Holmes & Hills’ specialist team of Planning Law solicitors has continued to be recognised by the Chambers and Partners legal directory, sustaining acknowledgement since their first mention in 2016.
For many years, Holmes & Hills Solicitors has been identified as one of the leading sources of advice on Planning Law in East Anglia. And in the 2023 edition, Chambers and Partners comments on the strengths of Holmes & Hills Planning Law Department, stating with testimonial from clients that: ‘Holmes & Hills has a very strong team specialising in planning and development’.
As well as commending the strengths of Holmes & Hills as a whole, stating that the firm's multidisciplinary practice’ allows the Planning Law Team to draw on expertise from the other specialist legal teams within Holmes & Hills such as land and development division and Commercial Property Team. Moreover, the testimonial provided by Chambers and Partners highlights Holmes & Hills Planning Law solicitors varied expertise in working for a mix of local authority and private clients which gives the team as a whole, ‘a balanced understanding from both perspectives and which benefits everyone’.
In the 2023 edition of the Chambers and Partners, Holmes & Hills Planning Law Team sits amongst only four recommended planning departments within the East Anglian region. The team sustains their ranking, being recognised for their expertise in the ‘planning aspects of residential, mixed-use, and commercial developments’ acting for a number of ‘local authorities, as well as developers, and private individuals’. Further commentary on the team notes their regular engagement on contentious Planning Law issues, such as ‘planning inquiries and judicial reviews’. As well as a specialism, in Section 106 agreements for which senior solicitors and Section 106 experts, Jo Lilliott and Tom McPhie are individually commended as Star Associates, for 4 years and 2 years respectively.
Jo Lilliott, senior solicitor, and member of Holmes & Hills’ Planning Law Team is personally recognised for the fourth year as a Star Associate. Jo continues to be regarded by Chambers and Partners, as ‘a highly regarded practitioner sought out by both public and private sector clients for her deep expertise in Section 106 agreements and highways law’.
Comments made in the 2023 Chambers and Partners edition describe Jo as:
‘Jo Lilliott is particularly strong on planning obligations and highway law matters.’.
Also, in the 2023 edition, Tom McPhie, senior solicitor, is independently recognised for the second time as a Star Associate. Tom continues to be recommended for his ‘profile acting for local authorities on Section 106 planning obligations. He brings to bear extensive expertise on environmental and highway laws’.
Holmes & Hills’ Planning Law Department is one of the largest teams of Planning Law specialists in the region, comprising two Partners (Steven Hopkins and Michael Harman), two senior solicitors (Jo Lilliott and Tom McPhie), one consultant solicitor (David Whipps), two solicitors (Sarah Hare and Ellie Shemming), a trainee solicitor (Bronwyn Jenkins) as well as a paralegal (Catherine Hibbert), along with additional support.
Chambers and Partners, the prestigious independent legal research organisation and publisher, published its latest insight into the legal industry on 20th October 2022. Chambers and Partners undertake extensive research into law firms, interviewing peers within the legal industry, clients, and professional contacts with a view to identifying the leading specialists across a number of fields of legal practice.
This most recent recognition by Chambers and Partners for the Holmes & Hills Planning Law Department follows similar recognition for the team by the Legal 500 in September 2022.
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