Stephen Hockman QC
Call: 1970 | KC: 1990
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Stephen Hockman KC has specialised in all forms of regulatory law for approximately the last 30 years. He is a leader of exceptionally high standing who has a broad environmental, health and safety and planning practice encompassing judicial review, inquiries, arbitration, civil claims and criminal prosecution and defence work.

Stephen has a varied client base, including corporates and individuals, regulator and (alleged) polluter, and he is equally at home undertaking effective cross-examination as in sustained legal submission at any level of tribunal. His particular strength lies in the breadth and varied nature of his practice. He is able to draw on his extensive experience in his specialist areas of regulatory and health & safety law, civil and commercial law, and planning and environmental law to provide a unique service in complex and high profile litigation.

Stephen is recognised as one of the leading practitioners in the fields of Health and Safety Law and Energy and Natural Resources. His practice also encompasses in particular environmental law including making and resisting public law challenges to environmental decisions, appearing for claimants/defendants in environmental cases in the common law courts, for example nuisance, and prosecuting and defending in major pollution cases.

Stephen’s practice incorporates too a significant element of local government work, and he has appeared for and advised local authorities in every part of the country on a regular basis, on issues such as town and country planning and internal governance.

Stephen is highly recommended by the leading UK legal directories in the areas of Environment, Health & Safety and Property. He is nominated as Planning and Land Use Silk of the Year in the Legal 500 UK Bar Awards 2024 and as Health & Safety Silk of the Year at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2019. In recent years he has also been nominated as Environment/Planning Silk of the Year, at the Chambers UK Bar Awards; and Real Estate, Environment and Planning Silk of the Year at The Legal 500 UK Bar Awards. He is listed in the Who's Who Legal UK 2024 list of leading barristers in environmental law. He is also named in the Best Lawyers in the UK (2024/13th edition) list for Environmental Law. He was awarded the title of "Most Influential Regulatory Law Specialist 2018 - UK" in Acquisition International’s 2018 Global Excellence programme.

Recommendations

"He is the go-to person for anything difficult; I wouldn't choose anyone else in an environmental context."

― Chambers UK Bar Guide [2025]

"Stephen has an excellent legal mind and is incredibly accessible to corporate clients. He adopts a hands-on approach which is most welcome."

― Legal 500 [2025]

"Stephen is a true expert – dedicated, accessible and hugely conscientious."

― Legal 500 [2024]

"Stephen has the innate ability to factor in his experience on environmental and administrative cases and provide good solutions to the client."

― Legal 500 [2024]

"Stephen's extraordinary - he's an amazing advocate and he works staggeringly hard."

― Chambers UK Bar Guide [2024]

"Stephen is very good at explaining complex pieces of legislation and has vast experience in this area. He is helpful, incisive, and brings a lot of expertise and experience to the table."

― Chambers UK Bar Guide [2024]

"…is completely unphased by the most difficult of questions from serious legal intellects".

― Who's Who UK Legal Bar [2024]

"...highlighted as a "living legend" with a strong focus on regulatory disputes" and "an erudite and exceedingly clever silk."

― Who's Who UK Legal Bar [2022]

"A true gentleman with profound knowledge of environmental law. He has the enviable ability to simplify and quickly deliver the most technical and complex legal arguments." "He is a clear and persuasive advocate, but also incisive and strategic and therefore able to summarise the issues for clients to provide the practical advice they need."

"He provides a sterling service in very difficult circumstances." "He is everything one hopes for in a barrister - he is incisive, strategic and a clear and persuasive advocate."

"He is hugely knowledgeable and experienced."

― Chambers UK Bar Guide [2022]

‘"A very good technical lawyer and particularly good on appeals. "

"Stephen masters a very substantial amount of material within a very short time and dealt with extremely difficult clients in an exemplary fashion. "

― Legal 500 [2022]

"His judgment is superb, and he's able to persuade his clients to take a sensible and pragmatic approach."

"He's a genius, and is supremely confident without an inch of ego or arrogance. He has a really wonderful turn of phrase and is able to quickly get to the point." "Very experienced, very knowledgeable and excellent on his feet."

― Chambers UK Bar Guide [2021]

"He remains one of the doyens of this area of law and can handle very sensitive cases in a masterly way."

"He is one of the most experienced health and safety silks around. He is particularly good on technical points of law and appellate work. He has an absolutely huge intellect; very few work harder than he does."

