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Andrew Tait KC KC
Work Department
- Planning
- Environment
- Compulsory Purchase and Land Valuation
- Administrative and Public
Position
Andrew Tait KC’s areas of work are in planning, environmental, administrative and land compensation. He has wide experience across the planning field. He has extensive experience of Development Consent Orders (including the East Anglia One North, East Anglia Two and Sizewell C DCOs in 2021) Transport and Works Act Orders, Compulsory Purchase Orders and parliamentary bills. Schemes he has promoted include the Victoria Station Upgrade, the Northern Line Extension, Barking Riverside Extension, Bank Station Capacity Upgrade, the Poole Twin Sails Bridge, the DLR (2012 Games Preparation) Order, the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon scheme, the Weymouth Relief Road, the South Devon Link Road and the East Leeds Orbital Extension. He acted for BAA on Crossrail, for BAA and BMW on HS2 and for ABP on the M4 Newport scheme. He has successfully resisted many judicial reviews, such as BBOWT v Secretary of State for Transport (2019) and in Client Earth v Secretary of State for Business (2021).
Career
- MA (Oxon) (Open Exhibitioner)
- QC 2003
Memberships
Planning and Environment Bar Association (Chairman 2016-2019)
Administrative Law Bar Association
Parliamentary Bar
Compulsory Purchase Association
National Infrastructure Planning Association
Association for Real Property and Infrastructure
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Planning
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Andrew Tait KC –Francis Taylor Building ‘Andrew is a top level counsel at the planning Bar and very well regarded. He is hardworking, clear in his advice, provides calm assurance to the project team and is always a pleasure to work with.’