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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.
Practice Areas
- Administrative & Public
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Banking & Finance
- Civil Liability
- Clinical Negligence
- Commercial
- Construction
- Costs & Litigation Funding
- Court of Protection
- EU Law
- Inquiries & Investigations
- Intellectual Property
- International Arbitration
- International Litigation
- Personal Injury
- Planning, Environment & Property
- Regulatory & Disciplinary
- Tax
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Planning, Environment & Property
What our barristers offer
39 Essex Chambers has a strong planning, environmental and property group, comprising leading practitioners who are widely regarded as combining a strong academic background with pragmatism and versatility as well as being easy to work with.
Related practice areas
The environmental and planning team draws on the strength of chambers in public, energy, commercial and common law, including local government probity issues, to provide comprehensive advice in all areas of environmental, planning and property law. Our other relevant expertise is in European Union, international, tax and criminal law.
Our experience
Our barristers regularly appear in leading cases in the Supreme Court (and previously in the House of Lords), Court of Appeal and High Court, as well as undertaking public inquiry, Crown Court and magistrates’ court work. Other appearances include before the European Court of Justice, the European Court of First Instance, the Privy Council, the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal and courts in the Caribbean.
What the directories say
Chambers was awarded Real Estate, Environment and Planning Set of the Year in The Legal 500 UK 2018 Awards for the second successive year. In addition, it is recent, and four time, winners of the Chambers & Partners Environment/Planning Set of the Year. Our team includes three of the last five Environment/Planning Silks of the Year. We have been described by Chambers & Partners as housing “a fine band of leading and much in-demand individuals”.
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Who to contact
Michael Kaplan is the Senior Clerk for the Planning, Environment & Property team and will, along with the clerking team below, be able to help you with any questions.
Michael Kaplan
Call: +44 (0)20 7634 9076
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