Jacqueline Cook > Davidson Chalmers Stewart > Edinburgh, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile

Jacqueline Cook

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Work Department

Planning

Position

Head of Planning Law at Davidson Chalmers Stewart, Jacqueline acts for a wide range of clients on contentious and non-contentious matters. She has experience in all UK planning jurisdictions and routinely advises on consenting strategy, statutory and commercial contracts, appeals and judicial review. Her work includes energy infrastructure, residential and commercial development, landmark retail, leisure and mixed-use developments and specialist aspects of planning, such as heritage assets. Dual qualified in England/Wales (since 2006) and Scotland (since 2009), she has a particular interest in comparative public law and is a regular contributor to Scottish Planning and Environmental Law, the planning law journal of record for Scotland.

Career

Davidson Chalmers Stewart LLP, Director, 2018-present

Pinsent Masons LLP, Associate 2011-2018

Shepherd+ Wedderburn LLP, Solicitor 2008-2011

Herbert Smith LLP, Trainee 2004-2006, Solicitor 2006-2008

Memberships

Law Society of Scotland Specialist Accreditation in Planning Law (2023)

Education

BPP Law School, London, LPC 2002- 2003, PgDL 2001 – 2002

University of Edinburgh, MSc 2000 – 2001

Durham University, BA Joint Hons 1997 – 2000