Hugh James

Now headed by a core planning and environment lawyer following the arrival in July 2024 of Alex Madden from Thrings LLP, and also leveraging considerable resources from the firm’s commercial property and construction offerings, Hugh James provides advice to a range of private and public sector clients. Madden’s broad expertise includes contentious and advisory work, spanning Section 106 agreements between developers and planning authorities, as well as planning appeals, planning enforcement and challenges to appeal decisions in the High Court and judicial review proceedings.