Public Law

Areas of Expertise

Our public law specialists provide advice to central and local government clients on contentious and non-contentious aspects of public law and corporate governance including:

• vires issues
• decision making and executive / alternative structures
• administrative law, practice & procedure
• standards & other conduct issues (including investigations and training)
• reviews / appeals against local authority decisions (including advice on matters such as housing allocations & public complaints)
• policy development (including for example, spatial planning & management of associated public inquiries)

Practical Advice

Our specialists include those who have worked for central and local government.  Our expertise is therefore complemented by a thorough understanding of the political and budgetary constraints of government bodies. This insight ensures our advice is practical as well as clear, prompt and accurate. 

Training

As part of our service we regularly provide training and other support to our public sector clients' in-house legal teams, enabling them to make best use of their frequently stretched resources. Training provided to our local government clients in recent months includes:

• Charging and Trading (2009)
• Property Partnership Structures (2009)
• Gypsy and Traveller - Law and Policy (2009)
• Planning Update (2010)
• The New Remedies Directive (2010)
• Whistle-blowing (2010)