Fenners Public Law Practice Group

Fenners’ Public Law Practice Group comprises specialists in various aspects of public, regulatory and environmental law. We deal with both contentious and non-contentious matters and appear in all courts and tribunals, as well as disciplinary hearings.

Although based in Cambridge, our Public Law Practice Group works closely with local authorities and other public bodies, not only in East Anglia and the East Midlands but at a national level, and with individuals and businesses affected by the actions of public bodies.

We are aware of the pressure on public bodies to maintain services in the context of reducing budgets, and the growing trend to shared service and support functions. Equally, the Public Law Practice Group is very aware of the needs for individuals and voluntary organisations who may be on the receiving end of unlawful decisions, and who face problems in funding judicial reviews or other litigation. We are all happy to accept legal aid instructions where individuals are entitled to public funding, and to consider other ways to make proceedings affordable.

Public services:

• Highways & public rights of way
• LEA, academy and free schools
• School admissions & exclusions
• Special educational needs
• Local taxation
• Housing & building control
• Open spaces, cemeteries, allotments & markets

Criminal & civil regulatory proceedings:

• Consumer protection & trading standards
• Food law
• Marine fisheries law
• Health & safety prosecutions
• Licensing powers of public bodies
• Road haulage & public transport
• Environmental prosecutions
• Public Inquiries
• Taxi and Liquor licensing

Listing of barristers within our Public Law Practice Group