Dan Kolinsky

year of call: 1998

DKolinsky@landmarkchambers.co.uk

areas of law

Practice Summary

Dan Kolinsky’s practice covers planning, environmental, rating, local government and public law. He frequently acts as an advocate in the High Court and Court of Appeal, at public inquiries and before the Upper Tribunal.

His clients include central government, local government, developers, interest groups, ratepayers, individual claimants and NGOs.

He is a member of the Attorney General’s "A" Panel. He is also a CEDR accredited mediator.

High Court Planning Cases

Dan has considerable experience in High Court planning cases acting for Claimants, developers, local and central government. For high court planning cases please click here.

Environment

Dan has extensive experience of High Court challenges to complex environmental projects – acting for and against the decision making bodies. For environmental cases please click here.

Rating

Dan frequently appears in non-domestic rating cases acting for both the Valuation Officers and ratepayers. For rating cases please click here.

Local Government

Dan advises local authorities in respect of the full range of their decision making powers and acts for those challenging decisions taken by local authorities. For local government cases please click here.

Social Security

Dan has appeared in many leading cases in social security acting for the Secretary of State and for claimants. He has been frequently instructed by the Child Poverty Action Group and other law centres and NGO’s protecting the rights of welfare claimants. For social security cases please click here.

Human Rights cases

Dan has experience of human rights issues arising in a wide variety of legal and factual contexts. For human rights cases please click here.

Other Public Law cases

Dan has appears in cases across the full spectrum of public law work. For other public law cases please click here.

Other notable cases include:
Alcoa Minerals of Jamaica Inc v Broderick [2002] 1 A.C. 371 (Privy Council) – acted for claimant in these proceedings relating to the mitigation and the assessment of damages (on appeal to the Privy Council from the Court of Appeal of Jamaica) (led by John Cherryman QC).

Planning Inquiries

Dan appears as advocate at numerous planning inquiries. He has extensive experience of acting for local planning authorities (particularly in London). He accepts instructions on behalf of local planning authorities, developers, local groups, statutory bodies or any other participant in the planning process. For examples of planning inquiries please click here.

Advocacy before Tribunals

Dan has extensive experience appearing in before the Upper Tribunal and first tier tribunals across a full range of areas including education, care standards and all aspects of social security law.

What the Directories say

Dan has been consistently recommended as a leading practitioner in the legal directories in the areas of his practice – planning , local government, environment and public law. He also regularly features in the annual survey of the legal professional conducted by Planning Magazine.

“The "clever and meticulous" Dan Kolinsky has a busy public law practice alongside his mainstream planning and environment practice” (Public Law, Chambers & Partners, 2011).
“extremely bright and a joy to work with” ”commended for his work on rating, planning inquiries and planning and environmental judicial reviews". (C&P local government)
Known for “rolling his sleeves up and getting on with it"  (Planning, Chambers & Partners, 2011)

Ranked in Legal 500 (2010) for administrative law, planning and environment, comments: “quite frankly is excellent. It is the lack of airs and graces, and the fact that he is so down to earth that makes him a pleasure to work with”.

Dan “combines tenacity and a winning mentality with a pleasant manner, and his areas of expertise include planning and local government”. (C&P  public)
“Although the set is primarily recognised for its dominance in planning it has a number of extremely able barristers who take on a variety of local government work. The "very thorough" Daniel Kolinsky is one such name”; “ He is highly sought after “ (Local Government, Chambers & Partners, 2010)
"incredibly bright and thorough with a great sense of humour - he's doing very strong work at the set."  (Planning, Chambers & Partners, 2010)

Ranked in Legal 500 (2009) for administrative law, planning and environment – described as “bright and articulate advocate and draftsman”

For previous years' recommendations please click here.

QUALIFICATIONS

Dan graduated from Wadham College, Oxford with a first class degree in jurisprudence.

Before coming to the Bar, he taught contract law at Queen Mary and Westfield College and Mansfield College, Oxford and completed 2-year training contract at Anthony Gold Solicitors. He has also been a Judicial Assistant to the Court of Appeal.

He has written and given lectures on a range of topics in the fields of public law, local government, planning, environmental and special educational needs. He is a governor of Forest Gate Community School.

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