Mary is a leading planning barrister, and prior to Town Legal was a member of Cornerstone Barristers where she served as Joint Head of Chambers. She is one of Town’s founding partners. Mary sits on the organising committee of the Oxford Joint Planning Law Conference and is a member of PEBA and the CPA. Mary has a wide range of experience from offering strategic advice to developers and land owners on large complex residential and commercial schemes (including in a CPO context), appearing at inquiries, hearings and plan examinations. She regularly deals with SEA/SA, SANG and heritage issues.