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Dr Kathryn Collins

Kathryn is a Senior Environmental Consultant with over 8 years’ experience within marine environmental research, industry and regulation. Her PhD in Environmental (Marine) Planning was completed in 2020 and explored offshore consenting with a focus on stakeholder consultation and the regulatory assessment decision-making process. Kathryn has previously worked for the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) where...

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Maya Sainani

Maya is an aspiring environmental lawyer with a particular interest on biodiversity protection. She recently obtained a 1st class degree in Law from the University of Sussex and is presently working as a legal journalist for the Legal500 Green Guide, which focuses on highlighting law firms’ contribution to a green transition internationally.  Currently, Maya is...

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Stuart Tym

Stuart is a Planning Lawyer (Partner) at Knights. He has over 15 years experience of planning from both the private and public sector, with a particular expertise in enabling developments and enforcement work, as well as compulsory purchase, the negotiation of complex s.106 agreements, and judicial review. He acts for a wide variety of clients,...

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Andrew Wiseman

Andrew has over 25 years’ experience in environmental and planning law. He is the author of the Law Society Environmental Law Handbook and a chapter author of the Law Society Conveyancing Handbook. He was formerly a partner and head of environmental law at an international law firm in the City of London. His practice encompasses...

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Eleanor Baggs

Eleanor has been in legal practice for over 30 years, first as a real estate lawyer and more recently in compliance.  She was the head of compliance for a well known regional law firm, dealing with compliance policies and procedures and client onboarding.  She led its planning and implementation of GDPR, and is a registered...

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Bob Pritchard

Bob is a Legal Director & specialist planning lawyer at Shoosmiths with over 25 years’ experience. He has also held senior positions in local government including the post of City Solicitor and Monitoring Officer at Leeds City Council. He specialises in large scale regeneration and infrastructure projects including the use of compulsory purchase (CPO) powers.

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