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Awarded the highest ranking in its field by Chambers, our market-leading public law team assists public bodies to meet the challenges of service provision. We are experts in navigating change, creating the space for clients to achieve their service aims without legal challenge.
We find solutions, not just risks. We understand the special culture that applies to the exercise of public functions, and the importance of fairness, equality and efficiency.
We offer pragmatic, expert advice to develop robust policies, procedures and decision-making processes to make legal challenge unnecessary. Where challenge is unavoidable, we have some of the strongest dispute resolution experts in the sector.
Based at offices in London Bristol and Leeds, our team has extensive experience of working with all parts of the public sector, from education and health to central and local government and non-departmental public bodies.
We advise on a wide range of matters, from constitutional and governance issues, equalities and human rights, to developing commercial and income generating relationships, exercising regulatory functions, and formulating and implementing policy.
"Knowledgeable, professional and supportive."The Legal 500 2012
"Innovative and cutting-edge... They always manage to find us incredibly creative solutions to issues that have never been addressed before."Chambers UK 2011
"We receive absolutely first-class support from the team. They are great at managing expectations and saying what they can do and when they will do it." Chambers UK 2011
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