Thomas Cosgrove KC

Practice Areas

Tom Cosgrove KC’s work as a leading silk covers a broad range of areas and developments including renewable energy, heritage, commercial, employment, residential and leisure proposals, nationally significant infrastructure projects and judicial review/statutory challenges in the High Court. He is regularly instructed by leading house builders, retailers, private companies, planning authorities, public bodies and interest groups throughout the country.

Career

• Appointed Silk in 2017

• Joint Head of Chambers at Cornerstone since 2020

Professional Memberships

• Vice-Chair Planning and Environment Bar Association (PEBA) (2022-)

• Barrister Governing Bencher of the Inner Temple (2020-)

• Member of Bar Standards Board Professional Conduct Committee (2013-2017)

• Administrative and Constitutional Law Bar Association (ALBA)

Publications

He was the general editor of the first edition of Cornerstone on the Planning Court.

Personal

Beyond planning, Tom takes a keen interest in legal education and issues relating to diversity, recruitment and training for barristers generally.