"His knowledge of the law pertaining to the subject matter was impressive as was the way in which the individuals concerned were handled."

― Legal 500 [2021]

Notable Cases

  • Representing an intervenor in the UKSC in the case which established that an action in tort may lie against a sewerage undertaker for river/canal pollution, notwithstanding that the undertaker acted under a statutory scheme
  • Advising a major steel producer in relation to a claim for dust nuisance
  • Representing the Kent Police in response to a High Court challenge to the retention of documents recording an arrest which did not lead to any charge
  • Advising and representing a corporate core participant in connection with the Grenfell Tower Inquiry
  • Representing a major waste recycling company in its defence of a regulatory prosecution
  • Representing a local authority in the Queen’s Bench Divisional Court on an appeal relating to the power to request information under the Environment Act 1995
  • Representing in the UKSC a Severn River salmon fisherman whose rights under the European Convention on Human Rights had been infringed by the Environment Agency
  • Representing a major landowner on a petition to the parliamentary select committee inquiring into the proposed route for HS2
  • Advising and representing a major supermarket chain in respect of its health and safety liabilities.
  • Representing a significant trade body in the Court of Appeal in a challenge to the powers of the Food Safety Authority
  • Presenting in the UKSC a seminal case relating to the right to seek a variation of a matrimonial property order
  • Representing in the Court of Appeal an alms-house charity which successfully established its legal right to grant a licence rather than a lease to those in occupation
  • Defending a chartered structural engineer charged with involvement in offences relating to damage to a listed building
  • Representing applicants in a claim in respect of planning permission for a runway at Rochester airport and subsequent noise pollution and effect on residents and the AONB nearby
  • Representing one of the defendants in a multi-million pound ground water pollution claim by Thames Water. Complex issues of foreseeability, causation and limitation
  • Representing the defendant in a prosecution by the local authority for health and safety offences arising from electrical work at London Olympics. The case raised the issue of who was the correct prosecutor (the local authority or the Health & Safety Executive), and the circumstances when an employer can escape responsibility for an obvious act of negligence by an employee
  • Significant case advising and representing TOTAL UK Ltd in connection with the consequences of a major explosion at the Lindsay Oil Refinery
  • Representing the liquidators in a dispute relating to a substantial claim for remediation against an insolvent company arising from asbestos contamination linked to the operation of a textile factory and the subsequent demolition of its site in the 1970’s
  • Successfully defended the local authority’s position in the Court of Appeal regarding whether a variation, or purported variation, under s.173A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) can render an enforcement notice a nullity
  • Advising the RIBA on the terms of their governance structure
  • Instructed on behalf of two significant international corporates in a challenge to decisions by DECC under the regulations concerning control of greenhouse gas emissions
  • Appearing for the successful claimants in the Supreme Court in Coventry v Lawrence in which the law relating to claims and remedies for environmental nuisance was re-defined. This case, which has not only produced probably the most important common law judgment for perhaps 20 years, also produced one of the most important ever judgments relating to conditional fees
  • Leading the challenge in the House of Lords, based on the European Convention on Human Rights, against the role of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions in determining planning cases
  • Representing the local planning authority as defendant in judicial review proceedings brought against them by the owner of land adjoining a development site. This case has become one of the rare but important authorities on the law concerning retrospective planning permission
  • Representing the Environment Agency in a civil claim arising out of the exercise by the Environment Agency of its powers of search and seizure against a business. Successful in the Court of Appeal that the challenge to the Environment Agency’s use of its powers was unfounded. The case will be a leading authority on the tort of conversion
  • Appearing for the claimant in Marcic v. Thames Water, the leading case on the liability of public authorities for the tort of nuisance
  • Ground breaking group nuisance action in Dobson v Thames Water, which resulted in a judgment for damages in favour of those adversely affected by a huge sewage treatment works
  • Appearing for Conoco Philips in relation to the Humber Oil Refinery explosion
  • Appearing in a ground-breaking judicial review challenge against the Health & Safety Executive arising from its regulatory and safety functions under COMAH
  • Advising and representing the defence in relation to charges arising out of fatalities at the workplace, for example railways, construction sites etc
  • Advising and appearing for various major industrial concerns in respect of operational requirements imposed by regulators
  • Advising the energy regulator in relation to its regulatory proceedings against various major suppliers.
  • Advising those affected by the coming into operation of the ABS regime under the Legal Services Act 2007
  • Challenging the adverse ecological impact of the grant of planning permission for housing – clarifying when under European law an appropriate environmental assessment is required
  • Challenging in the High Court of the British Virgin Islands (on grounds of predetermination) the grant of planning permission for the development of a major new leisure project
  • Challenging in the Hong Kong Supreme Court the designation of part of the New Territory for conservation purposes
  • Appearing for the successful complainants in the Alton Towers noise nuisance action

