Administrative and public law
We specialise in advising a range of
regulators and other public bodies (as well as commercial
organisations interacting with them) on administrative and public
law issues.
Because administrative and public law is a key
part of our Regulatory Practice, our
combination of technical expertise and a true understanding of the
work allows us to deliver great business results for our
clients.
Clients routinely instruct us to advise on a
wide range of relevant issues including the powers and duties of
public bodies and officials, consultation, statutory and
non-statutory schemes, the requirements of fairness and natural
justice, human rights and legal challenges to decision-making.
Our lawyers draw on expertise from around the
firm, in particular from colleagues experienced in competition & EU, public sector, commercial, media and privacy
& information law to ensure they deliver rounded, focused,
practical advice.
Our experience includes:
- advice on vires, governance and statutory
interpretation
- advice on decision-making to avoid legal
challenge
- bringing and defending applications for
Judicial Review
- statutory audits scheme
- bringing and defending statutory appeals in
various Tribunals and the High Court
- appeals in the Court of Appeal and House of
Lords
- rule drafting and obtaining primary and
secondary legislation
- advising on Human Rights
- acting as legal advisers to decision-making
committees
- public and private investigations and
inquiries
- advice on consultation processes
- advising commercial and regulated
industries
- public
procurement
- public sector
commercial advice