Nigel Pleming KC
Year of call: 1971
Silk: 1992
The Supreme Court has granted permission to appeal the Court of Appeal's judgment in R (Bancoult (No 3)) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs [2014] EWCA Civ 708. The appeal concerns the Government's decision to ban fishing around the Chagos Islands and to establish a Marine Protected Area there. Whilst the Court of Appeal found against Mr Bancoult, it also held that a Wikileak Cable showing a communication between the US London Embassy and the US Government was admissible.
Mr Bancoult is represented by Nigel Pleming QC, Richard Wald and Stephen Kosmin