Local <strong>News</strong> Specialist housing barrister joins Trinity Chambers’ thriving civil team Alice Richardson specialises in housing, property, court of protection, local government and public law. She undertook pupillage, and began her practice, at a leading specialist set of chambers in London before relocating to <strong>Newcastle</strong> in July. Alice grew up in the North East and studied Law at <strong>Newcastle</strong> University. When her fiancé, a doctor from London, was given the opportunity to continue his training in the North East they took the decision to re-locate. “We love <strong>Newcastle</strong> and I knew that the legal sector in the North East was going from strength to strength so it was an easy decision for us both professionally and personally. I knew straight away that I wanted to be at Trinity and I am really looking forward to developing my practice alongside such supportive clerks, colleagues and solicitors.” Alice has a busy County Court practice and has appeared in cases in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. She can see opportunities in the North East for housing work in particular to grow and develop further and is particularly interested in cases involving discrimination, human rights, judicial review and capacity. She explains that “whilst my practice may sound niche actually the cases I am involved in span a wide range of legal issues. What I love about housing is the interaction between traditional property law principles with public law issues and I cover the whole spectrum, from leasehold disputes and commercial property matters to homelessness appeals.” Since re-locating to <strong>Newcastle</strong> Alice has enjoyed the collegiate atmosphere of the legal community in the North East. “As a self-employed barrister moving my practice across the country was daunting. I had great relationships with clients and solicitors in London and I didn’t have that up here. But everyone has made me feel so welcome and I am already busy. It really feels like I am part of something exciting now. The legal industry up here seems to be booming at the moment and I am looking forward to building on that and working closely with solicitors and clients in the future.” Alice can be contacted at Trinity Chambers on 0191 232 1927 or a.richardson@trinitychambers.co.uk. Visit her profile at www.trinitychambers.co.uk or follow @AliceRich on Twitter. Charles Morgan We were very pleased to welcome Charles to <strong>Newcastle</strong> to deliver his <strong>2017</strong> update on Commercial Landlord and Tenant issues. We are sure many of you will be familiar with Charles from his time at Enterprise Chambers in <strong>Newcastle</strong>. He is now practising from Six Pump Court in Temple, London although he is still resident in North Tyneside. We had excellent feedback from those that attended the presentation and thanks are extended to Bond Dickinson for the use of their conference room. Charles’s profile is set out below: Charles Morgan MA (Cantab), FCIArb, Barrister Six Pump Court Temple LONDON EC4Y 7AR www.charlesmorgan.co.uk mail@charlesmorgan.co.uk Charles Morgan has been in practice as a barrister since 1979. He works all over the country, living on Tyneside whilst based professionally in The Temple in London. His work has for many years been almost entirely in the fields of: commercial property law (landlord and tenant, covenants affecting land, development agreements, compulsory purchase and compensation, contaminated land) and environmental law (disputes relating to water resources and supply, statutory charging and licensing schemes, waste, sewage and effluent disposal, pollution prevention and control, land restoration and aftercare, contaminated land, rights in pipes, statutory and common law nuisances, environmental prosecution and defence work). He was a founder member of the Northumbria Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and served on the national Council of the Institute. As Treasury Counsel for many years, he regularly represented government bodies, in particular the Environment Agency, at courts, inquiries and tribunals. He continues to act for private enterprises large, medium and small, local authorities and other public sector bodies. Major cases over the last decade include an appearance as leading counsel in the Supreme Court in an industry test case concerning the powers of sewerage undertakers to make discharges into private watercourses, several CPO compensation claims raising complex planning and valuation issues, representation of the Environment Agency in numerous water industry test appeals concerning UK implementation of EU environmental directives and large-scale High Court litigation over regulatory and competition law aspects of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2006. He is a regular lecturer to other professionals on topics of commercial property law and environmental law. The <strong>Newcastle</strong> Law Society Christmas Picture This year the President’s Charity is.. Do you have a talented artist in your family?? Each year in our December issue we feature a Christmas picture. Last year’s wonderful design was drawn by James Peter Reed. We are now on the look-out for another budding artist to produce a picture we can feature on the front cover of our Christmas issue. Entries can be in black and white or in colour and should be on A4 size paper and have a Christmas theme. Artists should be aged 12 years or under. Pictures should be sent to us at the below address and received by 4pm on Monday 13th November <strong>2017</strong>. The Administrator <strong>Newcastle</strong> upon Tyne Law Society College House Northumberland Road <strong>Newcastle</strong> upon Tyne NE1 8SF or DX61024 <strong>Newcastle</strong> upon Tyne. Unfortunately submitted entries cannot be returned. 8 <strong>Newcastle</strong> <strong>News</strong>
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