Charles Edward Raymond Banner, Baron Banner,[1] KC (born 3 June 1980), is a British lawyer and life peer. He was appointed a member of the House of Lords in 2024.
The Lord Banner | |
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 Banner in the House of Lords, 2024 | |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 6 March 2024 Life peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Charles Edward Raymond Banner 3 June 1980 Birmingham, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
Tetyana Nesterchuk (m. 2013) |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Barrister |
Early life
editBanner was born on 3 June 1980 in Birmingham to Dr Edward Raymond Banner, a consultant psychiatrist,[2] and Rachel Nimmo Banner (née Macfarlane), of the Nimmo family who founded and operated the Castle Eden Brewery, and was raised near Barnt Green on the outskirts of Birmingham.[3][4] He was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and read classics (literae humaniores) at Lincoln College, Oxford, graduating with an upper second-class honours in 2002.[5] He then studied for the Postgraduate Diploma in Law at City, University of London, and graduated from King's College London in 2004 after studying EU law.[3] Whilst undertaking his postgraduate law studies in London from 2002 until 2004, he was the first intern at the recently established Policy Exchange, later becoming a Research Fellow, working on policing [6] and constitutional reform.[7]
Professional career
editBanner was called to the bar of England and Wales in 2004 at Lincoln's Inn,[3] and to the bar of Northern Ireland in 2010.[8] Before embarking on private practice, he was seconded as a judicial assistant in 2005 to Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry and Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood in the House of Lords.[4][9] Banner was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2019;[10] at the age of 38, he was the youngest barrister to be appointed in that year.[8] He joined Keating Chambers in 2020 to establish their practice in planning and environment law, to complement their established standing in construction, infrastructure and public procurement law.[11] He practises in all those areas, as well as public law and commercial dispute resolution more generally.[12]
He has acted in over 200 reported cases, including 18 Supreme Court appeals (making him one of the top ten currently practising barristers by number of appearances in the Supreme Court since its opening in 2009),[13] notable examples being R(Cart) v. Upper Tribunal [2012] 1 AC 663 concerning the constitutional principles relating to judicial review,[14] R(Al-Skeini) v. Secretary of State for Defence [2008] 1 AC 153 concerning the territorial scope of the Human Rights Act 1998, in which as a junior barrister he was led by Keir Starmer who was then a practising Queen’s Counsel,[15] as well as judicial reviews concerning HS2 (R (HS2 Action Alliance Ltd) v Secretary of State for Transport),[16] the proposed third runway at Heathrow Airport,[17] the expansion of Stansted Airport,[18] and a new stadium at Casement Park.[19] He sits as a part-time judge of the Astana International Financial Centre Court in Astana, Kazakhstan.[20] He is the founder and co-presenter of the high-profile planning and land use related charity podcast, Have We Got Planning News For You.[21]
He has held non-executive board positions at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (2018–2023), the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (2017–2024; including as deputy chair, 2021–2023; and interim chair, 2023–2024) and the European Union's Fundamental Rights Agency (2017–2020).[3]
Political career
editNominated by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak,[22] Banner was created a life peer on 6 March 2024 as Baron Banner, of Barnt Green in the County of Worcestershire.[23] He was introduced to the House of Lords as a Conservative peer on 18 March.[24] He gave his maiden speech on 19 April 2024 on the subject of the impact of environmental regulations on development.[4] His subsequent spoken contributions in the House of Lords have focused on planning & infrastructure, the environment, justice & the constitution, and foreign policy.[25]
In March 2024, Banner was appointed by the government to lead an independent review into national infrastructure projects to streamline their procedure and cut down legal challenges.[8][26] The Banner Review's report was published in October 2024,[27] alongside a Government 'Call For Evidence' paper.[28]
Personal life
editIn 2013, Banner married Tetyana Nesterchuk, a Ukrainian barrister based in the UK.[3][29]
He is a Patron of the Restart Foundation (a charity focused upon improving mental health in Ukraine),[30] a Trustee of Prism the Gift Fund (a facilitator for charitable giving),[31] and a Trustee of Validus32 (a charity providing outdoor activities for wounded, injured and sick veterans).[32] He is a supporter of Sir Brian May's animal-welfare and nature-conservation organisation Save Me.[33]
He is a rock music enthusiast and advocate of live music venues.[34]
References
edit- ^ "Lord Banner". UK Parliament. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/1C74DB1D4D32DC1AC6DDF8DE7BF92354/S0955603600098354a.pdf/raymond-banner.pdf
- ^ a b c d e "Banner, Charles Edward Raymond". Who's Who. A & C Black. 2023. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U292139. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ a b c Banner, Lord (19 April 2024). "Impact of Environmental Regulations on Development (Built Environment Committee Report)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 837. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Lords. col. 1183–1185.
- ^ "Lincoln College Record". Lincoln College Record. No. 80. Lincoln College. 2001–2002. p. 64.
- ^ https://policyexchange.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/going-local.pdf
- ^ Banner, Charles; Deane, Alexander (2003). Off with Their Wigs!: Judicial Revolution in Modern Britain. Imprint Academic. ISBN 0907845843.
- ^ a b c "(Lord) Banner KC to lead review on national infrastructure". GOV.UK. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ Gibb, Frances (4 April 2024). "New peer Lord Banner KC on his career and bid to build homes". The Times. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "No. 62586". The London Gazette. 15 March 2019. p. 4642.
- ^ Wilding, Mark (1 July 2020). "Leading QC joins Keating Chambers to set up new planning practice". Planning. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "Lord Banner KC - Keating Chambers".
- ^ https://www.keatingchambers.com/people/charles-banner-qc/%7C
- ^ "Cases - UK Supreme Court" (PDF).
- ^ "House of Lords - Al-Skeini and others (Respondents) v. Secretary of State for Defence (Appellant) Al-Skeini and others (Appellants) v. Secretary of State for Defence (Respondent) (Consolidated Appeals)".
- ^ "Cases - UK Supreme Court" (PDF).
- ^ https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Heathrow-judgment-on-planning-issues-27-February-2020.pdf
- ^ "Ross & Anor (Acting on Behalf of Stop Stansted Expansion) v Secretary of State for Transport [2020] EWHC 226 (Admin)".
- ^ https://www.judiciaryni.uk/files/judiciaryni/decisions/Mooreland%20and%20Owenvarragh%20Residents%27%20Association%20Application%20for%20Judicial%20Review.pdf
- ^ https://court.aifc.kz/en/who-we-are |
- ^ http://www.hwgpnfy.com
- ^ "Political Peerages 2024". GOV.UK. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "No. 64342". The London Gazette. 12 March 2024. p. 5010.
- ^ "Introduction: Lord Banner". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 837. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Lords. 21 March 2024. col. 1.
- ^ "Spoken Contributions - Lord Banner".
- ^ King, Alex (8 March 2024). "Planning silk appointed by government to lead review of major infrastructure project delivery". Planning. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "Lord Banner KC review proposes roadmap to speed up delivery of national infrastructure".
- ^ "Independent review into legal challenges against Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects - Report by Lord Banner KC into the causes of legal challenges brought against the NSIP regime".
- ^ "Tetyana Nesterchuk". Fountain Court. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "Restart Foundation announces first Patron". 18 April 2024.
- ^ "PRISM THE GIFT FUND people - Find and update company information - GOV.UK".
- ^ "Meet the Board".
- ^ May, Brian (24 November 2022). "Why did I visit the hallowed halls of the Royal Society today [23 November]?". Brian's Soapbox. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "House Music: Volume 4".