Peter Wadsley
Call 1984 (Middle Temple)
Qualifications MA, LLM (Cantab); Post-graduate Certificate in Environmental Law (Bristol University)
Professional Memberships PEBA, Planning & Environment Bar Association (Formerly a practising solicitor and a partner in a commercial and licensing practice in Bristol)
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Areas of Practice
Peter Wadsley is a Barrister primarily specialising in Planning & Local Government Law, Environment Law and Licensing. He heads the Public and Administrative Law team at St John’s Chambers.
The Legal 500 describes him as ‘regarded as the leading planning junior on Circuit‘.
Peter’s primary area of practice is in Planning and Local Government law (see the entry in the Public and Administrative Law section). But because of his past experience as a practising solicitor and in the planning and local government field, Peter has acted in a number of proceedings where negligence by professionals is involved – usually by solicitors and planning consultants.
He acts for both claimants and defendants in these fields both advising and appearing.
Notable Cases
Include:
- Welton v North Cornwall DC [1998] 1 WLR 1285 (CA) – duty of care of local authority under Hedley Byrne v Heller principle for acts of officer ‘advising’ member of public when exercising the local authority’s statutory functions.
Recommendations
- Legal Experts 2007 – recommended in Property, Planning and Construction
