Francis Taylor Building

Rating Planning Adminstrative and Public Local Government Ecclesiastical

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.

Called to the Bar,  2007

Attorney General’s A Panel of approved counsel CPA NIPA PEBA

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