Public law

NHS and other public sector organisations operate within increasingly demanding statutory frameworks and politicised environments, while managing growing public demand and expectation with limited resources.

The volume and complexity of legal obligations and public law duties can distract teams from their primary focus of care and service delivery. 

Our experience as a leading firm, gained over decades of working with the NHS and public sector, enables us to provide strategic advice and guidance on all aspects of public law. This includes the exercise of public functions, corporate governance, collaborative and integrated arrangements between public and private sector bodies, judicial review challenges, reforms to and reconfigurations of public services, licensing and regulatory matters, and equality and human rights law.  

This deep sector insight encompasses pragmatic and legally sound decision-making, innovative working models and the translation of statutory powers, duties and guidance into everyday practice. 

Early engagement helps identify opportunities, risks and challenges before they impact care and service delivery. When disputes arise, our established track record of achieving early and pragmatic resolution serves both client and public interests while managing costs effectively. 

Our practical, timely advice focuses on understanding objectives and offering workable approaches and solutions, rather than simply identifying risks that can paralyse decision-making.  

Being deeply embedded in the NHS and public sector – and with a wealth of experience across all aspects of public law – enables us to find genuinely practical solutions to ensure legal and regulatory compliance while meeting needs and objectives.