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Boutique planning law firm Town Legal has hired the head of planning at City law firm Linklaters.

Louise Samuel will be joining as Town Legal’s ninth partner on 7 October.

She is currently counsel at Linklaters.

Town Legal was set up in January 2017 by five leading City solicitors and a former joint head of Cornerstone Barristers, Mary Cook.

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