‘A real specialist team’ in parliamentary and planning advice, Sharpe Pritchard LLP is a mainstay for public bodies pursuing the promotion of private bills, as well as opponents of infrastructure projects requiring approval by way of hybrid bills, DCOs, and TWAOs. Reputed for its high volume of work both promoting and opposing nationally significant infrastructure private bills, the team is sought out by local authorities, large landowners, and registered charities for assistance with opposing different stages of the HS2 railway project. The practice benefits from the acumen of Roll A Parliamentary Agents Alastair Lewis, who ’exemplifies the ability to bring great expertise and experience to clients’, particularly in the energy and transport sectors, and Emyr Thomas, who is ‘knowledgeable, experienced, and well-connected’ in lodging objections to large infrastructure projects. Real estate specialist Aidan Dickinson lends his compulsory purchase law expertise to clients with land affected by infrastructure schemes and DCOs.
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Distinctions

La satisfaction du client

Témoignages

Collectés indépendamment par l'équipe de recherche du Legal 500.

  • ‘Unrivalled expertise, both institutionally as a firm and in the personnel.’

  • ‘Alastair Lewis exemplifies the ability to bring great expertise and experience to clients in a most considered and practical way.’

  • ‘Sharpe Pritchard is the go-to firm for parliamentary work. A real specialist team for this specialist area.’

  • ‘Emyr Thomas is the most knowledgeable, experienced, and well-connected solicitor in the parliamentary field today.’

Clients clés

  • Suffolk County Council
  • Several significant (HS2-affected) landowners
  • Cheshire West & Chester Council
  • Cheshire East Council
  • The National Farmers Union
  • London Historic Parks and Gardens Trust
  • The National Trust

Points forts

  • Advised Suffolk County Council on its objection to the Sizewell C nuclear power station DCO.
  • Acted for the London Historic Parks and Gardens Trust in depositing an objection against the Holocaust Memorial Bill, arguing that it was not a general Bill but a hybrid one and so susceptible to petitioning.
  • Advised the National Trust on the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill throughout its passage through Parliament.

Avocats

Hall of Fame

Avocats au sommet de leur profession, largement reconnus et respectés par l'ensemble du marché pour leur expertise éprouvée et leur intervention récurrente et longue date dans les dossiers les plus complexes et prestigieux.

Les grands avocats du marché

Avocats associés reconnus parmi les leaders du marché par leurs pairs et leurs clients, régulièrement présents dans les grands dossiers dans lesquels ils sont au premier plan.

Responsable de la pratique

Alastair Lewis

Autres avocats clés

Emyr Thomas; Aidan Dickinson