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Ms Stephanie Bruce-Smith
Position
Stephanie has a busy practice across all of Chambers’ practice areas, including public, planning and environmental law. She regularly appears in court and at inquiries, both in her own right and as junior counsel.
Stephanie has experience acting for and advising a range clients including NGOs, central and local government, public bodies, developers, landowners and local residents.
She welcomes instructions across all of Chambers’ practice areas. In appropriate cases, Stephanie is happy to work on a pro-bono basis.
Career
Prior to commencing pupillage, Stephanie worked as a paralegal at Town Legal LLP, researching and assisting with the drafting of advice on planning issues including:
- Implementation of planning permissions;
- Interpretation of a planning permission;
- Permitted Development rights;
- Changes of use;
- Enforcement time limits.
While at Town Legal, Stephanie also worked on two enforcement appeals and a related judicial review challenge, gaining considerable experience in this area.
Memberships
- Planning and Environmental Bar Association (PEBA)
- Administrative Law Bar Association (ALBA)
- UK Environmental Law Association (UKELA)
Education
- The University of Law, BPC (very competent) (2021)
- University of Oxford, BA Law (Jurisprudence) (First) (2020)
- University College London & SciencesPo Paris, BA European Social and Political Studies: Dual Degree (First) (2016)
- Mistress of Moots, The University of Law
- Wilfred Watson Scholarship, Gray’s Inn
- Exhibitioner, Merton College, Oxford
- Fowler Prizes for performance in internal examinations, Merton College, Oxford
- Allen & Overy Second Year Law Prize, Merton College, Oxford
- Sessional Prize, University College London
- Winner UKELA Lord Slynn of Hadley (Senior) Moot (2021)
- Winner HSF Disability Mooting Championship: Oxford v Cambridge (2019)
- Quarterfinalist at the international rounds of the Price Media Law Moot Court, representing University of Oxford (2018-19)