Ruth Stockley
Year of Call: 1988
Profile
Ruth practises in all aspects of town and country planning, highways and rights of way, environment, compulsory purchase, village greens, taxi licensing, education, local government, administrative law and judicial review.
She has represented developers, local authorities 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 has also appeared in numerous rights of way inquiries, enforcement inquiries and development plan inquiries.
She regularly 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 highway and other public law related matters. In addition, she has appeared before the Traffic Commissioner.
In non-statutory village green inquiries, she has sat as an Inspector on many occasions, and has also represented both applicants and objectors at such inquiries.
Ruth is an editor of Sweet and Maxwell's Encyclopedia of Highway Law and Practice, and she regularly delivers papers to various planning, highway, traffic and village green conferences.
Recommendations
Chambers UK: Ruth Stockley is applauded for her stream of landfill and wind farm work and is noted for having a broad and through understanding of planning law, with her knowledge of highway matters billed as "absolutely second to none - she can just pluck the relevant facts out of the air".
Chambers UK : "Sound, client-focused and reliable," Ruth Stockley was the subject of a stream of good feedback.
Chambers UK: "approachable, practical and sensitive advocate".
Legal 500 : "consistently recommended".
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ENVIRONMENT
Ruth undertakes work in all aspects of environmental law, including presenting cases at inquiries and in the courts and carrying out advisory work. She regularly appears at inquiries in this area, including planning inquiries for development involving landfill proposals, waste treatment and mineral extraction. She has also appeared at inquiries involving IPPC permits. In addition, Ruth advises and appears in court in relation to abatement notices issued under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and in relation to contaminated land and the liability to remediate it. A recent case concerned the issue of four abatement notices relating to the noise caused by ships loading at the QE2 Dock at Eastham.
Reported cases include Cheshire County Council v. Armstrongs Transport (Wigan) Limited [1995] Env LR 62 concerning the meaning of "waste"
Publications
Ruth is an editor of Sweet and Maxwell's Encyclopedia of Highway Law and Practice.
Memberships
Planning and Environment Bar Association
Administrative Law Bar Association
Former President of Manchester Law Library
Northern and North Eastern Circuits
Career & Education
University: Nottingham
Degree: LLB (Hons)
Year of Call: 1988 (Lincoln's Inn)
Joined Chambers: 1988
Other
Direct Professional Access: Yes
