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Stephanie Hall
Position
Stephanie practices in all areas of planning law and has particular experience of large scale projects including power stations, rail and road projects, energy schemes and compulsory purchase.
Career
Stephanie practices in all areas of planning law and has particular experience of large scale projects including power stations, rail and road projects, energy schemes and compulsory purchase. She has successfully represented appellants, local authorities and statutory consultees as sole counsel and as a junior. She provides strategic advice on projects and local plans from an early stage as well as representing clients at appeal and in court.
Stephanie is consistently rated as one of the top planning juniors in the country.
Memberships
Planning and Environment Bar Association
Compulsory Purchase Association
Parliamentary Bar Mess
National Infrastructure Planning Association
UK Environmental Law Association
Education
Cambridge MA (Cantab) Law II.I
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Administrative law and human rights
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2The members of Kings Chambers are often involved in high-profile judicial reviews, and Sam Karim KC leads the administrative law department. Stephanie Hall is acting for the claimant in Redrow Homes v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, a judicial review of the Secretary of State’s decision to issue disbursements of approximately £30m to pay for works at a Birmingham-based high-rise building from the Building Safety Fund, which was set up following the Grenfell Tower fire to pay for works to buildings with a fire risk. Richard Borrett acts for both claimants and defendants in claims against local authorities, and he is also active in Human Rights Act cases regarding deprivation of liberty and failure to protect children.
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Planning
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Stephanie Hall – Kings Chambers ‘Stephanie is extremely bright, has laser sharp focus and the ability to zoom in with precision, and has a focused approach on the important issues on any matter. She is incredibly firm and robust in her advice, and, all in all, an incredibly impressive performer.’
Kings Chambers boasts an extensive bench of silks and juniors who handle planning and environmental cases. Giles Cannock KC leads the planning team and he is instructed on cases regarding housing and energy schemes, infrastructure projects, and retail developments. David Manley KC acts for both private and public sector clients and he regularly appears in planning inquiries and hearings, as well as in the High Court, as does Ruth Stockley KC. Jonathan Easton KC is particularly skilled in compulsory purchases and environmental matters, while Paul Tucker KC is also notable as chair of the Planning and Environmental Bar Association. Vincent Fraser KC is skilled at handling renewable energy projects, and he recently acted for RWE Renewables UK Onshore Wind regarding an application for a wind farm comprising twelve turbines up to 200 metres tall. Alan Evans specialises in cases regarding village greens and commons, highways, and public right of ways. Of recent note, he successfully represented Manchester City Council in a judicial review, challenging the granting of planning permission for a 55-storey student accommodation building in the middle of Manchester (Macintosh Village Management Ltd v Manchester City Council). Stephanie Hall, Ian Ponter, and John Barrett are also key members of the planning team.