New Square Chambers

New Square Chambers handles case across the gamut of agricultural matters, including easements, common land and planning disputes. The set is especially acquainted with public access disputes, such as town and village green cases and highways matters. George Laurence KC appears in inquiries and court proceedings over applications for public footpaths and rights of way. Regularly appearing in the High Court, Paul Wilmshurst recently acted in Cotham School v Bristol City Council, where the claimant school sought to resist the registration of land it leased from the defendant for use as playing fields as a town or village green. Ross Crail is well-versed in rights of way and highways disputes, acting in R (The Ramblers’ Association) v The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, a judicial review of the Secretary of State’s refusal to confirm a footpath in Nottinghamshire.