Ruth Stockley

Practice:

Town and Country Planning
Highways and Rights of Way
Environmental Law
Compulsory Purchase
Village Greens
Taxi Licensing
Education
Local Government
Judicial Review

Profile:

Ruth practises in all aspects of town and country planning, highways and rights of way, environment, village greens, taxi licensing, education, local government, administrative law, judicial review and compulsory purchase.

She has been involved in numerous UDP and local plan inquiries and has represented local authorities, developers and third parties in a wide range of public inquiries including major retail, housing, commercial and leisure developments as well as windfarms, mineral extraction and landfill proposals.

She appears before the Administrative Court in statutory appeals and judicial review proceedings. She also appears before the Lands Tribunal in compulsory purchase and compensation cases and in all the general civil and criminal courts in public law matters. She has also appeared before the Traffic Commissioner.

She has acted as an Inspector in non-statutory village green inquiries.

Ruth is the assistant editor of the Encyclopaedia of Highway Law and Practice (Sweet & Maxwell) and she regularly delivers papers to various planning and highway law conferences.

Significant Work includes:

UDP and local plan inquiries in which Ruth has been involved include Wigan, Gateshead and Rochdale UDP inquiries, Crewe and Nantwich BC, West Lancashire DC and South Ribble BC local plan inquiries.

She has also been involved in the inquiries into the redevelopment of New Brighton, the major retail development at Dumplington, major Transport and Works Act and Harbours Acts proposals and inquiries into motorway service areas.

Significant Reported Cases:

Chauffeur Bikes Limited v Leeds City Council [2005] All ER (D) 106 (private hire vehicle licensing)

R (on the application of Leeds City Council) v Taxi Centre (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne) Limited [2005] All ER (D) 113 (hackney carriage licensing)

R (on the application of Hampson) v Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council [2005] All ER (D) 383 (town and country planning and judicial review)

British Telecommunications plc v Gwynedd Council [2004] 4 All ER 975 (sharing of costs of street works)

R v South Ribble Borough Council Housing Benefit Review Board, ex parte Hamilton [2001] 33 HLR 104 (housing benefits)

Alfred McAlpine Homes (Yorkshire) Limited v Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (2000) 79 P. & C.R. 352 (town and country planning)

Cheshire County Council v Armstrongs Transport (Wigan) Limited [1995] Env LR 62 (environmental law and the meaning of "waste")

Fugler v Secretary of State for the Environment [1993] EGCS 48 (town and country planning)

R v Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council, ex parte Yapp [1993] 92 LGR 110 (competitive tendering and legitimate expectation)

Recommendations:  

Chambers UK 2008:
"approachable, practical and sensitive advocate"

Legal 500 2008:
"In an excellent group, solicitors consistently mention Ruth Stockley"

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

The Legal 500 2002:
"Popular juniors include Ruth Stockley"

The Legal 500 2001:
"The extremely strong team includes the knowledgeable Ruth Stockley."

Memberships:

 Planning and Environment Bar Association
Administrative Law Bar Association
President of Manchester Law Library
Northern and North Eastern Circuits

Career & Education:

University:

Degree

Year of Call:

Joined Chambers:  

Nottingham

Law (LLB)

1988 (Lincoln's Inn)

1988


           

Ruth Stockley

Year of Call:  1988

Specialises In:
Planning, Environment & Public Law

Clerked by:
 William Brown

 

 

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