Andrew Tait KC
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 1 : Planning
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About
Provided by Andrew Tait KC
Practice Areas
Andrew Tait KC’s areas of work are in planning, environmental, administrative and land compensation. He has wide experience across the planning field, in particular of Development Consent Orders, Transport and Works Act Orders, Compulsory Purchase Orders and parliamentary bills. Schemes he has promoted include the Victoria Station Upgrade, the Northern Line Extension, Barking Riverside Extension, Bank Station Capacity Upgrade, the Poole Twin Sails Bridge, the DLR (2012 Games Preparation) Order, the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon scheme, the Weymouth Relief Road, the South Devon Link Road and the East Leeds Orbital Extension. He acted for BAA on Crossrail, for BAA and BMW on HS2 and for ABP on the M4 Newport scheme. He also has appeared in many judicial reviews on infrastructure projects.
Professional Memberships
Planning and Environment Bar Association (Chairman 2016-2019), the Parliamentary Bar, ALBA, the CPA and NIPA.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Andrew Tait KC has promoted a raft of major infrastructure projects in London. He has also acted in relation to high-profile road and transport schemes nationwide. His practice further extends to waste matters, land valuation, new settlements and major mineral proposals.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Andrew is one of the best intellects at the Bar. He's completely reliable and is well liked by his clients."
"Andrew's ability to cut through complex, technical areas of law and then devise an articulate strategy is frighteningly good."
"Andrew is a leading light on infrastructure projects. He is very hard-working and is a pleasure to work with."
"Andrew is one of the best intellects at the Bar. He's completely reliable and is well liked by his clients."
"Andrew's ability to cut through complex, technical areas of law and then devise an articulate strategy is frighteningly good."
"Andrew is a leading light on infrastructure projects. He is very hard-working and is a pleasure to work with."
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