Education

  • Born Manchester, 1947
  • Educated at Eltham College London
  • Studied Law at Jesus College Cambridge, graduating in 1969
  • Called to the Bar by the Middle Temple, 1970
  • Currently resides in London and St Neots, Cambridgeshire

Appointments

  • Became Queens’ Counsel (QC), 1990 (now King’s Counsel)
  • Head of Chambers at 6 Pump Court, 1997-Present
  • Chairman of the Bar, 2006
  • Former Deputy High Court Judge
  • Master of the Bench of the Middle Temple
  • Treasurer of Middle Temple 2015
  • Former Visiting Professor of Law at the City University
  • Former member of the Council of English Nature, (now Natural England), the statutory body charged with nature conservation
  • Chair of Plea Negotiation Working Group established by the Attorney General, ultimately leading to a new protocol for the conduct of complex fraud litigation in 2009.
  • Honorary member of the Bar of New Zealand
  • Member of the Bar of the Republic of Ireland

Memberships

  • Former Chairman of the Environmental Law Foundation
  • Former Trustee of ClientEarth
  • Former Advisory Council Member, Advocates for International Development
  • Chairman, International Court for the Environment (ICE) Coalition
  • Advisory Board Member of the Department of Climate Law, University of Strathclyde
  • Visiting Fellow of the Centre for Progressive Policy (a non-party political think-tank)

Latest news

5th November 2024

Stephen Hockman KC, Grace Cullen and Jemima Lovatt published in “British Legal Reform” (Bristol University Press, 2024)

Stephen Hockman KC, Grace Cullen and Jemima Lovatt have contributed chapters to a new book, “British Legal Reform”, published by Bristol University Press. The...

30th April 2024

9 Members Recognised in Who’s Who Legal Environment

Following the release of the Who’s Who Legal UK Bar rankings this week, we are delighted to announce that 9 members of Six Pump...

10th March 2023

Three members of Six Pump Court appear in one of The Lawyer’s Top 10 Appeals of 2023

At this week’s ground-breaking sitting of the Supreme Court in Manchester, three members of Six Pump Court Chambers appeared in the first case to be listed. The case raises topical issues of fundamental importance in relation to the operation of the sewerage system in England and Wales and the liability of undertakers for polluting discharges.

10th February 2023

Stephen Hockman KC instructed by Environmental Law Foundation in major environmental case

The Environmental Law Foundation has been granted permission to intervene in a major environmental case that will be heard in the Supreme Court in March 2023.

3rd January 2023

Mark Watson KC appointed joint Head of Chambers with Stephen Hockman KC

We are pleased to announce that Mark Watson KC has been appointed as joint Head of Chambers with Stephen Hockman KC.

30th November 2022

Trends in Litigation: Climate Change and Environmental Challenges

Stephen Hockman KC will be chairing this event on 6th December hosted by UKELA's Climate Change and Energy Working Party, together with their Environmental Litigation Working Party.

26th June 2022

Environmental and Health & Safety Regulatory Issues in Arbitration Webinar

Six Pump Court Chambers will be hosting a webinar on international arbitration webinar next month.

11th May 2022

Six Pump Court barristers ranked in Who’s Who Legal UK Bar 2022

Members of Chambers have been recognised in the new 2022 edition of Who’s Who Legal (WWL) UK Bar rankings.

30th November 2021

Six Pump Court barristers listed in Who’s Who Legal UK Bar 2021

Stephen Hockman QC, David Hercock and Christopher Badger are been included in the WWL UK Bar 2021 list of leading barristers in Environmental Law.

18th June 2021

UKELA Conference 14 -18 June

On 14th -18th June the UKELA conference will take place and we are delighted to be one of the sponsors once again.

18th May 2021

Solar Salt Projects in Africa – A discussion of the key environmental & legal issues

The next webinar in our international arbitration series will be held on Friday 28th May.

