Northern Circuit • Regional Bar
Planning and environment
LEADING JUNIORS1Ian Ponter – Kings Chambers ‘A junior who provides incisive and user-friendly advice.'
Ian enjoys an extensive national planning and public law practice. He is highly rated, consistently featuring in Planning’s list of top-rated junior barristers. He appears for both developers and local planning authorities at inquiries for housing, employment, retail, energy and waste schemes. He also appears at development plan examinations (both promoting and objecting to draft plans), and at CPO inquiries (as well as proceedings in the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) dealing with compensation issues arising out of compulsory purchase). On top of his busy inquiry practice, he appears in the High Court on judicial reviews, statutory planning challenges, and injunctive proceedings.
BA(Hons), LLM (distinction)
Northern Circuit • Regional Bar
Ian Ponter – Kings Chambers ‘A junior who provides incisive and user-friendly advice.'