Alex Goodman KC

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Alex Goodman KC frequently appears in the higher courts and recently led the successful appeal about open space in the Supreme Court in Day v Shropshire. He was awarded the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Outstanding Achievement award in 2021. The Brook House Inquiry, which Alex had a significant involvement in, was awarded as ‘Highly Commended’ for the Halsbury Rule of Law Award at the LexisNexis UK 2023 Awards. Alex was appointed to the EHRC’s ‘A’ Panel in 2019.

Alex acts for any client: developers, individuals, local authorities, central government, NGOs. He is particularly known for public interest litigation. His broad practice includes: planning, environment, public law, public Interest litigation, human rights and civil liberties, immigration, discrimination and equality, Local Government, climate change, habitats and public inquiries.

Alex wrote the Atkins Court Forms edition on Common Land and Village Greens. Alex helped set up Medical Justice, a charity working with immigration detainees (of which he was chair for five years) and a human rights NGO Kindred which he helped establish initially to organise advice to migrants in Northern France during a career break 2015-2018. Alex is a former councillor at the London Borough of Camden. He is the Joint Head of Landmark's Public and Administrative Law group.

As a fellow of the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law Alex has worked on the constitutions of Myanmar, Palestine and The Gambia. He is currently instructed on climate change cases in South America and East Africa.