19th February 2021

Family Law Update Webinar – 25th February

Members of Six Pump Court will host this webinar which will provide a timely update on a number of topics relevant to the general family law practitioner.

9th February 2021

International arbitration and climate change webinar

In this masterclass webinar, specialists from Six Pump Court discussed the key trends and issues in climate change litigation and the likely impact of those developments on international arbitration.

9th November 2020

International arbitration awards: challenges and enforcement

Six Pump Court Chambers are delighted to host a series of webinars on international arbitration.

28th July 2020

International Arbitration and Virtual Hearings – A New Era Dawns

The webinar entitled International Arbitration and Virtual Hearings – A New Era Dawns and will take place on Friday 4th September.

20th September 2019

Six Pump Court shortlisted for four awards in the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2019

The four nominations are - Crime Silk of the Year: Oliver Saxby QC; Health & Safety Silk of the Year: Stephen Hockman QC; Environment/Planning Set of the Year and Environment/Planning Junior of the Year: Christopher Badger

29th July 2019

Supreme Court refers important food safety case to the Court of Justice of the European Union

On 24 July 2019 the Supreme Court handed down judgment in R (on the application of Association of Independent Meat Suppliers and Another) v Food Standards Agency [2019] UKSC 36.

8th July 2019

Six Pump Court barristers contribute to UK Supreme Court Yearbook

Stephen Hockman QC and Nicholas Ostrowski co-author chapter on ‘Planning, Development and Environmental Law’ in the latest UK Supreme Court Yearbook.

28th June 2019

Six Pump Court barristers recognised in the Best Lawyers in the UK 2020

Stephen Hockman QC, David Travers QC, William Upton QC and Mark Harris feature in the latest edition of The Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom.

17th June 2019

How can Courts and Tribunals help to minimise climate change

As part of the UN Climate Change Conference taking place in Bonn this month, Stephen Hockman QC will be chairing a session entitled ‘How can Courts and Tribunals help to minimise climate change’.

31st May 2019

Supreme Court grants permission in R v Highbury Poultry Farm Produce Limited

Stephen Hockman QC and David Hercock, instructed by Hannah Leese of Roythornes Solicitors, act on behalf of Highbury Poultry Farm Produce Limited.

1st May 2019

Stephen Hockman QC ranked in the latest edition of Who’s Who Legal

Stephen Hockman QC has been included in the Who’s Who Legal (WWL) UK Bar rankings within the Environment sector, and in the most highly regarded top two silks in this area.

28th March 2019

Stephen Hockman QC and David Hercock succeed in the Court of Appeal in reducing a fine for health and safety offences by £420,000

Stephen Hockman QC and David Hercock successfully represented the Appellant in an appeal against sentence in Faltec Europe Limited v Health and Safety Executive.

7th March 2019

Stephen Hockman QC and David Hercock appear in the Supreme Court in important food safety case

On 5 March 2019 Stephen Hockman QC and David Hercock appeared in the Supreme Court on behalf of the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers.

5th March 2019

Stephen Hockman QC and Mark Watson QC succeed in appeal against sentence in asbestos exposure case

Stephen Hockman QC and Mark Watson QC have been successful in an appeal against a sentence in a case concerning exposure to asbestos.

22nd January 2019

Maximising mitigation – steps a company can take to reduce penalties

In this two part series published in the Safety and Health Practitioner, Stephen Hockman QC along with other health and safety specialists, considers the actions which a duty-holder can take following a serious incident.

30th November 2018

Maidstone Borough Council challenge their Highway Authority over diversion of funds away from a bus lane to town centre

Stephen Hockman QC and Megan Thomas have obtained permission for judicial review of a highway authority which has made a decision to divert monies collected for road widening under section 106 undertakings to use for a feasibility study for a potential bypass.

19th November 2018

Stephen Hockman QC and David Hercock appear in the Divisional Court

On 16 November the Divisional Court handed down judgment in Highbury Poultry Farm Produce Limited v CPS [2018] EWHC 3122 (Admin).

26th October 2018

Six Pump Court wins Health & Safety Set of the Year at Chambers UK Bar Awards

Last night at the Chambers UK Bar Awards, Six Pump Court was delighted to be named as the Health & Safety Set of the Year.

2nd July 2018

Court of Appeal ruling on the meaning of the term “recovery”

Neal Soil Suppliers Limited & Others v Natural Resources Wales [2017] EWCA Crim 645 involved an appeal arising from a Crown Court ruling in the course of a preparatory hearing in relation to the meaning of the term “recovery”.

