James Pereira KC

James Pereira KC was called to the bar in 1996 and took silk in 2014. Practising from Francis Taylor Buildings in London, James specialises in planning, environmental, local government and administrative law, compulsory purchase and compensation.

James was nominated as Real Estate, Environment and Planning Silk of the Year by the Legal 500 Bar Awards for 2016, 2017 and 2019, and regularly ranked in the top planning silks in Planning Magazine review of the UK planning bar. He is the co-author of leading text books in compulsory purchase, compensation, infrastructure planning and environmental law, and is a Visiting Professor of Law at King’s College, London.

In 2018 he founded The Libra Partnership (https://www.thelibrapartnership.com), a coaching practice for lawyers, law firms and other professionals, providing individual and organisational coaching and skills training. James is also a certified coach with the International Coaching Federation, has trained in systemic coaching for businesses and individuals, family therapy and Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP).