Hannah Taylor

Call: 2023

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Hannah Taylor accepts instructions across all areas of Chambers’ work with a particular interest in environmental, planning, public, and Court of Protection work. She completed her twelve-month pupillage (October 2023 – September 2024) under the supervision of Alexander CampbellNina PindhamRuchi Parekh and Riccardo Calzavara.

Notable instructions include:

  • Munícipio de Mariana and Ors v BHP Group Plc and BHP Group Ltd (awaiting judgment on the first stage trial) – Acted for more than 620,000 Brazilian claimants in proceedings brought against BHP Group relating to the collapse of the Fundão Dam, considered to be the biggest environmental disaster in Brazil’s history. The first stage trial occurred between October 2024 – March 2025 (led by various, including Alain Choo Choy KC and Andrew Fulton KC).
  • C.G. Fry & Son Limited v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities & Somerset Council (awaiting judgement) Led by Estelle Dehon KC and Nina Pindham, Hannah represented Wildlife and Countryside Link, intervening in writing in the Supreme Court. The written submissions argued that the Court of Appeal’s interpretation of the Habitats Regulations was correct, by reference to the architecture of the planning system, the centrality of the precautionary principle to the Habitats regime, and the appropriate use of planning conditions.
  • Beacon Cymru Group Limited v Mitchell – Led by Ranjit Bhose KC and Tara O’Leary, Hannah represented the contract – holders (i.e. tenants) in the trial of the counterclaims, consequent on the judgment in Coastal Housing Group v Mitchell [2024] EWHC 2831 (CH) where the Divisional Court confirmed that rent is not payable by contract- holders if and so long as their landlords have failed to provide them with a copy of an electrical condition report (“ECR”) for their home. The contract-holders brought counterclaims for restitution, seeking repayment of rent during the period when they had not received copies of their ECRs, on the basis that they were unaware that rent was not payable.

Hannah holds a 1st class degree in law from the University of Oxford. She was awarded a full scholarship to study the BCL at Oxford where she achieved a Distinction, focusing primarily on Environmental Law and Human Rights Law.

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