West Midlands

The West Midlands region covers West Midlands, Staffordshire, part of Shropshire, part of Worcestershire.

ABOUT OUR GROUP

The regional committee brings together a wide range of different member skill sets. The group is chaired by Jill Crawford from BLM with Chris Hopkins barrister at No.5 Chambers, Richard Hayes, environmental consultant at Ramboll and Anne Richardson-Oakes, lecturer at Birmingham City University. The group always tries to strike a balance at events between the legal and more practical aspects.

Contact the convenors if you would like to join the group or are interested in serving on the committee.

COMMITTEE

Chair Jill Crawford, BLM - convenor

Chris Hopkins, No5 Chambers

Richard Hayes, Ramboll

Anne Richardson-Oakes, BCU

Given the large number of universities that are based in the region, the group is keen to attract new student members as we believe this is the best way of securing both UKELA and our group’s future. Efforts are also being made to build links with other environmental organisations in our region. We are always keen to attract both new members and existing UKELA members to our events. With HS2 very much on the horizon for most in our region these are interesting times for environmental law in the West Midlands and we look forward to our group continuing to act as an important local forum for UKELA members in future.