Conor Linehan SC

Partner

Conor is Head of William Fry’s Environment & Planning Group.

Conor Linehan SC

His work (advisory, contentious and transactional support) covers planning and land use law, pollution control licensing, habitat and protected area controls, environmental impact assessment, the legal aspects of waste management and contaminated land issues. He has a particular interest in the legal and policy responses to the climate change problem, including the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. Qualified as a Solicitor in both the Republic of Ireland and in England & Wales, and as a Barrister, he also holds an MSc in Environmental Social Science from the University of Kent at Canterbury.

He has formerly held the following adjunct/part-time roles: Irish Government appointee to the International Panel of Environmental Law Expert Arbitrators, at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague; Senior Vice Chair of the International Bar Association’s (IBA) Environment, Health and Safety Law Committee and Vice-Chair of the IBA President’s Task Force on Climate Change Justice and Human Rights. He is also a former Vice-Chairman of the Employment Appeals Tribunal.

Conor has led the William Fry team representing clients in some of the most high-profile environmental and planning cases in recent years. Conor Linehan is highlighted as ‘a go-to adviser for critical projects’.

Ranking & Recommendations

Related Knowledge

Article and Insights
8
Apr 2024
Following the conclusion of the public consultation process on the Climate Action ...
Partner
Conor Linehan SC
Article and Insights
15
Mar 2024
This is the first High Court ruling concerning wind farm noise and property nuisance.
Partner
Conor Linehan SC
Article and Insights
20
Sep 2023
An Bord Pleanála's refusal of permission for the Shannon LNG terminal and power pl...
Partner
Conor Linehan SC
Article and Insights
19
Jul 2023
The new agency is responsible for a new consenting system and enforcement function...
Partner
Michelle Martin
Article and Insights
1
Mar 2023
Significant changes to the Irish planning system are one step closer with the publ...
Partner
Michelle Martin
Article and Insights
30
Sep 2021
The EU has launched a wide-ranging and highly impactful programme to re-orient pri...
Partner
Nessa Joyce
Article and Insights
22
Jun 2021
In April 2021, the Irish High Court ruled on a challenge brought by An Taisce agai...
Partner
Michelle Martin
Article and Insights
9
Apr 2020
A month into the height of the COVID19 crisis in Ireland, how is the upheaval play...
Partner
Michelle Martin
Article and Insights
3
Apr 2020
An emergency proposal to mitigate COVID-19 disruption to planning and development ...
Partner
Conor Linehan SC
Article and Insights
26
Mar 2020
The Government's second Covid-19-related Bill, published on 24 March 2020, is the ...
Partner
Conor Linehan SC