30 Park Place Chambers

30 Park Place Chambers is ‘the leading chambers in Wales’ for public law work, with members regularly acting on behalf of government, public bodies, and claimants in major cases. Christian Howells has considerable experience handling public and constitutional law matters in the higher courts, with devolution issues an area of particular strength. He also acts in relation to local government, environmental, and social care law – he was recently instructed by the Welsh Ministers in a high-profile environmental law claim concerning coal extraction from Britain’s largest open-cast mine at Ffos-y-Fran, extraction continuing notwithstanding planning permission having expired in March 2023. After an enforcement notice was issued, judicial review proceedings were brought pertaining to the authorities’ failure to issue a temporary stop notice whilst the mine operator’s appeal against said enforcement notice was pending. Christian Jowett’s expertise encompasses health and safety matters, while Rebecca Harrington is well known for advising local authorities on community care issues, particularly those concerning the interaction of Westminster and Welsh legislative provisions. ’Great strategic litigator‘ Laura Shepherd is a health and social care law specialist.