Maurice Sheridan

Specialises in EU law, environmental law, commercial law, international law and arbitration; cases include: Ex p Standley (the application of general principles of EC environmental law); Ex p Yorkshire Water Services Ltd (application of Carltona principles); Ex p Kelly on (authorisation under Radioactive Substances Act 1993 and Articles 6 and 10 ECHR); Ex parte Vetterlein (Article 6(1) ECHR and planning decisions); Barratt’s Homes Ltd v Dwr Cymru Cyfyngedig (connection rights to urban wastewater collection systems); JPMO v The States of Jersey and the Jersey Potato Marketing Board (in the Jersey Royal Court and ECJ on free movement of goods between Jersey and the EC; Lennox v ILCO (ECJ) on free movement of agricultural goods within the EC; Ex p Horwath (ECJ (compatibility of constitutional devolved government arrangements with EU regulations); Uniplex (ECJ) (application of EU fundamental principles of legality and legal certainty in public procurement challenges). Has advised and acted on behalf of the European Commission, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the European Investment Bank, government ministries, privatised utilities, corporations, NGOs and individuals and appeared before international, EU and domestic courts and tribunals on behalf of various public entities, commercial operators, NGOs and individuals.