CHAMBERS IS DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT CRAIG HOWELL WILLIAMS AND RICHARD GLOVER HAVE BEEN AWARDED SILK

Francis Taylor Building (FTB - the Chambers of Robin Purchas QC) is delighted that two of its members have been selected to take silk.

Craig Howell Williams has been regarded as one of the leading juniors in the field of planning and environment law. He has considerable experience in a wide variety of cases, representing developers and operators, local authorities and third parties at public inquiries into planning proposals and large scale infrastructure schemes. In court Craig has appeared in a number of high profile cases and served on the Treasury Supplementary Panel of Junior Counsel. He is also A CEDR accredited Mediator.

Richard Glover has an outstanding reputation for his planning and compulsory purchase expertise ( including his involvement in steering the compulsory purchase order for the Olympic site through its statutory procedures) and as a specialist in valuation and rating both here and abroad (e.g. for BT on the valuation for rating of their entire network in England and Wales and the subsequent reference to the European Commission and Court of First Instance, recently for the Mormon Church in the House of Lords and several cases in Hong Kong) He is an editor, inter alia, of Ryde on Rating and a CEDR accredited Mediator.

Commenting, Robin Purchas QC, Head of Chambers at FTB, said: "The appointment of Richard and Craig as Queen's Counsel is a fitting recognition of their exceptional skills and professionalism. This news is further testament to the strength and continuing development of our Chambers in the field of public law and related areas."

Craig and Richard will be formally sworn in on 30 March. Please contact Paul Coveney, Senior Clerk, should you wish to discuss Craig or Richard's availability for cases, on 020 7427 1847 or email paul.coveney@ftb.eu.com.