Francis Taylor Building

Michael has a developing practice in all areas of Chambers’ expertise. He has repeatedly appeared in the High Court both challenging and defending decisions, for developers and for local residents, often against much senior Counsel.

Michael read law at Queen Mary where he graduated with First Class Honours in 2014, and completed the BCL at Oxford University in 2015. He then worked as a law clerk to the British Judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union for two years. His main areas of interest include:

Planning law; Public law and human rights; Licensing; Rating; Enforcement; Local Government; Infrastructure; Village greens and Public Rights of Way and Environmental law, in particular with an EU law dimension.

Called to the bar in  2019.

UKELA PEBA ALBA

Queen Mary, Law (First Class Honours) (2011 – 2014) University of Oxford, Bachelor of Civil Law (2014 – 2015) BPP University Law School, Bar Professional Training Course (Outstanding) (2018 – 2019)