Cornerstone Barristers

Planning and Environment

Since being called to the Bar in 2012, Nina has built a wide-ranging planning practice specialising in environmental law matters in the context of planning applications, including infrastructure, energy, controversial minerals development, hazardous substances consent, waste, EIA, SEA, agriculture, water, air quality, and nature conservation issues. She has represented clients before the High Court, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court and the United Nations both for and against Government and public bodies. She has been appointed to the Attorney General’s C Panel of counsel.

In 2022 Nina was part of the legal team that challenged the government over its Net Zero Strategy which the High Court, in a historic ruling, deemed as “unlawful”, and led the government to revise its climate strategy to show how key emission reductions will be met.

At COP27 Nina was awarded the Global Leadership Award in Climate Law for her work with an international coalition of bar associations seeking to build the capacity of the legal sector in relation to climate change where it is relevant to legal advice, so as to best serve the needs of lawyers’ clients.

BSc (Hons) Acadia University BPTC College of Law GDL Manchester Metropolitan University