Dr Mark Hinnells

Dr Mark Hinnells
PhD MSc MA BA

Climate Change Expert

Mark has 33 years academic and consulting experience in energy and climate change, and uses this to undertake expert witness instructions in a number of areas:

• Planning law – where the impact of a planning application on UK climate change targets may be material. Such proposals may include airports, roads, oil and gas and power generation proposals. Mark has particular experience with appeals and public inquiries at airports acting both for airports and Local Planning Authorities.
• Fiduciary Duty – challenges as to whether Trustees or Directors have met their Fiduciary Duty in considering ESG, environment or climate change in investment decisions and risk management. Mark has a particular interest in pensions and other funds in multiple jurisdictions.
• Greenwashing – assembling a case against a claim, or defending the accuracy of claims made by, financial institutions retailers or producers.
• Challenges to Government policy – including under the Climate Change Act, carbon budgets, policy impact assessments, efficacy, proportionality, cost etc
• Human rights and climate change – including where rights are claimed to have been infringed through lack of appropriate action.

Read Dr Hinnells’ blogs on the above themes on ‘Your Expert Witness’ website at www.yourexpertwitness.co.uk/mark-hinnells