Brendan Martyn

Mr Martyn, elected at UKELA’s AGM last week, will succeed CFR chairperson and director Karen Blair, who has served in the post for the maximum term of eight years.

UKELA’s trustees form its ruling council, with members drawn from all sectors of environmental law from barristers to academics, with a range of experience and expertise.

Mr Martyn is an associate director within the planning and environment team at CFR. He was originally called to The Bar of Ireland in 2008, and subsequently qualified as a solicitor in Northern Ireland, England and Wales and the Republic of Ireland.

He specialises in all aspects of contentious and non-contentious planning and environmental law across a wide spectrum of sectors to include energy and renewables, retail, aggregate and mineral extraction, commercial property and public law.