Irwin Mitchell

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Our government, its agents and other public bodies have to act according to certain rules of conduct, and the role of public law is to make sure they abide by these rules. If they do not, the effects on individuals can be profound and far-reaching. Our public law team can help you mount a challenge to any body you feel is not fulfilling its duty in, for example, its health care provision, its prison management or care, or its environmental responsibilities.

We are experts in public law

Our public law team has diverse interests and comprehensive expertise. Our recent cases include challenges to police search powers, challenges to the refusal of legal aid services and helping families deal with the trauma of the coroner’s courts, which can prove particularly difficult when there has been a death in police custody.

Our experience extends to successful appearances at the European Court of Human Rights and in the European Court of Justice. Of course, public law is bound up with human rights law and regulation and we draw on the knowledge of experts from across the firm.

About public law

Understandably, when we first speak to people they often feel that the power and resources of the state will make challenging their actions not only difficult, but costly and unlikely to succeed. However, we know through experience that laws can be altered as a result of judicial review brought as a direct result of the efforts and determination of individual members of the public. We are ready and able to support you in your determination to see our public institutions held to account and have teams with specialist experience in:

• Education litigation
• Planning & environmental litigation
• Prison law
• Professional discipline
• Regulatory disputes
• Social & healthcare

For more information call 0870 1500 100

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