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Provided by Shemuel Sheikh
Shem practises across all areas of administrative and public law, with a particular specialism in planning, local government, licensing and regulatory law. He acts for both developers and local authorities. He has acted in a range of public inquiries and hearings, judicial review proceedings, enforcement appeals and local authority prosecutions. He has experience in a variety of areas from planning applications and appeals (including nationally significant infrastructure projects, major applications, permitted development rights approvals, amendment applications, changes of use, discharge of conditions, s.106 agreements and listed buildings) to town and village green applications and development consent orders. With prior experience assisting NGOs he is also well placed and regularly acts in cases involving human rights matters, especially in relation to the exercise of local authority powers and governance including emergency powers and obtaining injunctions. Shem also regularly acts in licensing appeals, both for applicants and licensing authorities.
Shem is on the Attorney Generalās Regional C Panel as Junior Counsel to the Crown, is direct access qualified and part of Advocateās Pro-Bono Pledge. Before joining Chambers, Shem specialised in judicial review at masterās level.
The Planning and Environment Bar Association (PEBA)
The Constitutional and Administrative Bar Association (ALBA)
The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple
Northern Circuit
The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple Ashworth Scholarship, Exhibition Award and Duke of Edinburgh Award
BPP Advocacy Scholarship
UCL Deans Scholarship
OUP-ICCA National Moot Competition Champion
Barrister Training Course
Distinction, BPP London Holborn
University College London
LLM Master of Laws ā Distinction
University College London
LLB Law with Another Legal System (Hong Kong),
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Shemuel Sheikh has a growing planning practice and is well equipped to advise both local authorities and developers on a range of planning law matters, including appeals, judicial review proceedings and public inquiries. He is regularly instructed on cases with ecological concerns and shows particular expertise handling the planning aspects of solar farm projects.
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Shemuel Sheikh has a very good way with clients and with judges.
Shemuel is just so easy to work with; he always gives clear advice and responds really quickly.
Shemuel Sheikh is very good at drilling down into detail very quickly and disseminating information.
Shemuel Sheikh has a very good way with clients and with judges.
Shemuel is just so easy to work with; he always gives clear advice and responds really quickly.
Shemuel Sheikh is very good at drilling down into detail very quickly and disseminating information.