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Planning and environment

Fieldfisher

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Fieldfisher stands out for its expertise in advising planning and environmental regulatory bodies across the country, with deep knowledge of the legal framework within which key planning and environmental authorities, such as the EPA, ABP, OPR, IFI, and AFR operate. JP McDowell is an administrative and regulatory law specialist, acting in particular in the area of planning and development. Zoe Richardson also advises key clients including the EPA, ABP, and OPR on a range of complex advisory queries, including overseeing a caseload of almost 200 ongoing sets of judicial review proceedings. Another key contact is Jonathan Moore, who works closely with the EPA, whom he assists with their licensing and enforcement functions.
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  • ‘The responsiveness and availability of senior partners is exceptional, and nothing is a problem. The team has represented us on many complicated matters over the last number of years and we have found the advice and representation in court to be of the highest professional standard.’

  • ‘The team have a unique practice profile of dealing with high level state-side regulatory matters. They carry out a practice which involves advisory work and high-level litigation (up to the CJEU) but importantly also involve their own solicitors in carrying out lower tier enforcement litigation which ensures deep, ingrained litigation skills that serve us when instructing them in the higher-tier litigation.'

Kernmandanten

  • An Bord Pleanála
  • Environmental Protection Agency

Highlight-Mandate

  • Represented An Bord Pleanála in a preliminary reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union in relation to the interpretation of the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC.
  • Advised the EPA in respect of the defence of an appeal against a decision of the High Court to grant an injunction restraining a large commercial peat operator from extracting peat in the absence of a licence.