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Provided by Charles Banner KC
Career
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, construction, energy & real estate. He also has considerable experience of human rights and EU law in these contexts.
His advocacy experience includes over 200 reported cases, including 18 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 also appeared in over 250 planning and environmental inquiries/examinations.
He also acts as a dispute resolver. He sits 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.
In February 2024, he was appointed by the Prime Minister to undertake a review into legal challenges to national infrastructure projects. The review reported in May 2024.
In March 2024 he was appointed to the House of Lords as a working peer, in which capacity he sits as a legislator in the upper house of the UK Parliament.
He is the creator and co-presenter of the high profile cross-chambers planning and land use themed weekly discussion show, ‘Have We Got Planning News For You’.
He is an elected member of the Planning and Environment Bar Association’s Executive Committee.