 and for the second respondent in R (Lancashire CC) v SSEFRA [2019] UKSC 58; [2021] AC 194.

Ned is on the Attorney General’s A Panel of counsel and is the immediate past Chair of the UK Environmental Law Association (UKELA).  Ned is standing counsel for the Campaign for National Parks.  He regularly undertakes work pro bono and is accredited to take work on a direct public access basis.  Ned is Honorary Associate Professor at UCL’s Centre for Law and the Environment.  He is also a trustee of the Organic Research Centre and a member of PEBA and ALBA.

Called to the Bar 2009.

UKELA Chair (2021) PEBA ALBA

Winner, UKELA Lord Slynn of Hadley senior mooting competition (2009 and 2010), on both occasions before Carnwath LJ Lord Denning Scholarship, Lincoln's Inn (2008) LLM (environmental laws), University of London (2007) DMH Stallard Prize for the best results on the Common Professional Examination (distinction) University of Sussex (2006) BA Classics (first class degree), UCL (2004), recognised on the Dean's List Brighton, Hove and Sussex VI Form College Lewes Priory School