Samantha is a Director of Davisons Law and also the Head of Residential Property Department (Firm Wide). She deals with all manner of Residential Conveyancing work including complex matters involving HMO’s, High Rise Properties and Leasehold. In addition to acting for first time and returning clients, she acts regularly for property developers who have a...
Paul Nathanail has been working in risk based land contamination management and sustainable reuse of brownfields since the 1990s. Over that time he has combined consultancy, research, teaching and service to the land contamination sector. Among other activities, he led the drafting of BS ISO 18504 on sustainable remediation, was the independent Suitably Qualified Person...
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.
Partner and Head of Environment at Shoosmiths LLP Angus is an experienced environmental lawyer whose practice covers all aspects of environmental law from contaminated land to waste, climate change, renewables, nuisance, water pollution and asbestos. He also has expertise in related areas such as energy and health and safety. He advises developers and operators of,...
MINING SURVEYOR AND FORMER HEAD OF MINING INFORMATION AT THE COAL AUTHORITY (TCA) Phil is a Chartered Mineral Surveyor with specialist knowledge of coal mining data and geographic information systems. He is a Director of PinPoint Coal Ltd. Phil began his career with the National Coal Board where he trained to become a mining surveyor...
Stephen advises landowners on capital and income taxes and helps with thinking about how to plan under the new agricultural payment landscape. He has spent many years in central technical offices of large firms, Mazars and PwC, and moved up to Newcastle in 2006 purely because Northumbria is a wonderful part of the country. Until...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Robert Lee is Professor of Law at the University of Birmingham. He has acted as specialist adviser to the European Parliament, the European Commission, the House of Commons and the National Assembly for Wales and has worked for the Department for the Environment in Northern Ireland (drafting environmental legislation), the Irish Environment Protection Agency, the UN Environment...
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...