Victoria Hutton specialises in planning and environmental law at 39 Essex Chambers. She was shortlisted as planning and environment junior barrister of the year by Chambers and Partners (2021 and 2025) and Legal 500 (2025) and was included in the Planner’s Women of Influence list for 2020. Victoria is PEBA Equality and Diversity Officer and co-author of Planning Policy (Bloomsbury 2018 with Richard Harwood QC).
There is much to celebrate about the planning appeals process but it can, on occasions, test professional conduct. Tom Cosgrove KC, Claire Searson, Victoria Hutton and Paul Tucker KC explain how the Planning and Environment Bar Association and the Planning Inspectorate are working together to promote good conduct and tackle poor behaviour post-Harman
Update from the Chair of the Bar
By Clement Cowley, Partner at The Penny Group
Modernising communication and collaboration at a leading Chancery set. A Zexi case study
How to build profile without compromising professional duties. By Naumaan Farooq, Co-Founder of Inked PR
Marie Law, Director of Toxicology at AlphaBiolabs, examines the role of cut-off levels, and the wider range of factors that must be considered when interpreting results for family court proceedings
Endometriosis Awareness North, a charity raising awareness of endometriosis and supporting those affected across the North of England, has received a £500 boost from AlphaBiolabs via the company’s Giving Back initiative
The case against judge-only justice – and why efficiency is not enough. By Professor Leslie Thomas KC
Jemima Coleman and Zoë Leventhal KC on the evolving global movement seeking to reframe how we view nature: to recognise that nature possesses inherent rights and to enshrine these rights in law
Heritage as an anchor and a compass, finding our common humanity and embracing the power of the outsider – Melina Antoniadis’s lessons learnt
Seeing the full picture – Baljit Ubhey OBE outlines the CPS action plan to tackle violence against women and girls, offering insights directly relevant to courtroom practice
Lauren Fullerton examines the how, what and why of setting up a second chambers base
