Acting for the Claimant at the Court of Appeal in a case concerning the powers held by a planning inspector under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 s.174(2)(f) to determine the planning merits in an appeal against an enforcement notice issued by the local authority. The High Court judgment also established that court’s jurisdiction to grant permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal on a second appeal in cases proceeding under s. 189 TCPA 1990.