Ian Ponter

Practice:

Public law
Planning
Environment
Trading standards

Profile:

Ian practises principally in planning and public law. This includes all aspects of town and country planning (including inquiries, development plan inquiries, prosecutions, injunctive proceedings and section 288 and 289 appeals). Ian is experienced in the areas of housing, retail, compulsory purchase, highways (including the promotion of schemes for the Highways Agency), energy (including wind farms), minerals and waste and judicial review. He also practises in the field of environmental law (including Environment Agency prosecutions and appeals against noise abatement notices). Ian acts in consumer law cases (defending and prosecuting at all levels from sole trader to large corporations and the pursuit and defence of appeals by way of case stated).

He participates regularly in the presentation of seminars to both local authority and private sector clients directed at all aspects of local government and public law work.

Significant Reported Cases:

Mohammed v Manek [1995] 27 HLR 439

Balding v Lew Ways Ltd [1995] COD 243

Empress Car Co. (Abertillery) Ltd v Secretary of State for Wales and Another [1995]

EGCS 22

R v Ashford B.C. ex p. Shepway D.C. [1998] PLSCS

Lincolnshire County Council v Safeway Stores plc [1999] EHLR 456

Kind v Newcastle City Council [2001] 36 E.G. 179

R, on the application of Samuel Smith Old Brewery Tadcaster Ltd v. Selby District Council and another [2005] EWHC 3034

Wirral Borough Council v. Brock plc [2004] EWCA Civ 1611

Recommendations:

Legal 500 2008:
"In an excellent group, solicitors consistently mention Ian Ponter"

Legal 500 2007:
".....highly rated"

Memberships:
Planning and Environment Bar Association
Northern and North Eastern Circuits

Panels:
Junior Counsel to the Crown (Provincial Panel)

Career & Education:

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Keele, Aberdeen

BA (Keele), LLM (Aberdeen)
Distinction in masters degree in environmental law

1993 (Middle Temple)

1999
Ian previously practised and is now a door tenant at the chambers of Mark Lowe QC

at 2/3 Gray's Inn Square

Ian Ponter

Year of Call: 1993

Specialises In:
Planning, Environment & Public Law

Clerked by:
 William Brown

 

 

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