David Elvin KC is a member of the Bars of England and Wales (called 1983) and Northern Ireland, and took silk in 2000. He is a Bencher of the Middle Temple. David also undertakes work in Hong Kong. He is a Recorder, a Deputy High Court Judge (sitting in the Administrative and Planning Courts), a Judge of the Upper Tribunal (IAC) and an accredited mediator. David was one of the Parliamentary Boundary Commissioners for England for 10 years until 2019. David’s work is concerned with the environment, planning, local government, public and property law. He is general editor (with Christopher Lockhart-Mummery KC) of the Planning Encyclopedia. Recent and current cases including major CPO commercial and housing regeneration schemes in Ealing, Croydon, Enfield and the former Steelworks at Redcar, Teesside (2020), the vesting of London highways (Southwark LBC v TFL, Supreme Court 2018), proposals for decanting the Houses of Parliament during repair and refurbishment works, development procurement (Gottlieb v Winchester CC and Faraday v West Berks), heritage (Dill v Secretary of State, Supreme Court 2020, and the forthcoming inquiry into the Whitechapel Bell Foundry) housing, infrastructure, local plans (recently Sevenoaks and York City) and retail developments, together with landmark cases such as Berkeley v Sec of State, Barker v Secretary of State, Save Historic Newmarket, HS2 (Supreme Court and Parliament), Crossrail and Alconbury. He was Environment/Planning Silk of the Year at the Chambers Bar Awards in 2008 and 2018.