Selected work.

A selection of inquiries, appeals and court cases from more than three decades in planning practice, each involving a wider team and a distinct set of challenges.

Different places, different questions.

2026Court of Appeal

Holborn Studios

Appeared for the developer in a Court of Appeal challenge concerning a 50-home mixed-use redevelopment, bringing a decade-long planning dispute to a close.

2025Planning appeal

Marlow Film Studios

Acted in one of the country’s largest recent non-residential planning appeals, securing permission for a major new film-studio development.

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets skyline

2020–21Inquiry and High Court

Westferry Printworks

Represented the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in the nationally prominent inquiry and related litigation concerning apparent bias.

CurrentHigh Court

Save Wimbledon Park

Acted in the high-profile planning challenge concerning the proposed expansion of the All England Club at Wimbledon Park.

2013Court of Appeal

Old Trafford Cricket Ground

Protected the planning permission for the redevelopment of Old Trafford Cricket Ground in the Court of Appeal.

2012High Court

FC United of Manchester

Protected the planning permission for FC United’s new stadium in High Court proceedings.

1997–2015Retail portfolio

Tesco Stores

Advised Tesco Stores on more than 200 retail schemes over an eighteen-year period.

Selected workSports and heritage

Lord’s Cricket Ground

Advised on planning matters involving one of Britain’s most significant sporting and heritage settings.

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