25th May 2018

Regulatory Law Conference 2018 (Birmingham)

Six Pump Court will present a Regulatory Law Conference on 13th July in Birmingham.

27th April 2018

Stephen Hockman QC and David Hercock successful in the Court of Appeal

Stephen Hockman QC and David Hercock represented the appellant company and successfully overturned a conviction for an alleged offence under the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) Regulations 2010.

16th March 2018

Chambers UK Guide to Environmental Law 2018

The Chambers UK Guide to Environmental Law 2018 was published this week. The Guide has been written by members of the Six Pump Court Environmental Law Team.

27th February 2018

Environment Agency liable to pay damages for breach of Convention Rights

On 14 February 2018, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in R (Mott) v Environment Agency [2018] UKSC 10.

17th November 2017

Environmental Law Practice Guide 2018: UK Chapter written by Six Pump Court

The Chambers & Partners Environmental Law Global Practice Guide 2018 is now available online. The UK chapter has been written by Six Pump Court barristers

17th October 2017

The Charter of the Forest after 800 years – its meaning then and now

The Temple Church will host a Symposium based upon this Charter , which came into being 800 years ago, and two years after the Magna Carta.

9th October 2017

Regulatory and Planning Law Conference 2017 (Leeds)

Six Pump Court presents a Regulatory and Planning Law Conference to be held on 20th November in Leeds.

1st August 2017

Supreme Court allows wife’s appeal in Birch v Birch

Stephen Hockman QC and Jane Campbell represented the appellate wife in the case of Birch v Birch heard in the UK Supreme Court earlier this year.

12th June 2017

‘Piercing the Veil’ – Incorporation and Liability for Environmental Damage: Widening the Net

Six Pump Court presents the third in our series of Environmental and Public Law Seminars to be held this year on Wednesday 12th July.

26th May 2017

Court of Appeal hears food safety appeal

Stephen Hockman QC, and David Hercock appeared in the Court of Appeal last week in judicial review proceedings on behalf of a trade association and slaughterhouse operator.

26th May 2017

Stephen Hockman QC and Jane Campbell appear in Supreme Court in Birch v Birch

On 22nd May, Stephen Hockman QC and Jane Campbell appeared in the UK Supreme Court in a case concerning the discharge of undertakings given in a final consent order made in financial remedy proceedings.

29th March 2017

Six Pump Court barristers recognised in this year’s Best Lawyers

Best Lawyers was established in the USA in 1983 and describes itself as “the oldest and most highly-respected peer review guide to the legal...

20th March 2017

The need for a new international environmental court

On 29 March, Stephen Hockman QC presented a lecture on the history of proposals for an international environmental court and explore how the idea...

9th December 2016

Important ruling for almshouse charities and residents

The Court of Appeal today handed down judgment in Watts v Stewart & ors [2016] EWCA Civ 1247 which will be of fundamental importance...

18th July 2016

Enforcement of Environmental Law – Conference for Solicitors

On Monday 18th July 2016, Stephen Hockman QC, Gordon Wignall and Christopher Badger will be among the speakers at a conference on the enforcement...

17th June 2016

UKELA Annual Conference 2016

The UKELA Annual Conference is taking place in Brighton between Friday 1st - Sunday 3rd July 2016. The theme is  'From Global to Local'...

15th June 2016

Private Nuisance Litigation Masterclass – Seminar

Our series of Masterclass Environmental Law Seminars continues next month with a second seminar,  Private Nuisance Litigation Masterclass to be held on 11th July....

13th June 2016

Defining the Boundary between European and National Law

In a paper entitled ‘Defining the Boundary between European and National Law’, Anthony Speaight QC and Stephen Hockman QC explore the future impact of...

8th June 2016

International Symposium on Directors’ Liability for Climate Change Damages

Stephen Hockman QC will be speaking at the International Symposium on Directors’ Liability for Climate Change Damages to be held at the University of...

7th June 2016

Environmental Permitting Masterclass – Seminar

Six Pump Court presents the first in our short series of ‘Masterclass’ Environmental Law Seminars to be held this summer: Environmental Permitting Masterclass: ‘Hot’...

1st April 2016

Six Pump Court Barristers listed in Who’s Who Legal UK Bar 2016

Six Pump Court barristers Stephen Hockman QC, Mark Harris and Mark Watson have each been included in the Who's Who Legal UK Bar 2016...

