Whilst we have created separate pages for most areas of work we frequently engage in, the firm certainly takes on cases which do not fit neatly into any of the ‘expertise’ categories here. Matters relating to access to justice, water law, and marine protection are notable examples where the firm has a significant track record.
In the course of our practice we have dealt with many matters which do not necessarily fit easily into other “boxes” of work described here. Most of them would fall into the broad category of public law, but may not involve any of the “expertise” categories for which we have created individual pages.
For instance, we as a firm have as part of our social responsibility policy the promotion of access to justice, and have taken many cases to ensure that this principle is practically available for those that seek to protect their environment. The firm also has gained expertise in the law and practice relating to water abstraction and impoundment licensing, as well as issues relating to water quality (particularly in relation to farm waste regulation). Another area in which we have significant experience is marine issues – we have taken cases on everything from preventing dredging of key marine habitat areas to protecting the wreck of a merchant ship which had been sunk in a convoy in World War II.
In short, if there is an issue for which you think we may be the right firm, feel free to get in touch to discuss. Though note there are certain areas of public law we don’t touch – for example, most criminal-related work (other than statutory nuisance and private prosecution of environment-related crimes), education, social care, immigration, and complaints against the police. This is because there is a large body of specialist case law relating to these topic areas which we are not familiar with and there are many other solicitors who are, please see the Law Society pages for more information.
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Example Cases
Carmarthenshire cookery school challenge
R (Eggleston) v Carmarthenshire County Council
Challenge against amended decision, issued without consultation 15 months after original decision
Magistrates' Court summons decision JR
R(Kent) v Teesside Magistrates’ Court
Successful challenge of Magistrates’ Court procedural decision in wildlife crime case also yields decision on scope of costs protection
SS Storaa recognised as war grave
Fogg and Ledgard v Secretary of State for Defence
Government failure to designate WWII merchant ship as war grave successfully challenged
They are very good at taking on judicial review and challenging decisions.