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Biography

Nina is a specialist planning and environmental law practitioner. She has appeared in a number of leading environmental law claims, including the successful challenge to the Net Zero Strategy and a claim now before the Supreme Court concerning the question of whether the scope 3 emissions of oil and gas development are indirect effects of that development for the purpose of an environmental impact assessment. She successfully represented the UK Government before the United Nations in a dispute concerning compliance with international environmental law. She is ranked as a Tier 1 barrister in the Legal 500 and a leading junior in Chambers and Partners. She serves as Vice-Chair of the United Kingdom Environmental Law Association and is a Committee Member of the Planning and Environmental Bar Association. Nina has also featured in The Planner’s Women of Influence list and the ENDS Power List of the most influential environmental professionals: “she is one of, if not the, leader in her field”. She was awarded a Global Leadership Award by the Climate Law and Governance Initiative during COP27.