Richard Macrory is a barrister at Brick Court Chambers London and emeritus professor of environmental law at University College, London where he set up and was first director of the Centre for Law and the Environment.
Professor Macrory served as a board member of the Environment Agency England and Wales between 1999 and 2004, and was a long-standing member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution. He was the founding editor of the Journal of Environmental Law , and was chairman of Merchant Ivory Film Productions between 1988 and 2004.
In 2006 Professor Macrory led the Cabinet Office Review on Regulatory Sanctions and his recommendations were reflected in Part 3 Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 which established the framework for civil sanctions in the regulatory field.
Richard Macrory was the first chair of UK Environmental Law Association, and in 2016 -2018 was co-chair of UKELA’s Brexit Task Force. He was consulting editor to the new Halsburys Laws on Environmental Law published in 2019.