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Insight, innovation and experience in judicial review and the law of public bodies.
We help governments and public bodies to anticipate public law issues and plan strategically to mitigate their risks. We also advise businesses on how they can ensure public decisions are fair and lawful. We bring and defend judicial reviews and other legal challenges.
Our expertise in constitutional and administrative law combines with our experience in public inquiries, public policy, legislation and parliamentary work in an integrated service.
Our advisers act on domestic and international projects of all shapes and sizes, working with many of the leading names across this diverse sector. Browse our experience below, or use the filters to look-up recent work in particular geographies and legal disciplines.
Government Legal Department
Assisting the Government Legal Department and Cabinet Office in reviewing retained EU law on the UK statute book, and in designing and delivering the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill for introduction in Parliament.
Advised DPL on the defence of a judicial review claim in the High Court and the Court of Appeal regarding the grant of the Drax Power Development Consent Order (DCO). Following the grant of the DCO for, what would be, the UK’s largest new Carbon Capture Ready gas-fired generating station at 3.6GW with 200MW of battery storage, ClientEarth challenged the DCO on 9 Grounds in the High Court in April 2020
Advised multinational drinks and hospitality organisation on corporate brand development, communications and government relations.
Advising a telecommunications operator on the implementation of the European Electronic Communications Code (EECC) and its transposition in the German TKG amendment across the client’s German mobile and fixed-line end-customer contracts.
Advising a global telecommunications infrastructure company on IT security law requirements before the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA).
Providing ongoing regulatory, corporate and procurement law advice to the central coordination point for the increasing trans-European networking of more than 15 electricity transmission system operators.
Advised public body on parliamentary privilege and the powers of parliamentary committees in relation to requests for the disclosure of documentary evidence.
Advised a listed French automotive supplier on antitrust issues related to a planned R&D block exemption regulation, including advising on complex individual issues at the intersection with new EU regulations on the recycling content of car parts. We regularly advise the company on distribution antitrust issues.
Advised on statutory powers and duties of a public body in relation to requests or directions from a government department.
Advised government department on judicial review risk assessment in the context of decision-making on the management of grant funding arrangements.
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Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has appointed Jonathan Stafford as a partner in its Sydney office, further strengthening its energy and infrastructure projects capability across Australia and the Asia Pacific region.
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised SGE on entering into a shareholders’ agreement with ZE PAK concerning the establishment of PAK BWRX. The company’s purpose will be to develop and operate six reactors using BWRX-300 technology, with a combined capacity of 1.8 GW.
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has once again topped the Legal 500 UK rankings, securing both the highest number of overall rankings and the most Tier One rankings.
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Partner and Parliamentary Agent, Head of Infrastructure Planning & Government Affairs
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