Giles Atkinson > Chambers of Stephen Hockman KC and Mark Watson KC > London, England > Barrister Profile

Chambers of Stephen Hockman KC and Mark Watson KC
Six Pump Court
TEMPLE
LONDON
EC4Y 7AR
England

Work Department

Planning

Position

Advocacy and advisory work in all areas of planning in public inquiries, criminal courts and the High Court, with a particular specialism in planning enforcement.

Worked for 10 years as a planner in the public and private sectors before coming to the Bar.

Publications include joint author of Planning law and Practice, 2013, Wildy, Simmonds and Hill Publishing.

Career

Called 2002; Middle Temple.

Memberships

Planning and Environmental Bar Association.

Education

Egglescliffe Comprehensive, Stockton on Tees; University of Oxford (1989 BA Hons); University of Nottingham (1992 MA); University of Westminster (2000 graduate diploma).

Lawyer Rankings

London Bar > Planning

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3

Giles Atkinson  – Six Pump Court ‘Giles gives exceptionally good counsel and is not influenced by the level of the opposition. He is an excellent advocate in all planning matters. His main strength is that he is prepared to advise a methodology prior to being formally instructed.’