16th March 2016

Stephen Hockman QC to chair forthcoming seminar – ‘Paris and Beyond’

On Monday 21st March Stephen Hockman QC will chair a seminar hosted by UKELA and GLS Environment entitled ‘Paris and Beyond’. This evening seminar...

7th March 2016

Implications of the United Kingdom Leaving the European Union on Climate Change and Energy Law

In a paper on behalf of the Climate Change and Energy Working Party, UK Environmental Law Association (UKELA), Stephen Hockman QC and Benjamin Haseldine...

27th January 2016

Best Lawyers UK recognises leading individuals at Six Pump Court Chambers

Best Lawyers was established in the USA in 1983 and describes itself as “the oldest and most highly-respected peer review guide to the legal...

5th January 2016

COP and post COP: Climate change law in and after Paris

On Thursday 21st January, Six Pump Court will host an event entitled ‘COP and post COP: Climate change law in and after Paris’. The...

24th September 2015

Six Pump Court shortlisted in three categories in Legal 500 UK Bar Awards 2015

Six Pump Court is pleased to receive four nominations in three separate categories of the Legal 500 2015 UK Bar Awards. Crime – Silk...

21st September 2015

Stephen Hockman QC leads legal delegation to Hong Kong

Stephen Hockman QC as Treasurer of the Middle Temple is leading a group of some 50 practitioners on a visit to Hong Kong this...

10th September 2015

Six Pump Court and UKELA present a seminar on Criminal Enforcement by Regulators

Six Pump Court presents the second in our series of environmental law seminars to be held this year. This forthcoming seminar is being held...

12th August 2015

Financial remedy proceedings and variation of undertakings in final orders

Stephen Hockman QC and Jane Campbell appeared for the appellate wife in a case concerning the variation of undertakings in final orders in financial...

22nd July 2015

Final costs judgment given by UKSC in Coventry v Lawrence

The long-awaited judgment from the Supreme Court on the lawfulness of CFA and ATE funding arrangements was handed down today.  Stephen Hockman QC and...

20th April 2015

Stephen Hockman QC to speak at UN Earth Day celebrations

Stephen Hockman QC will be speaking at the UN Earth Day celebrations on 24th April on the need for an International Court for the Environment....

3rd March 2015

Six Pump Court barristers recognised in Who’s Who Legal 2015

Six Pump Court’s environmental law barristers have been recognised in the latest Who’s Who Legal which provides an analysis of the leading barristers and...

2nd March 2015

New Sentencing Guidelines for Regulatory Offences – opinions from the legal experts

Stephen Hockman QC and David Travers QC were amongst those who were asked to express a view on the proposed new guidelines in Safety...

9th February 2015

Costs and Human Rights

The third hearing in Coventry v Lawrence on the potential incompatibility of the costs regime with human rights is due to be heard on...

4th December 2014

Stephen Hockman QC and Emmaline Lambert successful in Court of Appeal planning case

Stephen Hockman QC and Emmaline Lambert have successfully defended the London Borough of Enfield's position in the Court of Appeal regarding whether a variation, or...

5th October 2014

Sentence passed in Buncefield Trial

6 Pump Court Chambers barrister Stephen Hockman QC represented Total, the French energy giant in the case brought by the Environment Agency and the HSE against...

5th October 2014

Stephen Hockman QC wins landmark challenge against the UK

The Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee, an authoritative international tribunal, has released recommendations in a case brought by ClientEarth that should change the way UK...

5th October 2014

CPS Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates

Following publication of the CPS Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates Stephen Hockman QC, the Head of Chambers, approached both the Director of Public Prosecutions and...

5th October 2014

International Environment Conference, Brussels, 27 October

Stephen Hockman QC will be speaking at the forthcoming international environmental conference organised by the Flemish and Dutch Environmental Law Associations on 27 October in Brussels....

5th October 2014

Joint Opinion on the Impact of the Aarhus Convention

Stephen Hockman QC has recently contributed to a Joint Opinion on the UK's non-compliance with the Aarhus Convention. Based on his appearance before the Aarhus...

5th October 2014

Stephen Hockman QC to chair World Bar Conference in London

The Bar Council will be hosting the World Bar Conference in London from 29th June - 1st July. The Conference is to be chaired...

