The construction, planning and environment team at Addleshaw Goddard assists clients, both individuals and corporates, with all the planning and pre-planning processes of all types of commercial, residential and strategic development projects. A key area of expertise is advising clients on environmental and health and safety obligations. Margaret Austin heads the practice and has extensive experience of representing clients in court proceedings arising from breaches of environmental law. Kate Liddy-Cormican is also recommended.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Very efficient and great communication.’
  • ‘Competent, professional and courteous.’
  • ‘The practice has a wide range of expertise.’
  • ‘Margaret Austin and Kate Liddy-Cormican are exceptional in replying to queries by telephone or email. Their response is the best I have ever received in many years in business. They put the client first and are available out of hours if ever required.’
  • ‘The team at Addleshaw Goddard is well established and has very strong working multi-disciplinary practices which provide a wraparound approach for clients. Clients get not merely the timely, issue-specific advice that is sought but also holistic advice that looks around corners to ensure the advice is not only appropriate to the issues but to the overall business of the client. The work is invariably interesting, and they are a pleasure to engage with.’
  • ‘Margaret Austin is sought out for her practical approach to matters and her insight when dealing with issues of great complexity in domestic legal matters and in a multi-jurisdictional context.'
  • 'Kate Liddy-Cormican is highly experienced in complex exempted development matters, including matters requiring the application of complex European law to domestic legislation. Kate is part of a team that works very well across disciplines, and I have only ever had very positive engagement and instruction from her and the team.’
  • 'I was impressed by the professionalism and devotion of the team members, and their ability to grasp new technical concepts.'

Lawyers

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Margaret Austin

Other key lawyers

Kate Liddy-Cormican