Elizabeth Appleby QC

Date of call: 1965 Gray's Inn
Year of silk: 1979

Barrister dealing with all aspects of local government and public law; all aspects of planning and environmental law, (cases include Stolport inquiry and Canvey Island inquiry, Hare Krishna Temple inquiry), including disputes and interpretation of planning conditions; parliamentary law (counsel in Channel Tunnel Bill); professional negligence; Chancery, including trusts and probate; commercial law, including banking (dispute similar to Nick Leeson), company, partnership, insurance and contractual disputes; arbitration (including a dispute re liability and damages arising from a breach of contract relating to a substantial building/engineering project in Dubai running into many millions of pounds); has appeared in London in High Court, court of Appeal, House of Lords and Privy Council, and since 1980 in courts in Hong Kong, Kuching and Kuala Lumpar and Singapore; chaired inquiry into fraud at Lambeth Borough Council; Inspector - appointed by Department of Trade on five occasions including a bank; Arbitrator - appointed by one of major City Firms into internal partnership dispute; appeared in Bicherd Inquiry, Member of Panel of Chairman of Lloyds Disciplinary Tribunals, Member of City Disputes Panel; Chairman (independent) of Ethics and Integrity Committee of Conservative Party, responsibilites including drafting Rules of Committee as well as chairing inquiries.

APPOINTMENTS
Deputy High Court Judge - 1985 to date
Recorder of the Crown Court - 1989 to date
Joint Head of Chambers and Chairman of Grays Inn Square Chambers Ltd - 1989 to 2008 Elected Member of General Council of the Bar - 1977 to 1983



AFFILIATIONS
PEBA
COMBAR
Member of Panel of Chairmen of Lloyds Disciplinary Tribunals
Member of City Disputes Panel


EDUCATION
LLB Hons (Manchester)

DIRECTORY ENTRIES
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Leading expert in Administrative & Public Law (inc Judicial Review), Education Law and Planning Law.

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Michael Kaplan and Elliot Langdorf