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Richard Glover KC

Richard Glover KC

Work Department

Planning Rating Local Government Compulsory Purchase and Compensation Parliamentary  Infrastructure Administrative Mediation

Position

Richard Glover KC practices in town and country planning, local government, rating, compulsory purchase and compensation law, parliamentary bills, infrastructure, and administrative law. He is a CEDR accredited mediator.

He has a wealth of experience and a strong reputation for advising and conducting litigation and mediation - both in England & Wales and further afield (having been involved in cases in Northern Ireland, Hong Kong, the Caribbean and Ascension Island) - in those fields. He appears regularly at inquiries, in tribunals and the courts. He acts for claimants, ratepayers, developers and local authorities.

Recently, he has been involved in multi-million pound cases for BT, the GLA, Salford City Council, a range of water companies (including Anglian, Northumbrian, United Utilities and Yorkshire), Virgin Media, Belfast International Airport, Harrods and a number of clients with claims arising out of HS2.

He is Leader of the Parliamentary Bar.

He is General Editor of Ryde on Rating & the Council Tax, the leading text book on rating.

He is General Editor of the Encyclopedia of Compulsory Purchase and Compensation.

Career

Called 1984.  QC 2009.

Memberships

Planning and Environment Bar Association

Parliamentary Bar

Education

Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (BA).

Mentions

London Bar

Planning

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Richard Glover KC –Francis Taylor Building ‘Richard is a very strong advocate, with a deep understanding of the law with the ability to develop pragmatic solutions.’ 
London Bar

Valuation and Rating

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Richard Glover KC – Francis Taylor Building 'Richard has a thorough and deep understanding of rating and valuation law. He is also a master at applying that knowledge to the facts of the case before him.'