Cornerstone Barristers

Local government; planning; housing.

David is a public law specialist working primarily in areas of local government, planning and housing. He represents local authorities and other public bodies, as well as private clients and residents' associations in inquiries and judicial review claims.

He has appeared in some of the most significant planning and housing cases in recent years and has related expertise in human rights and EU law.

He is a highly experienced and knowledgeable advocate with extensive experience of the Court of Appeal and High Court where he has successfully represented many local authorities, his recent cases include Panayiotou v Waltham Forest LBC [2018] 2 W.L.R. 1439; Eastwood v The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead [2016) EWCA Civ 437; Handley v Lake Jackson Solicitors [2016) EWCA Civ 465 [2016) 1 WLR 3138; Sanneh v SSWP [2015) EWCA Civ 49; London Borough of Enfield v Najim [2015] EWCA Civ 319; London Borough of Wandsworth v NJ [2013] EWCA Civ. 1373; Bubb v Wandsworth LBC [2011) EWCA Civ 1285.

David was called to the Bar in 1996 at Gray's Inn, after completing a law degree at Cambridge University.

Constitutional and Administrative Law Bar Association (ALBA); Planning and Environment Bar Association (PEBA).

Loughborough Grammar School; Cambridge University (BA Hons Law).

Wildlife conservation (treasurer Slovak wildlife society), guitar, hiking.