Patrick Lyons
Associate (Barrister)
Overview
Patrick joined Richard Buxton in 2022 to work across all areas of the firm’s practice.
He qualified as a barrister in 2017 dealing with a range of public, private and criminal law and gaining specialist experience directly relevant to UK environmental and planning law . Pre-qualification he spent 2 years at a leading solicitors’ firm and was given significant responsibility to progress complex judicial reviews and other public law casework including inquiry and inquest work.
He takes pride in working on difficult cases, helping clients access environmental justice and challenge decision making by public bodies. After leaving self employed practice, he worked in local government as a Principal Lawyer on a range of planning law and environmental law judicial and statutory reviews. He has wider understanding of governance issues, licencing, public health investigations together with enforcement action.
Qualifications
- BA (Hons) EU Politics and Law, Leeds (II.i)
- LLM, Leeds (Merit)
- MG-Dip Philosophy, University of London (Merit)
- Called to the Bar 2014
Memberships
- UKELA
Personal Interests
Patrick loves trekking and spending time with his young family. He recently spent time in Nepal looking at mountains that he will never climb.
Key Cases
Sewage Flooding Claim Settles
Residential sewage flooding claim against major Water Company
Planning case resolved through negotiations in Portishead
Residents in Portishead - ADR
Alternative dispute resolution used to avoid High Court litigation in Portishead
Community stops unsustainable ALDI retail scheme
Canons Park Community group v ALDI
Community group challenges flawed application for supermarket development in unsuitable location
Noise nuisance from gym
Objection to vary conditions of previous planning permission
Application to vary the opening hours and use of the gym was refused by Lambeth Council.
Success challenging waste material storage facility
R (oao Parfitt) v Somerset Council
Council and waste operator failed to consider impact of waste storage on environmentally sensitive site
Historic inn preserved
Rye v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Significant win in case of treasured Inn, once registered as an Asset of Community Value.
Legal pressure jettisons green space development
Fight for Ashton Park v Preston City Council
Residents’ group “Fight for Ashton Park” challenged Preston City Council's closed-session decision to develop green space.
Appeal dismissed due to Outline Permission concerns
Burrows Road development
Garden grabbing development would harm character and appearance of traditional terrace in West Glamorgan
SSLUHC concedes planning appeal decision unlawful
Rye v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Challenge to permission decision that failed to recognise trees had been felled.
Intensive poultry farm stopped on odour, threat to SSSI
Footbridge Farm, Bridgnorth, Shropshire
Successfully resisted planning appeal for poultry farm in Shropshire