Pro bono & community action – 39 Essex Street saves Pendle locals from yuppie invasion
It was in the middle of Ramadan and nine days before Christmas 2001 when Martin Edwards, a planning and public law barrister at 39 Essex Street, came across an interesting case from the Bar Pro Bono Unit. The community of Whitefields in East Lancashire was the subject of a compulsory purchase order issued by Pendle […]