Lovells' Public Law and Policy Practice brings together the various strands of that interface. We offer an integrated and seamless service, deploying the full range of policy and legal arguments and strategies throughout the decision-making process and in any subsequent legal challenges in order to secure robust and effective public decision-making to the best advantage of our clients.
Alongside expertise in parliamentary and public affairs and information rights, administrative and public law is at the core of our practice.
Long recognised as being at the forefront of the rapidly-developing field of commercial judicial review, our highly-rated team have extensive experience of acting for clients from across the private and public sectors on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious issues.
Our dispute resolution expertise encompasses:
- judicial review of policy and regulatory decisions
- in sectors as diverse as gambling and aviation;
- commercial human rights challenges (at a domestic and European level);
- public procurement disputes;
- other statutory appeals both to the High Court and tribunals such as the Competition Commission, the Competition Appeal Tribunal and the Information Tribunal; and
- complaints to the European and UK Parliamentary Ombudsmen.
This expertise both complements and is complemented by the broader work of the Public Law and Policy Practice. We also work closely with Lovells' EU law team and are able to draw on specialist expertise and industry knowledge from across the firm. The breadth and depth of our expertise means that we are uniquely well-placed to understand and advise on the legal and commercial complexities, and political sensitivities, that are likely to arise in complex public law-related cases.
Judicial review is a relatively swift process, which can provide appropriate relief at an early stage, but requires a rapid deployment of resources by any claimant wishing to bring proceedings and an equally rapid response from the other parties. Lovells has the strength and experience to meet this challenge and regularly acts in time-critical cases, including emergency applications for interim injunctions.