Michael Humphries KC

Michael Humphries specialises in all aspects of property development law, but is particularly well known for his major infrastructure planning and compulsory purchase and compensation work, where he has acted in relation to some of the largest and most important projects in recent years. Michael has acted for and advised utilities, developers, landowners and objectors, as well as central and local government.  Michael also has an extensive compulsory purchase inquiry and Lands Chamber practice.

Michael was the Chambers and Partners UK Bar Environment and Planning Silk of the year in 2013 and 2021 and in the Chambers and Partners UK Bar online guide he is consistently one of the very highest ranked London Planning Silks. He is always one of the highest rated planning barristers in the annual Planning Magazine Law Survey and has been the highest ranked infrastructure planning silk every year that that survey has been undertaken.