James' practice spans the full scope of public law, with particular expertise in planning and environmental, public procurement and subsidy control matters.
James is ranked in Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 most recent directory guides as a leading junior in public procurement law.
He joined Landmark Chambers from Allen & Overy, where he spent five years focussing on commercial judicial review, planning and environmental, procurement litigation and international arbitration, particularly in the renewable energy, regulated utilities and infrastructure sectors.
Prior to joining the Bar, James worked in the House of Lords in the Opposition Whips Office as the lead researcher in constitutional and legal affairs, working with the Shadow Front Bench and Shadow Lord Chancellor. He also served with the Coldstream Guards on a number of operational tours, during which time he trained and qualified for the Bar.
• MA (Oxon) Classics Double First (1995 – 1999)
• Royal Military Academy Sandhurst – 2000
• Postgraduate Diploma in Law (UWE) (Merit) (2002 – 2004)
• Bar Vocational Course, BPP London (2004 – 2006)
Scholarships
• Fitzgerald Scholar (Exeter College, Oxford)
• Profumo Scholar (Inner Temple)
Memberships
• Administrative Law Bar Association
• ICC Young Arbitrators Forum
• Procurement Law Association
• United Kingdom Constitutional Law Association
• United Kingdom Environmental Law Association
Publications
• Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2009, Oxford University Press (2010) (contributor)
• Plan for the worst: the meaning of plan or project under the Habitats Directive, Journal of Environmental Law and Management (2010)
• Access to Environmental Justice, Journal of Environmental Law and Management (2010)
• The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme, Journal of Planning and Environmental Law (2010)
• Environmental Law and Property Transactions, 3rd Edition, Tottel (2009) (contributor)
• Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill 2008, June 2008 (Solicitors Journal)
• Statutory Nuisance 2008, Second Edition, Tottel, McCracken et Alia (contributor)