5th October 2014

Stephen Hockman QC and Lee Bennett successfully represent Ofgem in proposed record £10.5m fine case against energy supplier SSE

Ofgem has announced its intention to fine SSE £10.5 million for mis-selling energy contracts to domestic customers. Stephen Hockman QC, Monica Carss-Frisk QC andLee Bennett advised...

5th October 2014

“Legislating for Responsible Capitalism”. A paper by Stephen Hockman QC

Stephen Hockman QC has written a paper published by the Policy Network, entitled 'Legislating for Responsible Capitalism: what it means in practice". In the paper,...

5th October 2014

Stephen Hockman QC and William Upton instructed in significant environmental noise nuisance case

Stephen Hockman QC and William Upton will be representing the claimants in a highly significant environmental (noise) nuisance case - Lawrence v Fen Tigers, to be heard...

4th October 2014

Stephen Hockman QC appointed Honorary President of the London and South-East Region of the United Nations Association-UK.

Stephen Hockman QC has been appointed as the Honorary President of the London and South-East Region of the United Nations Association-UK. Previous incumbents have included Juliet...

29th September 2014

Supreme Court reviews nuisance law – Coventry v Lawrence [2014] UKSC 13

The Supreme Court has today unanimously allowed the appeal of Kate Lawrence and Ray Shields. The appeal raised a number of important points in...

28th August 2014

Six Pump Court shortlisted for four awards in the Chambers UK Bar Awards

Six Pump Court is delighted to have been nominated for awards in four separate categories by the Chambers UK Bar Awards this year including Set...

15th August 2014

Costs uplifts and landlords’ liability in nuisance: Coventry v Lawrence (No.2)

The Supreme Court has ruled on the consequential issues arising from its earlier judgment. Stephen Hockman QC and William Upton continue to represent the appellants in this landmark...

21st July 2014

Nuisance – from Farnworth to Lawrence

Following on from the recent Supreme Court case on nuisance - Coventry v Lawrence, William Upton will be speaking about the case at a...

21st July 2014

Environmental Justice – Coventry v Lawrence and the law of nuisance

In an article for the 'Environmental Law Monthly', Nicholas Baldock summarises and comments on the implications of the recent Supreme Court judgment in Coventry v Lawrence and...

21st July 2014

Members of Six Pump Court ranked in Planning newspaper’s 2013-2014 Planning Law Survey

Members of the Six Pump Court have been ranked highly in Planning newspaper’s annual Planning Law Survey for 2013-2014. Members featured in all three...

Events

3rd July 2024

Manchester Ship Canal Company Ltd v United Utilities Judgment

Join us for a hot-off-the-press webinar on the Manchester Ship Canal Company Ltd v United Utilities judgment. Today the Supreme Court handed down its...

13th July 2022

Environmental and Health & Safety Regulatory Issues in Arbitration Webinar

The webinar - entitled - Environmental and Health & Safety Regulatory Issues in Arbitration Webinar will take place on Wednesday 13th July 4-6pm

11th July 2022

The Energy Crisis – where do we go from here?

Stephen Hockman QC will be chairing this UKELA Climate Change and Energy Working Party webinar.

14th June 2021

UKELA Conference 14 -18 June

We are delighted to be one of the sponsors once again at this year's event. Members of Six Pump Court will be taking part and presenting some of the sessions.

28th May 2021

Solar Salt Projects in Africa – A discussion of the key environmental & legal issues

The next webinar in our international arbitration series will be held on Friday 28th May.

4th September 2020

Webinar: International Arbitration and Virtual Hearings Webinar

On Friday 4th September at 11am Six Pump Court will host a webinar entitled - International Arbitration and Virtual Hearings – A New Era Dawns

17th June 2020

Webinar: Piercing the Corporate Veil: the Principle of ‘Separate Legal Personality’

Six Pump Court Chambers is delighted to be able to host a re-run of our very popular ‘Piercing the Corporate Veil’ seminar as part of our series of 2020 webinars.

20th March 2019

Piercing the Corporate Veil: The Principle of ‘Separate Legal Personality’

Six Pump Court presents the third in our series of Environmental Law Seminars to be held this year.

28th February 2019

Company Directors and Environmental Responsibilities

Six Pump Court presents the second in our series of Environmental Law Seminars to be held this year.

Blog

5th November 2024

Environmental Law News Update

Policies for Planning - Stephen Hockman KC Everyone knows that the new Labour government has economic growth as its primary policy aim. The purpose...

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