Practice Summary
Neil King QC is the current head of Landmark Chambers. He was called to the Bar in 1980 and took silk in 2000. He joined 2 Mitre Court Buildings in 1982 and moved to Landmark Chambers in December 2003. He specialises in all aspects of Town and Country Planning, Environmental and Compulsory Purchase and Compensation law.
Neil has appeared at numerous public inquiries, in the Lands Tribunal, the High Court and Court of Appeal. Planning cases include airport and other infrastructure projects; proposals for waste incineration, landfill and quarrying; tall building proposals in London, including London Bridge Tower (the ‘Shards of Glass’), Doon Street tower and at Old Street/City Road; and many retail, warehouse club, hotel and housing schemes. Recent compulsory purchase cases include 10 major retail-led city and town centre redevelopment schemes. He has also advised on a wide range of compensation issues arising from the acquisition of land for regeneration, rail, road and flood relief schemes.
High Court and Court of Appeal cases include R (Al Fayed) v Tandridge DC (telecoms mast development), LB Hillingdon v ARC (limitation/estoppel on compensation claim), R (Lowther) v Durham CC (use of waste as a fuel), R (Hautot) v LB Wandsworth (validity of Battersea Power Station planning permissions), UKRA v Secretary of State (lawfulness of guidance on EPA conditions), and R (Friends of Lake District) v Secretary of State (power to withdraw call-in).
Recommendations in the Legal Press
Neil is ranked as a leading silk in both planning and environmental law in the 2012 edition of Chambers & Partners Guide, where he is described as "unflappable" and "a class act who masters complex and demanding situations very quickly." He is also listed in the Legal 500 2011 and in Legal Experts, and has been consistently ranked amongst the top five planning barristers by the annual Planning Magazine Law Survey.
Neil studied Modern History and Economics at New College, Oxford. He is a member of the Planning and Environmental Bar Association.
12 May 2010
Supreme Court ruling on the scope of material considerations that may be taken into account by a local authority exercising compulsory purchase powers.
17 Sep 2009
11 Aug 2009
01 Jan 2002
24 May 2001
01 Jan 1999
04 Jan 2012
CPO Inquiry, promoting the acquisition of land in Slough town centre for the construction of a new library and cultural centre in a landmark building, known as “the Curve”, as part of the Heart of Slough Regeneration Project. Graeme is being led by Neil King QC.
01 Nov 2008
03 Sep 2008
An inquiry concerning the development of the site of a youth club
07 Dec 2007
12 Mar 2007
21 Nov 2006
15 Apr 2003
Planning inquiry into Plans to transform London’s skyline by building Europe’s tallest skyscraper
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