Josef Cannon KC

Practice Areas

Josef Cannon's practice at the Bar focuses on licensing, town and country planning, regulatory work, and property including landlord and tenant. He is recognised as a leading junior, in both licensing and planning, by Chambers and Partners.

He acts for and advises a wide range of local authorities, the licensed trade, developers, regulatory bodies, landlords and private individuals. He is also an accredited mediator, with particular expertise in mediating disputes in the public sector, particularly where they relate to planning or licensing.

In recent years he has:

• represented Uber Britannia Limited in a Part 8 claim in the High Court as to the correct interpretation of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976

• successfully reinstated a licence for a music festival operator in Hertfordshire

• successfully defended a series of refusals of planning permission for residential schemes in the Green Belt, and

• acted for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council in a judicial review against its sex licensing policy.

Professional Memberships

• Institute of Licensing (IoL)

• Planning and Environment Bar Association (PEBA)

• Administrative Law Bar Association (ALBA)

Personal

Keen but limited cricketer, avid eater of delicious food, sometime food entrepreneur.

Publications

Contributor to textbooks and Journals, including Licensed Premises: Law and Practice and the Journal of Licensing.