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Welcome to 39 Essex Chambers
39 Essex Chambers is a leading set based in London, Manchester, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Our barristers offer a depth of expertise in a range of specialist sectors and practice areas.
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Podcasts & Other Media
The Planning, Environmental & Property Law Podcast
The Planning, Environmental & Property Law Podcast
Controlling Demolition in Planning and the Save Britain’s Heritage Lancaster Case – Richard Harwood OBE QC
In this podcast, Richard Harwood QC looks at how planning law finally took control over the demolition of buildings. In 2009 the former Mitchell’s Brewery site was the subject of…
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The Planning, Environmental & Property Law Podcast
PODCAST: A short history of short cuts in the planning system
In this podcast, Richard Harwood QC looks at the numerous ways of obtaining planning consent without making a planning application to the local authority and asks, how far have development…
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The Planning, Environmental & Property Law Podcast
Cold War – with Richard Harwood QC
In this episode, Richard discusses the planning battle over a relic of the Cold War in Cambridge and asks what does it tell us about ourselves?
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The Planning, Environmental & Property Law Podcast
An Opportunity Not to Be Missed Again – John Pugh-Smith
In this episode John Pugh-Smith FSA FCIArb, a leading mediator and promoter of the use of its facilitative techniques in the planning and compensation systems, discusses how it can be…
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The Planning, Environmental & Property Law Podcast
That Technical Traps Submission – John Pugh-Smith
In this episode John Pugh-Smith, wearing his hat as an arbitrator and neutral dispute resolver, discusses the significance of the recent case of Norfolk Homes Ltd v North Norfolk DC [2020]…
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The Planning, Environmental & Property Law Podcast
Openness in a year of Lockdowns
In this episode John Pugh-Smith reviews the Higher Courts cases on the correct approach to this Green Belt thorny issue, starting with the Supreme Court’s judgment in R (Samuel Smith…
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The Planning, Environmental & Property Law Podcast
That ADR Feeling – John Pugh-Smith
In this episode John Pugh-Smith considers this topic in the context of the current round of consultation on changes to the Judicial Review: the Government commissioned Faulks’ Independent Review of…
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The Planning, Environmental & Property Law Podcast
Planning Court Reform
In this episode, Richard Harwood QC considers the four different ways of bringing proceedings in the Planning Court and asks whether four should become one.
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