Planning Magazine's Guide to Planning Lawyers 2010
22.06.2010
Planning Magazine's Guide to Planning Lawyers 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Planning Magazine’s Guide to Planning Lawyers 2010 appears in the latest edition of Planning Magazine with commentary from Morag Ellis QC, Paul Shadarevian and Tom Cosgrove.
We are delighted that Mary Cook has again been so highly rated as the top Planning junior for the third year running.
Fourteen members of our Planning Group are highly rated by the survey, both by the overall rankings and specific planning activities:
Top-rated planning silks
Mark Lowe QC (9 – Infrastructure; 10 – Retail and town centres)
Stephen Sauvain QC (7 – Retail and town centres)
Morag Ellis QC (4 – Development plans; 6 – Environment)
Simon Bird QC (1 – Development plans; 7 – Housing and mixed use)
Vincent Fraser QC (9 - Infrastructure)
Anthony Porten QC
Top-rated planning juniors
Mary Cook (1 – Housing and mixed use, Infrastructure, Development plans; 2 – Retail and town centres; 7 – Environment)
Richard Ground (2 – Development plans; 6 – Housing and mixed use; 7 – Environment; 8 – Infrastructure)
Melissa Murphy
Paul Shadarevian (3 – Development plans)
Michael Bedford (9 – Development plans)
Thomas Cosgrove
Michael Druce (11 – Housing and mixed use)
Robin Green
Click here to read the full report
Jowitt's Dictionary of English Law
21.06.2010
Jowitt's Dictionary of English Law
Monday, June 21, 2010
We are pleased to announce the new edition of Jowitt’s Dictionary of English Law published by Sweet and Maxwell.
The new edition presents a concise definition of each expression which forms part of the fabric of English law, showing the historical context wherever helpful. The new edition includes European terms which are now of key importance for English law.
Harriet Townsend and Damien Welfare are both specialist contributing editors for the local government section.
Click here for further details
PPS5 - "Planning for the Historic Environment"
12.06.2010
PPS5 - "Planning for the Historic Environment"
Saturday, June 12, 2010
On Wednesday 9th June, 2-3 Gray's Inn Square and CgMs Consulting held a joint breakfast briefing on PPS5 - "Planning for the Historic Environment" - published in March 2010 - and how this new guidance will affect property owners, investors and occupiers.
The briefing was well attended with an audience of around 60 people from a diverse range of property interests to hear Paul Chadwick – Director of Archaeology, CgMs , Tom Cosgrove – Barrister, 2-3 Gray’s Inn Square, Nick Doggett – Director, Historic Buildings, CgMs and Morag Ellis QC – Barrister, 2-3 Gray’s Inn Square, explain the changes over previous guidance and the implications of the new PPS, that is now arranged as a series of development plan and development management policies.
It is still early days for the implementation of the new guidance in future planning decisions and appeals - it will be interesting to see how Councils and Inspectors deal with the issues in their decisions, particularly in respect of non-designated heritage assets.
Click here to view the slides presented at our seminar presented by our panel of speakers
