Landmark Chambers

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

• The top chambers for planning law. Both barristers and clerks are at the top of their game. You know if you instruct them, you will be getting the very best of the best.
• We also find them approachable and helpful with an excellent pool of barristers.
• Very well-established and respected chambers with a particular focus on learning, training, providing CPD sessions, and access to their leading silks.
• Landmark is an excellent set of chambers for planning and environmental law advice.
• They are a stable from which one can draw the best minds for a very specific problem or challenge.
• Landmark is the most reliably consistently strong chamber in planning, in my experience.
• Landmark is an outstanding set, excellently clerked by Jason Allen.
• Excellent chambers specializing in all aspects of planning law and often the go-to chambers for planning advice. Clerks are friendly, helpful, and responsive.
• Landmark is best in class. An unrivaled bench strength and fantastically helpful clerks. A special shout out to Mike Gooch, the best clerk there is.
• The preeminent planning set.

Lawyers

Leading Silks

KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.

1

Neil Cameron KC

Neil's attention to detail is fantastic. He gives clear advice and is always a pleasure to deal with. His pre-consultation agendas and notes are always extremely helpful and ensure that consultation time is always used effectively.

1

Russell Harris KC

A brilliant barrister. He cuts through the detail, and is approachable and helpful. Advice is clear and concise.

1

James Maurici KC

1

Timothy Corner KC

1

David Elvin KC

David is particularly strong in cross-examination; he has a forensic knowledge of the cases that he presents and an incisive approach to securing the concessions and admissions required of other witnesses.

1

Robert Walton KC

One of the top KCs in his field. Very knowledgeable and always commercially astute.

1

Sasha White KC

A strategic maestro and tactical showman.

2

David Forsdick KC

David is an exceptional advocate and his knowledge is outstanding. David's strengths lie in his innovative approach to highly complex planning matters and his ability to work constructively with officers to defend or take forward these innovative approaches.

2

Rupert Warren KC

2

Jenny Wigley KC

Intellectual, practical, analytically detailed, rigorous, and very personable and approachable, making her popular with clients and consultants. She is all-around excellent.

3

Gwion Lewis KC

Gwion Lewis KC is extremely personable and very much a team player. He is clear in his advice and is strategic in his thinking. He understands where our team needs his expertise and is helpful in appreciating the clients' diverse perspectives. His verbal, but especially his written advice, is very clear.

3

Alex Goodman KC

Insightful advocacy that is a cut above.

3

Guy Williams KC

A silk with an understated style and great intellect. Very patient with even the most challenging of clients.

3

Melissa Murphy KC

Melissa is diligent, strategic, and positive. Her advocacy was laser-sharp, professional, and meticulous.

3

Graeme Keen KC

Graeme is a great team player, providing clear and supportive advice to the project team.

3

Scott Lyness KC

Really personable, very responsive, and client-friendly. Very good at managing strong-willed clients and keeping expectations in check.

3

Matthew Reed KC

Matthew Reed KC is a pre-eminent planning silk and our first choice for complex matters. His key strengths lie in his clarity of thought, strategic judgment, and ability to distill complex planning and environmental issues into clear, persuasive arguments. He combines a deep technical understanding of the law with a very practical appreciation of how cases will be received by inspectors and judges. He is also exceptionally collaborative, working seamlessly with instructing solicitors and the wider consultancy team. He is very effective at keeping the team focused on the key issues and on a clear strategic path, particularly in complex or fast-moving matters. His advocacy is calm, measured, and highly effective. He has a strong command of the detail without becoming bogged down in it, and he presents arguments in a structured and accessible way that is particularly well suited to complex inquiries and High Court proceedings. While calm and measured in style, he is appropriately sharp and incisive when required, particularly in testing evidence or responding to opposing arguments. In terms of client and team interaction, he is approachable, responsive, and provides pragmatic, commercially aware advice. He works well as part of a broader consultant team and is particularly strong at identifying the key issues that will determine the outcome of a case.

3

Reuben Taylor KC

An excellent barrister with a full range of astute planning and commercial experience and a team player loved by clients for his clear strategic advice.

3

Tim Buley KC

Tim is a really excellent advocate. He has a good eye for strategy, knowing exactly how to pitch the case. He is a very engaging advocate, able to communicate exceptionally well with the court, which is the key to being persuasive. He is a really impressive advocate.

3

Richard Moules KC

His strengths are good attention to detail, clear and concise advice, good advocacy skills, a commercial approach, and responsiveness.

