Richard Harwood QC

Year called: 1993
Year appointed Silk: 2013
Email: richard.harwood@39essex.com
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Recommendations

Environment/Planning Junior of the Year at the Chambers Bar Awards 2011
Ranked as the number 1 Environment junior in Planning Magazine's 2010 survey.
Recommended by Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500 2009 as a leading junior in Environment and Planning law and by Chambers & Partners as a leading junior in Local Government.
Finalist for 'Barrister of the Year' at the Lawyer Awards 2006.

Quotes

"Continues to impress observers with the quality of his very full local government, environment and planning law practice" Chambers & Partners 2012

"incredibly good in planning related judicial reviews"
Instructing Solicitors are in awe of his "amazing application of case law and innovative thinking"
"often a first choice for planning matters with a heavy environmental theme" Chambers & Partners 2011

highly respected for his acumen in matters relating to pollution prevention and control (PPC), environmental impact assessment (EIA) and contaminated land Chambers & Partners 2010
noted for the sheer number of cases he picks up Chambers & Partners 2010

"popular with all sides of the market" Chambers & Partners 2008
"a persuasive and formidable opponent" Chambers & Partners 2008

"an effective advocate and skilled tactician" Legal 500 2009
"particularly good at advisory work" Legal 500 2009

Appointments

Fellow of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies and former member of its Advisory Council
Committee member of the Planning and Environment Bar Association
Former Deputy Chair of the Advisory Panel on Standards for the Planning Inspectorate
Former London borough councillor: 1998-2006

Significant Cases

R (SAVE Britain's Heritage) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, [2011] EWCA Civ 334
Hirose Electrical UK LTD v Peak Ingredients Ltd, 21 October 2010, [2011] JPL 429
R(Mellor) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government C-75/08, 30 April 2009
Prevention of Terrorism Bill 2005, 1 February 2005, February - March 2005

Publications

Journal of Planning and Environment Law - Case commentator Sweet & Maxwell 2010
Local Government Contracts and Procurement (Contributor) Tottel May 2007
Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004: A Guide to the New Law Law Society 2005
Contaminated Land: Property Transactions and the New Regime EMIS 31 December 2000
Archaeology in Law (Sweet & Maxwell: 1996)
Planning Enforcement EMIS 1 May 1996

Articles

Environmental Impact Assessment
Overview of Judicial Review
Bias in the planning context – an update (April 2010)
The Code of Conduct: an Introduction
Waste Development Plan Documents Law and Practice (April 2009)
The Planning Bill - Infrastructure Proposals (October 2008, Richard Harwood)
Standards: the new Code of Conduct, investigations and the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (April 2008), Richard Harwood, Gordon Nardell, Alex Ruck Keene)
Code of Conduct: Issues of Interest (April 2008, Richard Harwood)
Forming Companies to Bring Proceedings: Use or Abuse (December 2007, Richard Harwood)
Local Authority Constitutions (October 2006, Richard Harwood)
Seminar Paper - Environmental Impact Assessment (July 2006, Richard Harwood, Justine Thornton and Richard Wald)
Planning Elephant Traps (June 2006, Justine Thornton and Richard Harwood)
Seminar Paper - The Changing Face of Development Control: duration, use classes and temporary stop notices (January 2006, Richard Harwood)
Seminar Paper - Major Infrastructure Update (January 2006, Martin Edwards, Richard Harwood and Richard Wald)

Related Newsletters

Environmental & Planning Newsletter, March 2013
Environmental & Planning Newsletter August 2012
Environmental and Planning Newsletter - March 2012