Public Law
Members of the Public Law team have extensive experience in their respective fields of expertise. Representation is provided both to Claimants and Respondents in various first instance Tribunals, the High court, Court of Appeal, House of Lords and the European Courts. The team produces a quarterly newsletter, providing up to date information on procedural changes and case law. In addition the team hosts both independant and in house seminars.
The following areas of work are undertaken by members of the team;
- Immigration
- Human Rights
- Health, Social and community care,
- Education
- Financial Services Regulation
Members of the team work with Local Authorities and NHS bodies. They have acted against the Secretary of State for Home Department in a number of leading cases:
DK (Serbia) and others v SSHD [ 2006} EWCA 1747
EO (Tukey) V SSHD [ AIT: IA 15151/ 2006 ] EWCA CIV 671
FH and others v SSHD [ 2007] EWHC 1571
LG (Italy) v SSHD [2008] EWCA 190
Abdi and Others v SSHD [ 2008] EWHC 3166
Barristers
Current Awareness
Subscribe to Feed Another Ambush? The Proposed Glasgow Commonwealth Games Association Right
During the bidding process for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games the organising committee had to give an undertaking that legislation would be adopted to prevent ambush marketing. The obligation in the Host City Contract is that "no persons conduct any marketing, advertising or promotional campaigns in the Host Country which imply any approval, affiliation, connection or sponsorship of or with the Games, Games Intellectual Property Rights or any Games Team, or the year of the Games which are not expressly authorised by the CGF Executive Board or any other party authorised to grant such rights."More >>
Cabinet Office v Lamb and Information Commissioner EA-2008-0024 (26th January 2009)
The decision to start military action in Iraq remains controversial and, in particular, whether that action was lawful or not. This legality has been widely debated by international lawyers, but what seems so irresistible to the public is the legal advice provided to the cabinet by the Attorney-General. In fact, he provided two written opinions on the matter, the initial advice was circumspect and included caveats and reservations whereas the second opinion, it is thought, firmly took the view that such action was lawful. Following a partial leak, the government published the initial advice in full, but the subsequent advice remains secret. More >>
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