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Rose Grogan

Rose Grogan

Position

Commercial: Rose’s practice includes commercial and construction disputes; international arbitration; planning and environmental law; public law and healthcare law. Recent cases include: R (Antoniou) v Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust and Others (Article 2 ECHR claim arising out of self-harm in a psychiatric ward); R (on the application of SAVE Britain’s heritage and the Victorian Society) v Sheffield City Council and the University of Sheffield [2013] EWHC 2456 (Admin) (concerning the demolition of a listed building, costs protection under the Aarhus Convention and interpretation of the NPPF); MoD v TES [2014] EWHC 244 (TCC) (A claim under s.68 Arbitration Act 1996 arising out of a construction arbitration). Rose is currently instructed by the Ministry of Defence in a multi-million pound construction dispute. She also has experience in International Arbitration with a particular focus on energy and infrastructure matters in SE Asia. In the field of planning and environmental law, Rose regularly acts for developers, local authorities and objectors. Her recent experience includes the proposed building of a tarmac runway in the green belt; gypsy and traveller sites in the green belt, and the change of use of a historic cinema in Walthamstow. Rose is particularly interested in enforcement work and has acted as prosecution and defence counsel in criminal matters. In 2013, Rose was seconded to the Attorney General’s Chambers of Singapore, where she assisted with public law matters and delivered a three day Public Law Masterclass. In the field of health law, Rose has acted for NHS England in a high-profile article 2 ECHR claim. She has also been instructed in disputes relating to NHS contracts before the FHSAU. In 2014, she assisted with the high-profile case of Warren, where a widow successfully prevented the destruction of her husband’s sperm.

Career

Called 2010; Lincoln’s Inn.

Memberships

COMBAR; PIBA; ARDL; SCL.

Education

Aberdeen Grammar School; Lincoln College, University of Oxford (2008 BA Jurisprudence First Class (Hons)); McGill University (2009 LLM); City University (2010 BVC (Outstanding)).

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