Our firm is a recognised leader in advising clients from both the public and commercial sectors on all aspects of public law.
Lawyers in all departments of our firm advise on public law issues, including on governance issues, collaborative arrangements, trading powers, licensing (including prosecutions), freedom of information, human rights and vires.
With many of our lawyers coming from public sector backgrounds, we have the expertise to deal with all these issues authoritatively.
Case highlights
- Promoting all London Local Authorities Acts for the London Boroughs (inc. bills promoted jointly with TfL), which included important provisions, a number of which have been taken up by the government on a national basis.
- Promoting Acts for local authorities to enable them to close highways for filming, and to deal with street trading.
- Acting for the returning officer in an election petition which challenged the election of the mayor of Tower Hamlets in 2014.
- Advising health charities, local authorities and pressure groups on tobacco control legislation.
- Advising the tri-boroughs on structures for its intelligent client model.
- Assisting a large county council with an investigation into a member’s conduct.
- Advising Essex County Council on its powers to trade and trading structures.
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Public law
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Little Hadham travellers convicted of Contempt of Court after council calls in leading solicitor
A leading solicitor has helped a council secure convictions against a group of 19 travellers who breached a High Court injunction. The injunction prevented the continued occupation of land they Read more
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Judicial Review – No Exemption from NHS Charges for Overseas Visitors in Human Rights Based Application for Leave to Remain
Background On 16th May 2019 Mr Justice Karr dismissed a human rights judicial review claim challenging charges levied under the NHS Charges to Overseas Visitors Regulations 2015 (“the 2015 Regulations”). Read more
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Public law
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Respect is due! Upper Tribunal considers the weight to be given to local authority financial penalty decisions
This week, a significant Upper Tribunal decision was handed down by Judge Elizabeth Cooke in Waltham Forest LBC v (1) Marshall (2) Ustek [2020] UKUT 0035 (LC). The cases of Marshall and Ustek began as Read more
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Brexit, memes and the future of UK copyright law
After years of political wrangling, last week the UK officially left the European Union. Although headlines were naturally engulfed with Brexit news of woe or celebration, an interesting development regarding Read more
