Charles Banner KC

Charles Banner KC has a heavyweight domestic and international practice, principally focused on (i) planning & environmental law, (ii) public law, government contracts, public procurement and subsidy control and (iii) commercial disputes, especially in the context of development, infrastructure and energy. He also has considerable experience of human rights and EU law in these contexts.

Since 2024 he has been a working peer in the House of Lords.

His advocacy experience includes over 200 reported cases, including 19 appeals in the UK Supreme Court, 13 cases before the EU Courts, 9 cases before the UNECE Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee, 4 cases before the European Court of Human Rights as well as UK Parliamentary Select Committee hearings. He has appeared in over 250 planning and environmental inquiries/examinations.

He also acts as a dispute resolver (FCIArb & FHKIArb). From 2019 until 2025 he sat judicially on a part-time basis as a Justice of the Astana International Finance Centre Court. He also accepts appointments as an Arbitrator, Mediator and Expert. He participated in the UK Parliament’s scrutiny of the Bill that became the Arbitration Act 2025.

In February 2024, he was appointed by the Prime Minister to undertake the Independent Review of Legal Challenges to Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects. The review’s recommendations are being taken forward in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill 2025.

He is an elected member of the Planning and Environment Bar Association’s Committee.