4

Paul Brown KC

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Christopher Boyle KC

Christopher is able to appreciate and elucidate the key tenets of a case. He has both a patient and direct manner and provides timely counsel in supporting the experts advising and acting as members of an appeal team.

2026 Silks

KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.

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Leon Glenister KC

2025 Silks

KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.

1

Sasha Blackmore KC

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Zack Simons KC

Leading Juniors

Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.

1

Ashley Bowes

Excellent attention to detail.

1

Andrew Byass

Andrew is an excellent advocate; he is approachable and works well with clients. He is a trusted advisor.

1

Heather Sargent

2

Andrew Parkinson

Andrew is an exceptional planning barrister with a mastery of all aspects of planning law. Andrew is an extraordinarily effective advocate, both at Public Inquiries and in the Higher Courts, and handles complex cases with ease. Andrew has a calm and measured style and is very strong on detail. Andrew has sharp, incisive cross-examination skills. He has a powerful intellect. Andrew is very thorough, absolutely meticulous, and promptly produces clear, concise written advice of the highest quality. Andrew has an approachable style, is easy to work with, and is extremely popular with clients. Clients express appreciation of his strategic advice, tactical skills, and excellent judgment, together with the superb service he provides. Andrew is one of the very best barristers at the Planning Bar.

2

Nick Grant

Nick is a rising star who works very hard and has a keen intelligence. His work for the government puts him at the forefront of the Bar in understanding policy development and in High Court challenge work.

2

Jacqueline Lean

Jacqueline always provides clear and comprehensive advice. She is efficient, thorough in her approach, and gets straight to the point while still being approachable and client-friendly.

3

Anjoli Foster

3

Joel Semakula

We instructed Joel in connection with planning injunction proceedings. Joel was very proactive and responsive in providing sound tactical and procedural advice and drafted papers for the Court at very short notice.

3

Matthew Dale-Harris

Matthew Dale-Harris is an excellent planning junior who provides clear, incisive advice and is very effective when instructed on complex planning matters. He has a strong technical command of planning law and applies it pragmatically, with a good appreciation of commercial and strategic considerations. Matthew is conscientious, responsive, and well-prepared, and he inspires confidence when dealing with challenging issues. He is a pleasure to work with and is increasingly sought after for planning instructions.

3

George Mackenzie

George is an excellent senior junior who is very knowledgeable and technically excellent, able to distill information and get to the nub of a matter quickly and explain his advice in a manner that is clear and succinct for clients. George is overtly passionate about the law, very affable and easy to work with, and clients really like him.

3

Isabella Buono

Isabella demonstrates a strong command of the law and an acute awareness of market conditions and the realities of the planning and construction arena. Combined, Isabella presents comprehensive and tailored advice to which clients, consultants, and solicitors respond well. Isabella is a driving force in both smaller and larger teams and will no doubt become one of the top planning barristers in the country. Isabella has proven to be a skillful advocate, pulling together threads of argument with ease.

3

Ben Fullbrook

Ben is superb, standing out among other mid-level juniors in environmental and planning matters. He consistently identifies nuanced points others might overlook, drafts strong pleadings, and his oral advocacy is excellent. He can hold his own alongside much more senior counsel. He is a go-to choice in planning and environmental work.

3

Hashi Mohamed

Hashi is a really approachable barrister who is excellent value. He provides really clear advice and has the ability to simplify complex legal situations. Hashi is also very commercially minded and simplifies legal risks to the business.

3

James Neill

James is very commercially minded and very user-friendly. He is incredibly hard-working.

3

Alex Shattock

4

Matthew Fraser

Matthew is a devil for detail; he is exceptionally well prepared for any inquiry and is truly invested in getting the best possible outcomes for his clients.

Rising stars

Rising stars at the Bar are defined as barristers between four and eight years’ call who are seen as up-and-coming members of the Bar in their respective practice areas by clients and peers alike. They will already be instructed in high-profile, complex, and high-value contentious and non-contentious matters, working with and opposite more experienced leading counsel.

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Charles Bishop

Charles is very personable, approachable, and easy to work with. He puts the client at ease.

1

Odette Chalaby

Odette is an all-round excellent lawyer: her drafting is brilliant, her advocacy is persuasive, she is utterly dependable (despite juggling a huge workload), and she is a delight to work with.

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Harley Ronan

Harley is extremely knowledgeable, easy to work with, and very approachable.

1

Edward-Arash Abedian

An outstanding advocate who has a highly persuasive written style. He is meticulously detailed in his work, works well within a team, and always comes up with the best possible answer to a particular issue. A star in the making.