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)
- Highway law
- Freedom of information
- Elections and electoral law
- Administrative law
- Public and parliamentary law
- Human rights and vires
- State aid and competition
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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Curing a breach of the Public Sector Equality Duty in Possession Proceedings Slough Borough Council v Taylor [2020] EWHC 3520 (Ch)
In upholding a possession order made by Her Honour Judge Melissa Clark at Oxford County Court in May 2019, Mr Justice Zacaroli sitting in the High Court also confirmed that Read more
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As a new lockdown commences the furlough scheme is extended
The government has announced the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (Furlough Scheme) has been extended in response to the impact of the new national restrictions which will require the population to Read more
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Three times one equals one; Several disputed payment applications amount to a single dispute. – Quadro Services Limited v Creagh Concrete Products Limited [2021] EWHC 2637 (TCC)
In enforcement proceedings[1], the court dismissed an Employer’s argument that an adjudicator lacked jurisdiction because the referral concerned three separate payment applications and, therefore, comprised three separate disputes. The Facts Read more
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Jumping to conclusions – Final Statements, liquidated damages and material breaches of natural justice – CC Construction Limited v Raffaele Mincione [2021] EWHC 2502 (TCC)
In enforcement proceedings, the court considered the role of the Notice of Completion of Making Good in the JCT in determining due dates for final payment, the conclusivity of the Read more
