Gordon Nardell QC
- Year called: 1995
- Year appointed Silk: 2010
- Email: gordon.nardell@39essex.com
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Gordon’s practice covers commercial and regulatory disputes about major projects and cross-border supplies of services in a range of sectors including energy, utilities, financial services and telecommunications. Much of his work involves EU and international law on procurement, environmental impacts and information rights. Gordon was elected Leader of the European Circuit of the Bar in 2012. Before taking silk he served on the Attorney-General’s panels of civil advocates. Gordon is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is on the LCIA arbitrators’ panel. He was formerly a commercial litigation solicitor. Before moving to the Bar he practised at the Council of Europe and later the UK Parliamentary Counsel Office where he was a member of the drafting teams for the Competition Act 1998, Human Rights Act 1998 and Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. He undertakes Parliamentary and public affairs work for a range of commercial clients. Gordon is fluent in French and speaks some German and Italian.
Recommendations
Gordon is recommended in Environment and Planning in Chambers & Partners 2010, 2011 and 2012.
Quotes
"can explain complex concepts in a very engaging manner." Chambers & Partners 2010
"encyclopaedic knowledge of human rights law" Chambers & Partners 2009
"Down-to-earth" Chambers & Partners 2009
"superb legal resource" Chambers & Partners 2009
"accessible, sensible nature" Chambers & Partners 2009
"quick on his feet" Chambers & Partners 2009
"well known and highly respected" Chambers and Partners, 2008
"very popular with clients because 'he really fights for them'" Chambers & Partners
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Publications
"Levelling up: Data Privacy and the European Court of Human Rights" in Data Protection in a Profiled World, Gutwirth et al, Springer 2013
Burnett-Hall on Environmental Law, Sweet & Maxwell, 3rd Edition, 2013 (contributor)
"A Disturbance in the Law? Implications of Recent Caselaw on the Species Protection Provisions of the Habitats Directive”. [2011] JPL 1155 (Co-authored with Penny Simpson of DLA Piper UK LLP) 2011
Clayton and Tomlinson, The Law of Human Rights OUP March 2003 (contributor)
Human Rights for the New Millennium BIHR/Kluwer 1 June 2000 (contributor)
Butterworths' Guide to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (contributor)
Related Newsletters
Environmental & Planning Newsletter, March 2013
Environmental & Planning Newsletter August 2012
Environmental and Planning Newsletter - March 2012