Georgina Fenton

Georgina Fenton

Barrister

Landmark Chambers

Georgie joined Chambers in November 2021 following completion of pupillage during which she was supervised by Myriam Stacey KC, David Blundell KC, Galina Ward KC, Julia Smyth and Zack Simons.

Georgie is developing a practice across Landmark’s specialisms, including public, planning and environmental law. Her recent work includes:

  • Junior Counsel alongside Miranda Butler and Hannah Gibbs to Fiona Scolding KC representing 300 core participants in the Infected Blood Inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and 1980s.
  • Acting as sole counsel for the AIRE Centre to successfully win an appeal in the Social Entitlement Chamber of the First Tier Tribunal against a decision taken by the SSWP to refuse a Slovakian national and victim of modern slavery universal credit on the grounds that he did not have a qualifying right to reside.
  • Representing a local authority in Court of Protection proceedings regarding the ongoing care arrangements for a service user.
  • Acting as sole counsel in a number of planning inquiry appeals on grounds A, C, D and F concerning applications for CLEU and enforcement notices.
  • Representing both Claimants and local authorities in a number of Special Educational Needs and Disability hearings in the First Tier Tribunal regarding sections B, F and I of a child’s Education Healthcare Plan.
  • Drafting judicial review grounds for the Environmental Law Foundation to challenge the revocation of an Environmental Traffic Regulation Order. The grounds were later successful in the High Court (R. (Keyhole Bridge User Safety Group) v Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council [2021] EWHC 3082 (Admin)).

Prior to starting pupillage, Georgie was a judicial assistant in the Court of Appeal to Lord Justice Lindblom assisting on a variety of planning cases. Most notably, Georgie assisted with the writing of the judgment for the Heathrow Airport expansion case, which was the first significant ruling in the world on the Paris Climate Agreement (R. (on the application of Plan B Earth) v Secretary of State for Transport [2020] EWCA Civ 214).

Prior to and during her legal studies, Georgie volunteered with Communities Empowerment Network, Reprieve and Citizens Advice.

In her spare time, Georgie plays netball and volunteers with a local soup kitchen (Refugee Community Kitchen).

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