Public law solicitors
Public Law isn’t easy to define but is best described as a series of long established rules and principles used to check and challenge the decisions and policies of public bodies.
These include the Government, government agencies, local authorities (the public body responsible for providing public services, including care and support services, in your area), the NHS including Primary Care Trusts (the public body responsible for providing health care services in your area) or organisations who can and should be regarded as public bodies for example Housing Associations, because they perform key public functions.
All public bodies must act within their powers and in a fair and reasonable way when dealing with you, any problems you may have and your access to public services of any kind for which they are responsible.
All public bodies must always reach fair, rational and reasonable decisions about you, your rights and entitlement to public services.
Public bodies must always act in accordance within what are known as public law principles, perhaps most easily described as duties to act fairly, reasonably and rationally when making decisions. Any failure by a public body to act in such a way or, as is often the case, actually reach a decision as to your rights and entitlements, can, and in our view should, be challenged; either by negotiation, argument, complaint or by Judicial Review proceedings.
Judicial Review
Judicial Review proceedings are a means of challenging the decisions of public bodies on the basis that the decision making process adopted by them is so seriously flawed as to be unlawful in accordance with public law principles and / or your human rights.
We have years of experience of pursuing these proceedings in the Administrative Court (part of the High Court) and beyond. We support you through all stages of the legal process and the arguments we put forward on your behalf and ensure that you understand any steps which may have to be taken including possible court action.
Disability Rights solicitors
To arrange a discussion with a disability rights solicitor click here or call us on 0800 0384 384. We are available to take your call twenty four hours a day, seven days a week.
