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Professor Malcolm Grant is a barrister, an environmental lawyer, academic and public servant. He took up the post of President and Provost – the principal academic and administrative officer of UCL – on 1 August 2003.

Professor Grant was Professor of Land Economy and a Fellow of Clare College, University of Cambridge (1991–2003) and was Head of the Department of Land Economy (1993–2001) and Pro-Vice Chancellor (2002–2003).

Professor Grant was previously at UCL’s Faculty of Laws as Professor of Law and Vice-Dean (1986–1991). On appointment as President and Provost, he said: “I am delighted to be returning to UCL, and honoured to have been invited to lead such an outstanding university at this critical point in its history. UCL is an exceptional institution, with a radical tradition and a distinctive character. It competes with huge success at the highest international levels. It is creative and effective in the way it runs, and well-equipped to respond to the many difficult challenges facing UK universities in the coming years.”

Academic

Born in Oamaru, New Zealand in 1947, Professor Grant was awarded the LLB (1970), LLM (1973) and LLD (1986) by the University of Otago, New Zealand. He was a Lecturer in Law at Southampton University (1982–1986), and has been Visiting Professor at the School of Law and Centre for Growth Management, University of Florida (1991) and Senior Research Fellow at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Boston (1991). He was elected an Academician of the Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences (2000).

Professional

Professor Grant’s professional qualifications include: Barrister and Solicitor, New Zealand (1969–); Honorary Member, Royal Town Planning Institute (1993–) and Member of Council (1998–2001); Honorary Member, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (1995–), Member of Governing Council (1997–2001) and Member of International Governing Council (2001–); Barrister, Middle Temple (1998–); Door Tenant, 4–5 Gray’s Inn Square (1999–2004), Landmark Chambers (2004 -); and Honorary Life Member, New Zealand Resource Management Law Association (1999). He was elected a Bencher of Middle Temple in 2004.

Public service

Professor Grant was awarded the CBE in 2003 for services to planning law and local government. He was appointed Officier dans l'Ordre de Mérite by the French Government in 2004. He was Chair of the Agriculture & Environment Biotechnology Commission from 2000 to 2005, leading the provision of strategic advice to the government on the implications of biotechnology, including genetic modification, for agriculture and the environment.

He was asked to Chair the UK Independent Steering Board for the Public Debate on GM (2002–2003) and he was Chair of the Association of London Government’s Independent Panel on the Remuneration of Councillors in London (1997-2004). He served two terms of appointment as Chair of the Local Government Commission for England (1996–2001), having been officially appointed a member of the commission from 1992. He is currently Chair of the Standards Committee of the Greater London Authority. The Greater London Authority (GLA) administers the 1579 sq. ...

Consultancy

Professor Grant’s international activities have included consultancy: for the European Commission, on environmental liability; for UNESCO, on an environmental management plan for the protection of the archaeological remains of Angkor Area, Cambodia; for the Singapore government for its planning law reforms in 1998; and for the Malaysian government, on new legislation for the protection of historic buildings.

Research

Professor Grant has researched and published widely in areas including: planning and environmental law; regulation of biotechnology; local government structures, finance and political management; central–local government relations; human rights, property and participation; and environmental dispute resolution.

Professor Malcolm Grant – Public service posts and appointments

Chair, Standards Committee, Greater London Authority (2004–); Deputy Chair (2001–2004); Independent Member (2000–)

Bencher, Middle Temple (2004–)

Member, UK Higher Education Research Forum (2003–)

Chair, Agriculture & Environment Biotechnology Commission (2000–2005)

Member of the Council of Management (2003–), The Ditchley Foundation; Governor (2002–)

Chair, UK Independent Steering Board for the Public Debate on GM (2002–2003)

Member, International Governing Council, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (2001–2003); Member, General Council (1997–2001); Honorary Member (1995–)

Chair, Statutory Panel on the Remuneration of Councillors in London, Association of London Government (2001–); Chair, Independent Panel on the Remuneration of Councillors in London (1998–2001)

Chair, Statutory Panel on Members’ Allowances, Hampshire County Council (2002–2003); Chair, Independent Panel on Members’ Allowances (1999–2002)

Chair, Statutory Panel on Members’ Allowances, Manchester City Council (2002–2003); Chair, Independent Panel on Members’ Allowances (1999–2002)

Member, Compulsory Purchase Policy Review Advisory Group, Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions (1999–2000)

Honorary Life Member, New Zealand Resource Management Law Association (1999–)

Member, Lord Justice Keene’s Working Party on Planning & Environmental Law Reform, School of Advanced Legal Studies (1998–)

Member, Council, Royal Town Planning Institute (1998–2001); Honorary Member (1993–)

Member, Working Party on Reform of Local Planning, Local Government Association (1998–2000); Chair, Independent Panel on Members’ Allowances, (1998–1999)

Member, Private Finance Working Group, Urban Task Force (1998–1999)

Leader, Workshop on the draft White Paper on Environmental Liability, European Commission (1998); Leader, Consultation process on the Green Paper on Environmental Liability (1993–1994)

Chair, Local Government Commission for England (1996–2002); Deputy Chair (1995–1996); Commissioner (1992)

Member, Advisory Board, Environmental Law Foundation (1993–)

Consultant, UNESCO, on an environmental management plan for the protection of the archaeological remains of Angkor Area, Cambodia (1993–1994)

Consultant, Urban Redevelopment Authority, Government of Singapore, on planning law reform (1992–1998); Consultant Draftsman, The Planning Act 1998

Consultant, Federal Government of Malaysia and Badan Warisan Malaysia, on new protection for historic buildings (1991–)

Specialist Adviser, Parliamentary Joint Committee on Private Bill Procedure (1987–1988)

Specialist Adviser, House of Commons Environment Select Committee (1985–1986)

Professor Malcolm Grant – Principal publications (books)

‘Encyclopedia of Environmental Law’ (8 volumes looseleaf), Joint Editor and subsequently Consultant Editor (1993–)

‘Encyclopedia of Planning Law and Practice’ (7 volumes looseleaf), Editor (1981–)

‘The Environmental Court Project: Final Report’ (DETR, 2000)

‘Singapore Planning Law’ (Butterworths Asia, 1999)

‘The Concise Lexicon of Environmental Terms’, Co-Author (Wiley, 1995) ‘Permitted Development’ (Sweet and Maxwell, 1989, 1996)

‘Urban Planning Law’ (Sweet and Maxwell, 1982, updating supplements 1986 and 1990)

‘The Local Government Finance Act 1988’ (Sweet and Maxwell, 1989)

‘Rate Capping and the Law’ (Association of Metropolitan Authorities, 1984, 1986) ‘Planning Law Handbook’ (Sweet and Maxwell, 1981)