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FTB is a barristers’ chambers with a leading reputation for planning, environment, licensing, public, compulsory purchase and land valuation, major infrastructure projects, local government, rating, ecclesiastical and religious liberty, highways, commons and open spaces and ADR.

Expertise where it counts

We are consistently recognised as a leading set by the market and directories because of the quality and number of leading practitioners we can provide, our major projects and our client base.

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Co-op Live Manchester

Co-op Live Manchester is the £365m entertainment venue that plans to make Manchester the musical capital of Europe.

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The East Anglia One (North) and East Anglia Two Offshore Windfarms

The case concerns two related applications for the construction and operation of large offshore windfarms in the North Sea.  

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Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre

In 2016 the Government announced proposals for a Holocaust Memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens immediately to the south of the Houses of Parliament.

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Walleys Quarry

Walleys Quarry is a waste landfill site locate in Newcastle Under Lyme and which opened in February 2007. 

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Sizewell C New Nuclear Power Station

The Sizewell C new nuclear power station at Sizewell in East Suffolk is one of the single most important energy infrastructure projects in the UK for a generation.  

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The O2 Academy Brixton

The O2 Academy Brixton is an internationally renowned concert venue, with audiences travelling from all over the world to attend live music events and comedy shows. The iconic stage design is based on Venice’s Rialto bridge and frames Europe’s largest fixed stage. The capacity of the venue is in the region of 5,000 persons.

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Events to keep you connected

19
Mar' 24
Quarterly Environmental Law Update

This will be formed of short presentations on topical themes, followed by a question and answer session.

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25
Mar' 24
Annual Rating Seminar (Hybrid)

This afternoon seminar will provide an opportunity to be informed about and discuss the latest developments in rating with some of the leading barristers in the field. It will focus on key practical issues, providing a convenient way for busy practitioners to keep up to date and to manage the implications of recent changes. 

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04
Apr' 24
Virtual Mini Pupillage Day

Are you interested in public and administrative law, environmental law, or the legal process governing what gets built where and how? Then you may be interested in a career at the public and environmental Bar.Are you interested in public and administrative law, environmental law, or the legal process governing what gets built where and how? Then you may be interested in a career at the public and environmental Bar.

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Environmental Law Blog

Questions of environmental justice, the climate crisis, biodiversity and resource management are among the defining issues of our time. 

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18
Mar' 24
Mark Westmoreland Smith KC Formally Appointed as King’s Counsel Today

Mark Westmoreland Smith KC

Francis Taylor Building is delighted that Mark Westmoreland Smith KC was today formally appointed as King’s Counsel having received his letters patent.

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13
Mar' 24
Court of Appeal Dismisses Challenge to Re-powering of Existing Wind Farm

Conor Fegan

The Court of Appeal (Northern Ireland) (Treacy LJ and Horner LJ) has dismissed an appeal against the refusal of leave to judicially review a grant of planning permission by Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council for the re-powering of an existing wind farm. 

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Environmental Law Blog

Questions of environmental justice, the climate crisis, biodiversity and resource management are among the defining issues of our time. 

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