Daniel Henderson is building a broad and varied practice as part of the Planning, Environment and Public Law groups.
Daniel has already appeared in the Court of Appeal unled, the High Court (both led and unled), the Crown and Magistrates’ Courts, the First-tier Tribunal, and at a number of planning inquiries across the country, representing a wide variety of different individuals, organisations, and local and central government. He also has a busy and varied advisory practice, and is regularly instructed to draft documentation including grounds of judicial review, summary and detailed grounds of resistance, and applications for permission to appeal (including to the Privy Council). Daniel is a member of the Government’s Junior Junior panel of counsel.
Prior to joining No5, Daniel served as the Judicial Assistant to Lord Justice Lewis and Lord Justice Holroyde at the Court of Appeal. In that role, he worked on a number of significant appeals concerning important points of Public and Planning law, as well as a number of first-instance judicial review challenges before the Divisional Court. He completed pupillage at a highly-ranked criminal set in London, and appeared daily in the Magistrates’ and Crown Court, both prosecuting and defending in criminal trials, applications for civil behaviour orders, and environmental and education prosecutions.
Prior to commencing pupillage, Daniel studied for undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Law and Public Law, obtaining several academic prizes. Daniel also spent time volunteering at Advocate (formerly the Bar Pro Bono Unit), assisting as the first point of contact for vulnerable individuals seeking pro bono representation. Outside of the law, Daniel is a keen musician, and has spent many years singing in choirs all over the world, including as a Choral Scholar in the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge.