Cornerstone Barristers
Jack Barber is a highly regarded barrister specializing in planning law, currently practicing at Cornerstone Barristers since April 2021. Recognized as one of the top-rated planning barristers under 35 by Planning Magazine in its 2024 survey, Jack's experience includes a 12-month pupillage focused on public law under notable supervisors. Prior to this role, Jack served as a research assistant for a book examining central and local government relations, worked as a paralegal for the Infected Blood Inquiry, and gained early experience as an account executive awarded the Mackay Award during a program in Washington D.C. Jack's educational background includes a Master’s degree from the University of Oxford, a Bar Professional Training Course, and a Graduate Diploma in Law from City, University of London, alongside a Bachelor’s degree in History from the University of Oxford.
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Cornerstone Barristers
We are a leading public law barristers chambers with over sixty members and offices in London, Birmingham and Cardiff. We pride ourselves on providing excellent levels of service to all our clients and offer first class specialist advice and representation in areas including administrative and public law, planning, property, housing, licensing, health and social care, commercial and regulatory law. Our clients come to us from different business sectors, including government, development, infrastructure, housing, leisure, energy and finance. Our barristers are experienced, therefore, in representing clients with different needs, spanning private companies, local authorities, public bodies and individuals. We are consistently ranked in Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500 directories and receive excellent feedback from our clients. “Cornerstone Barristers is the complete package. Clerks who understand their client’s needs and will move everything to make sure they are met. Barristers who are outstanding in their field. Highly knowledgeable, quick to grasp the facts and the ability to see solutions where they haven’t been identified before – a professional service from start to finish with competitive fees that have kept us coming back for more time and time again. I would have no hesitation in recommending Cornerstone to represent your client (unless they are against us, of course!)." The Legal 500 (2023) A number of our members currently hold part-time judicial appointments, sitting as legal assessors on various disciplinary boards and tribunals, including the RICS, the Lands Tribunal, Adjudication Panel of England & Wales and sporting bodies' dispute resolution panels. Members also sit as Recorders and arbitrators and a number also act as Treasury Counsel, having been appointed to the Attorney General’s panel.