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Stephen Hockman KC
Position
Practice Areas
Principal areas of practice are regulatory, health and safety, environmental, planning and administrative law. Regularly instructed by corporate and individual clients and by national and local government bodies in regulatory, environmental and health and safety matters. He is ranked as a Leading Silk in the UK legal directories who say of him “He deservedly occupies an almost legendary status.” ;”A go-to advocate for difficult regulatory arguments and peerless in the higher courts.”; “A man of great courtesy who has a wonderful demeanour. He takes on board the client’s and instructing solicitor’s views and his delivery is beyond good.”
Professional Memberships
Planning and Environment Bar Association, Administrative Law Bar Association, Health and Safety Lawyers Association.
Career
Called to the Bar in 1970 and began to practise at 6 Pump Court in 1971. Appointed Recorder 1987. Took Silk 1990. Leader SE Circuit, January 2001-December 2003. Chairman of the Bar Council, 2006. Visiting Professor of Law at City University.
Publications
Blackstone’s Planning Practice.
Personal
Educated at Eltham College, London (1955-65) and Jesus College, Cambridge (1966-69). Born 4 January 1947. Lives in London and St Neots.
Career
Called 1970; Middle Temple; took silk 1990; appointed Deputy High Court Judge 1997; Leader of the South Eastern Circuit 2001-03; Chairman of the Bar 2006; bencher of the Middle Temple; publications: ‘The Case for an International Court for the Environment’ (United Nations Association 2010).
Languages
French.
Memberships
Immediate past chairman, Environmental Law Foundation;
Advisory Council member, Advocates for International Development;
Chairman, International Court for the Environment (ICE) Coalition;
Advisory Board Member of the Department of Climate Law, University of Strathclyde
Visiting Fellow of the Centre for Progressive Policy (a non-party political think-tank)
Education
Eltham College, London; Jesus College, Cambridge (MA).
Leisure
Member Garrick, RAC.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Environment
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Stephen Hockman KC – Six Pump Court ‘Stephen is a true expert – dedicated, accessible and hugely conscientious.’
‘Leading set in environmental law‘ Six Pump Court is well regarded for housing a team of ‘specialists in environmental law‘. In a prominent highlight for the set, a silk and two juniors – Stephen Hockman KC, Charles Morgan and Nicholas Ostrowski respectively – appeared before the Supreme Court in The Manchester Ship Canal Company Ltd v United Utilities Water Ltd, a case arising from longrunning litigation over alleged sewage discharges into the Manchester Ship Canal. The main issues in the case focus on the operation of the sewerage system in England and Wales, and the liability of undertakers for polluting discharges. In another matter, Christopher Badger is representing a waste recycling company in judicial review proceedings concerning the company’s proposed exportation of hazardous waste to Norway.
London Bar > Planning
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3London Bar > Health and safety
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Stephen Hockman KC –Six Pump Court ‘Stephen has the innate ability to factor in his experience on environmental and administrative cases and provide good solutions to the client.‘