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Stephen Tromans KC

Stephen Tromans KC

Position

Barrister specialising in environmental, planning and public law; significant cases include: R (Edwards) v Environment Agency [2006]; Humber Sea Terminal v Secretary of State [2005]; R (Hardy) v Pembrokeshire County Council [2006]; R (Transco plc) v Environment Agency [2007]; R (OSS Group Ltd) v Environment Agency [2007]; R (Horner) v Lancashire County Council [2007]; R (Pallikaropoulos) v Environment Agency [2008]; R (Akester) v DEFRA (2010); R (Walker) v Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (2011); Barr v Biffa (2012). Publications: ‘Planning Law, Practice & Precedents’; ‘Commercial Leases’; ‘Encyclopedia of Environmental Law’; ‘ Nuclear Law’; ‘Contaminated Land’; ‘Environmental Impact Assessment’.

Career

Qualified solicitor 1981; university lecturer, Cambridge 1981-87; partner Simmons & Simmons 1991-99; called to the Bar 1999; Inner Temple. Appointed to QC, 2009.

Memberships

UKELA; ALBA; BEG; PEBA; COMBAR.

Education

Rowley Regis Grammar School; Selwyn College, Cambridge (1978 BA; 1982 MA).

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