Trustees

UKELA has 20 elected trustees at present, drawn from our wide ranging membership and represent all sectors of environmental law. They are known as Council. Council is responsible for ensuring UKELA achieves its strategic and charitable aims. Because UKELA is also a limited company, our trustees are also directors. The Executive Committee is responsible for the day-to-day running of the charity, working with the Executive Director. Our constitution sets out the rules on selection and responsibilities of Council. Read more on our what we do page. If you would like to contact any of our trustees, please get in touch.

Executive Committee

Nina Pindham - Chair

Nina is a specialist planning and environmental law Barrister at Cornerstone Barristers. 

James Sanderson - Honorary Treasurer

James is a qualified chartered accountant with over twenty years' corporate finance experience. James works at Philips where his current role focuses on internal controls relating to financial reporting.

Simone Davidson - Vice Chair

Simone is a solicitor and Head of PSL Environment and Head of the Built Environment Cluster at LexisNexis.

Helen Mitcheson - Vice Chair

Alison York - Vice Chair

Alison is a solicitor and Head of Legal in the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, practising in environmental law and regulation in the public sector in Scotland.

Peter Harvey - Vice Chair

Peter is Senior Editor at Practical Law Environment (Thomson Reuters) and formerly a solicitor in private practice. 

Other Council members

Odette Chalaby

Odette is a barrister at Landmark Chambers specialising in environmental and planning law.

Steph David
Steph is a barrister at 39 Essex Chambers specialising in environmental, climate, planning, regulatory and public law. She is a co-author and editor of ‘The Law of Net Zero and Nature Positive’.

Estelle Dehon KC

Estelle is a public law silk at Cornerstone Barristers. She practices in environment and planning law, with particular expertise in climate change. 

Mabel Demokun 
Mabel is a qualified Lawyer and a legal researcher with interests in Energy Law, Environmental Law, Net Zero, Sustainable Development and related Public Policies.

Alan Fieldsend
Alan has been a solicitor with SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd for over 20 years, with a focus on developing commercial and legal solutions to implement waste policy.

Toby Fisher 

Toby is a barrister at Matrix Chambers specialising in environment, public and human rights law.

Merrow Golden

Merrow is a barrister at Francis Taylor Building Chambers specialising in environmental, planning and public law.

Jane Haviland

Jane is a solicitor who focuses on Environmental Regulation and Compliance.

Safiyah Islam

Safiyah is an associate solicitor at Bevan Brittan where she advises on all aspects of planning law.

David Kay
David is a solicitor and the Legal Director at Opportunity Green, where he leads a team identifying and implementing legal strategies to tackle climate change.

Emma Lui

Emma is a Policy Advisor at the Office for Nuclear Regulation. She is also an Advisory Board member to Public Interest Environmental Law (PIEL) UK.

Brendan Martyn

Brendan is an Associate Director at Cleaver Fulton Rankin Solicitors, Belfast, specialising in planning and environmental law.

Ben Stansfield

Ben is a partner at Gowling WLG, and leads the ESG group. He specialises in environmental law and the consenting of projects and real estate developments.

Simon Tilling

Simon is head of a dedicated environmental law team at Pennon Group, owner of South West Water, Bournemouth Water and Bristol Water.