Autorités et services de police et d’urgence locaux

Managing and reducing risk for public services

Local Authority

Our work with Local Authorities (LA), including housing associations, social care and educational institutions, focuses on managing and reducing risk. We ensure costs are kept under control and there is minimum loss of officer time. 

We understand LA institutions and the challenges they face. We promote a sensitive, collaborative approach to establish trust between parties. We work closely with clients to uphold their ethos, protect their reputation and support their working methods.

Our focus is on routine contentious and non-contentious matters as well as highly sensitive incidents, including allegations of historical and contemporary abuse, fatalities, misfeasance, discrimination, discipline, admissions, bullying and harassment, defamation, neglect or breach of duty of care in social service provision, fitness to practise within educational settings and failure to educate. We also concentrate on data protection and cyber, human rights claims and judicial reviews. 

Police & Emergency Services

We are regarded as the pre-eminent defendant firm for litigation against the police and are instructed on complex, sensitive and novel issues of the law. Our team is Security Check (SC) level vetted and ranked 1 in Chambers & Partners for police law. 

We specialise in a range of claims including misfeasance, malicious prosecution, assault, false imprisonment, catastrophic personal injury, breaches of data protection, the Human Rights Act and the Equality Act. We also focus on injuries at work, occupational disease and stress claims. We have a wealth of experience in representing chief constables in judicial reviews and inquests, in addition to representing officers in public inquiries. We also have a dedicated motor team. We advise on disciplinary issues, proceeds of crime and damage to police property. 

Our expertise in the fire and rescue sector is enviable, with considerable experience advising organisations from the outset of major incidents, through to the resolution of claims. Our work includes representing organisations in regulatory matters, public inquiries, inquests and civil claims. We are adept at working with representative bodies and in dealing with difficult aspects of fire and rescue pension law. 

The team … are second to none when it comes to client commitment and overall case preparation, management and progression. All of the individuals I have dealt with have been very professional, knowledgeable and helpful. They are very good at explaining any legal jargon so myself and colleagues fully understand each case.

Legal 500 2021

The lawyers are extremely knowledgeable, meticulous in preparation with a structured approach to cases, and robust negotiators with a good rate of success.



 

Chambers & Partners 2022

Outstanding reputation in police law

 

Chambers & Partners 2022

Very knowledgeable and experienced team. Very responsive and pragmatic in their approach.

Legal 500 2022

They're very approachable, knowledgeable, and they're exactly what you want when you need representation.

Chambers & Partners 2019

Notre travail en matière d’autorités et de services de police et d’urgence locaux

  • Tout
  • Royaume-Uni et Europe
  • Acting for a global investment manager across the life cycle of their investment

    Acting for a global investment manager across the life cycle of their investment in a number of retail parks, from acquisition to management, refinancing and disposal.  

    R.-U. et Europe

    Acting for a national retailer on an ongoing project to retrofit sustainable heat pumps

    Acting for a national retailer on an ongoing project to retrofit sustainable heat pumps in existing stores. Our client is part of a multinational retail group who have made a public commitment in relation to sustainability initiatives.  

    R.-U. et Europe

    Advising a Spanish investor on Scottish retail portfolio

    Advising a Spanish investor on the acquisition and management of their Scottish retail portfolio.

    R.-U. et Europe

    Sole advisors to an American fast food chain

    Sole advisors to an American fast food chain in relation to all transactional and contentious real estate matters across their portfolio in England & Wales 

    R.-U. et Europe

    Acting on behalf of a retailer in relation to a re-gear project

    Advising a national retailer with an annual rental spend of £315m+ in relation to an ongoing re-gear project affecting around 100+ retail stores and distribution centres in the UK.

    R.-U. et Europe

    Advising a luxury retailer on entry into the UK market

    Acting for a luxury retailer since they entered the UK market opening a flagship store in New Bond Street and subsequently on all of their new stores across the UK.

    R.-U. et Europe

    Advising a retailer through CVA and restructuring process

    Acting for a national retailer throughout and in the aftermath of their CVA helping them maintain constructive dialogue with their landlords throughout. As part of the restructuring process, we assisted our client in terminating and regearing leases to incorporate turnover provisions and modernising them to reflect the way the business operates in practice. Our client exited their CVA at the end of 2023 and continues to trade.

    R.-U. et Europe

    Asset management advisory service to our Hong Kong based client

    Acting for a Hong Kong based investor on the acquisition and asset management of their entire commercial property portfolio across the UK. Most recently, we advised on a £43m portfolio acquisition and simultaneous refinance of another portfolio totalling 23 multi let industrial and out of town retail estates with a combined value of over £130m.

    R.-U. et Europe
  • Advising a Spanish investor on Scottish retail portfolio

    Advising a Spanish investor on the acquisition and management of their Scottish retail portfolio.

    R.-U. et Europe

    Acting for a global investment manager across the life cycle of their investment

    Acting for a global investment manager across the life cycle of their investment in a number of retail parks, from acquisition to management, refinancing and disposal.  

    R.-U. et Europe

    Sole advisors to an American fast food chain

    Sole advisors to an American fast food chain in relation to all transactional and contentious real estate matters across their portfolio in England & Wales 

    R.-U. et Europe

    Acting for a national retailer on an ongoing project to retrofit sustainable heat pumps

    Acting for a national retailer on an ongoing project to retrofit sustainable heat pumps in existing stores. Our client is part of a multinational retail group who have made a public commitment in relation to sustainability initiatives.  

    R.-U. et Europe

    Advising a retailer through CVA and restructuring process

    Acting for a national retailer throughout and in the aftermath of their CVA helping them maintain constructive dialogue with their landlords throughout. As part of the restructuring process, we assisted our client in terminating and regearing leases to incorporate turnover provisions and modernising them to reflect the way the business operates in practice. Our client exited their CVA at the end of 2023 and continues to trade.

    R.-U. et Europe

    Acting on behalf of a retailer in relation to a re-gear project

    Advising a national retailer with an annual rental spend of £315m+ in relation to an ongoing re-gear project affecting around 100+ retail stores and distribution centres in the UK.

    R.-U. et Europe

    Advising a luxury retailer on entry into the UK market

    Acting for a luxury retailer since they entered the UK market opening a flagship store in New Bond Street and subsequently on all of their new stores across the UK.

    R.-U. et Europe

    Asset management advisory service to our Hong Kong based client

    Acting for a Hong Kong based investor on the acquisition and asset management of their entire commercial property portfolio across the UK. Most recently, we advised on a £43m portfolio acquisition and simultaneous refinance of another portfolio totalling 23 multi let industrial and out of town retail estates with a combined value of over £130m.

    R.-U. et Europe

Notre équipe consacrée aux autorités et services de police et d’urgence locaux

Michelle Flint
Michelle Flint

Partner

Tanya Gordon
Tanya Gordon

Partner

Siobhan Mullins
Siobhan Mullins

Partner

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