I have experience of a broad range of Local Government and Local Council law including:

My Areas of Expertise

• The Acquisition, Appropriation and Disposal of Land
• Cemeteries and Churchyards
• Charities
• Committees
• Common Land
• Data Protection
• Easements (including over Common Land and Village Greens)
• Employment
• Finance (including borrowing, section 137, grants and loans)
• Freedom of Information
• Judicial Review
• Open Spaces
• Parish Polls
• Parking
• Playing Fields
• Powers (and Ultra Vires)
• Standing Orders
• Trustees
• Village Greens

Click here to view an Excel spreadsheet setting out details of the 1400 Acts, Statutory Instruments, Cases, Guidance and areas of Local Council Law on which I have advised.

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The Public Access Scheme

I am authorised to accept instructions pursuant to the Public Access Scheme. The Sceme allows individuals and organisations to instruct a barrister directly without the need to instruct a solicitor. Under this scheme I can:

• Give advice
• Draft letters and other legal documentation
• Take Witness Statements
• Attend hearings as your advocate
• Conduct negotiations on your behalf.

Not all work is suited to the Public Access Scheme, however, and I will be unable to accept some instructions if I think that it would be in your best interests to instruct a solicitor.

More details of this scheme can be found on the Bar Council's website (www.barcouncil.org.uk)

Pro Bono Work

I undertake some pro bono work.  You can find more information about the Bar Pro Bono Unit at www.barprobono.org.uk