Richard Wald

Recommendations

Richard was placed amongst the top junior Planning Barristers in Planning Magazine Legal Survey 2008 (sixth consecutive year ranked).

He is also ranked by Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 in the categories of Planning Law (currently 3rd tier of Leading Juniors) and Environmental Law (currently 2nd tier of Leading Juniors) for the last four years.

Quotes

Environment
"commercially astute and a pleasure to work with," Chambers & Partners 2010
“His skills are developing rapidly” Chambers & Partners 2009
"...possesses all the competence and commercial know-how that clients require from a commercial barrister..." Chambers & Partners 2008
"...excellent junior..." Legal 500 2008
"...extremely bright...[possessing] the focus and dedication to carve a great name for himself." Chambers & Partners 2006
Planning
"He is always exceptionally well prepared, and so there are never any gaps in his knowledge. He is also a powerful cross-examiner." Chambers & Partners 2010
“hard-working attitude and directness” Chambers & Partners 2009
“a growing force in the market” Chambers & Partners 2009
"very bright up-and-coming planning barrister" Chambers & Partners 2008
"...very good at inquiry... really good stuff" Chambers & Partners 2007

Appointments

The Attorney General's B Panel of Counsel to the Crown: 2009
The Attorney General's C Panel of Prosecution Counsel: 2001

Significant Cases

(1) Jonathan Sumption (2) Teresa Sumption v Greenwich LBC & Christopher Rokos (QBD), 30 November 2007, [2007] EWHC 2776 (Admin)
John Sole v (1) Secretary of State for Trade & Industry (2) London Development Agency (QBD), 30 May 2007, Lawtel 30 May 2007
City of York Council v Elvington Park Ltd, 1 October 2006, July & October 2006
Olympics Compulsory Purchase Order, 27 February 2006

Publications

Encyclopaedia of Environmental Law (General Editor) Sweet & Maxwell 2009
Highways Law and Practice LexisNexis 1 June 2009

Articles

Environmental Law: The New Regulatory Regime (November 2008)
Seminar Paper - Environmental Impact Assessment (July 2006, Richard Harwood, Justine Thornton and Richard Wald)
Seminar Paper - Major Infrastructure Update (January 2006, Martin Edwards, Richard Harwood and Richard Wald)
Seminar Paper - The CROW Act 2000 (June 2004, Richard Wald)