Nina Pindham

Barrister
Cornerstone Barristers

Nina has a wide-ranging planning practice specialising in environmental law matters in the context of planning applications, including infrastructure, energy, controversial minerals development, hazardous substances consent, waste, EIA, SEA, agriculture, water, air quality, and nature conservation issues. She has represented clients before the High Court, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court and the United Nations both for and against Government and public bodies. She has been appointed to the Attorney General’s C Panel of counsel.

She is ranked as a leading junior in Environmental Law by the Legal 500 (“a rising star”), one of the country’s top-rated juniors by Planning Magazine, and a leading junior by Chambers and Partners. Comments include: “her ability to crack intellectually challenging issues is unbelievable. If you think of it as chess, she is always three or four moves ahead of the opposition”, “has a tremendous capacity to take in a great deal of information and get straight to the point”, “an incredible advocate”. Nina has also featured as one of The Planner’s Women of Influence (2022) and in the inaugural ENDS Power List of the most influential environmental professionals: “she is one of, if not the, leader in her field”.