Ranking tables
Planning | UK Bar
Midlands (Bar)
Rankings overview for Sets
Band 2
Band 1
- Christopher Young KC No5 Barristers' Chambers21 Years Ranked
- Paul G. Tucker KC Kings Chambers24 Years Ranked
- Peter Goatley KCNo5 Barristers' Chambers
- Richard Kimblin KCNo5 Barristers' Chambers
Band 1
- Killian Garvey Kings Chambers7 Years Ranked
- James Corbet BurcherNo5 Barristers' Chambers
- Satnam ChoonghNo5 Barristers' Chambers
- Thea Osmund-SmithNo5 Barristers' Chambers
Band 2
- Gary A Grant Kings Chambers6 Years Ranked
- Christian HawleyNo5 Barristers' Chambers
- Jack SmythNo5 Barristers' Chambers
- Sarah CloverKings Chambers
- Timothy JonesNo5 Barristers' Chambers
All Sets profiles
Band 1
1 No5 Barristers' ChambersPlanning2024 | Band 1 | 20 Years RankedNo5 Barristers' Chambers has an established reputation for excellence in planning law throughout the Midlands and further afield. Many of the barristers at the set are highly experienced in major infrastructure and development issues. Members of the set continue to handle major planning inquiries and well-publicised cases, and frequently appear at all levels of the UK court system, including the Supreme Court. As one source comments, "No5 has a wealth of talent and expertise." Noteworthy recent instructions include securing planning permission for a motorway service area development in the green belt on behalf of Extra and representing Persimmon Homes on a successful appeal against refusal of a major residential development proposal.
Band 2
2 Kings ChambersPlanning2024 | Band 2 | 6 Years RankedKings Chambers is well known for its planning expertise and is home to barristers specialising in all areas of planning law. The set is equipped to handle residential development issues and highways matters, among other planning law disputes. Barristers at the set work with a wide variety of both private and public sector clients, including house builders and local authorities, and regularly feature in well-publicised planning appeals across the Midlands Circuit. Recent instructions include representing Asda Stores in multiple judicial review challenges and Oakley Farm on a public inquiry into the proposal for 250 houses in the Cotswolds.