Flora’s practice is focused on environmental, planning and public law.

Flora has been ranked as one of the top planning barristers under the age of 35. She acts for a wide range of clients including NGOs, central and local government, developers and landowners, and local residents. She regularly appears in court, inquiries and hearings, both in her own right and as junior counsel. Flora has particular experience in cases involving complex environmental matters, and has acted in high profile climate change litigation. Between August 2023 and March 2024, she was seconded to the Office for Environmental Protection.

In appropriate cases, Flora undertakes work on a pro-bono basis.

Called: 2019

UK Environmental Law Association (UKELA) Administrative Law Bar Association (ALBA) Human Rights Lawyers Association (HRLA) Planning and Environmental Bar Association (PEBA)

2019, City, University of London, BPTC – Very Competent 2018, City, University of London, GDL – Distinction 2017, University of Cambridge, MPhil in Early Modern History – Distinction 2016, University of Edinburgh, MA in History – First

Before coming to the Bar, Flora spent four months as a trainee in the cabinet of Judge Bernd Hammermann at the Court of Justice of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). She gained experience in the application of EEA law in a wide range of contexts. Flora also spent three months volunteering as a research assistant to Professor Meg Russell, Director of the UCL Constitution Unit, conducting research into Brexit, parliament, and parliamentary sovereignty. Outside of practice, Flora is the Deputy Chair of Legal Voices for the Future, a collaborative learning forum whose objective is to give voice to a new generation of lawyers on issues connected to the climate and biodiversity crises.