Cornerstone Barristers

Licensing; planning; public law.

Practice Areas

Josef’s practice at the Bar focuses on licensing, town and country planning, regulatory work, and property including landlord and tenant. He is recognised as a leading junior, in both licensing and planning, by Chambers and Partners.

Clients

He acts for and advises a wide range of local authorities, the licensed trade, developers, regulatory bodies, landlords and private individuals. He is also an accredited mediator, with particular expertise in mediating disputes in the public sector, particularly where they relate to planning or licensing.

Recent work

In recent years he has:

• represented Uber Britannia Limited in a Part 8 claim in the High Court as to the correct interpretation of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976
• successfully reinstated a licence for a music festival operator in Hertfordshire
• successfully defended a series of refusals of planning permission for residential schemes in the Green Belt, and
• acted for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council in a judicial review against its sex licensing policy.

Publications

Contributor to textbooks and Journals, including Licensed Premises: Law and Practice and the Journal of Licensing.

Called 2002, Lincoln’s Inn. Member of Cornerstone Barristers 2004 to date.

French, Spanish.

Wymondham College, Norfolk; Kings College London (LLB (Hons)); College of Law (BVC).

Keen but limited cricketer; enthusiastic gourmand; runs a speciality coffee shop in Brixton in his 'spare time'.