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FRANCIS TAYLOR BUILDING, INNER TEMPLE
LONDON
EC4Y 7BY
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Cain Ormondroyd
Work Department
- Rating
- Planning
- Adminstrative and Public
- Local Government
- Ecclesiastical
Position
Cain Ormondroyd practices in the fields of public and planning law, with a particular focus on heavyweight land valuation disputes and contentious planning appeals
He combines work in these areas with an interest in several specialist areas including highways, commons and village greens, listed buildings, planning enforcement and ecclesiastical law. He is an acknowledged expert in the area of rating and the council tax, being one of the editors of Ryde on Rating and also the author of The Rating and Council Tax Pocketbook. Cain is ranked in ‘Band 1’ by the Chambers and Partners Directory for his work in this area and described as ‘a go-to practitioner for rating appeals’. He was named as Government and Third Sector Junior of the Year 2022 by the Legal 500 Bar Awards.
Cain acts for a broad range of clients including major public companies, developers, central and local government bodies. He is a member of the Attorney General’s ‘A’ Panel of specialist counsel and is often instructed by HMRC. He appears most frequently at hearings in the Valuation Tribunal, Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) and High Court and at public inquiries, but has appeared in and accepts instructions to appear in all courts from the magistrates’ court up to the Supreme Court.
He is also a member of the Planning and Environment Bar Association, the National Infrastructure Planning Association and the Compulsory Purchase Association.
Career
Called to the Bar, 2007
Memberships
- Attorney General’s A Panel of approved counsel
- CPA
- NIPA
- PEBA
Education
- Magdalen College, University of Oxford – B.A. (Hons) in Modern History (First class)
- UWE, Bristol – CPE (Distinction), BVC (Outstanding, top mark in year)
- Western Circuit Advocacy Prize, for best advocacy on BVC
- Lord Bowen, Walter Wigglesworth and Hardwicke scholarships from Lincoln’s Inn
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Valuation and Rating
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Francis Taylor Building consists of ‘not just top KCs, but excellent juniors too’, with members active for ratepayers, local authorities, and government departments. Richard Glover KC is a prominent thought leader in the area with experience in a broad range of complex and high-value matters, including acting for the Secretary of State for Transport in Cemex Operations Ltd v Secretary of State for Transport, a valuation case assessing a compensation claim for £100m, relating to a site acquisition for the HS2 project. Richard Honey KC represented HS2 in Accor v HS2, defending a claim relating to the valuation of the Ibis hotel at Euston, in which £20m is in dispute. Cain Ormondroyd is active on behalf of both public and private sector clients, with experience appearing unled.