Nusrat is Head of our Public Law and Regulatory practice.

A solicitor advocate, Nusrat has extensive experience helping clients with a range of public and administrative law matters including judicial review, statutory appeals, regulatory disputes, investigations, public and other inquiries, professional regulation, human rights and freedom of information issues, as well as procurement matters.

Ranked in Band 1 in Chambers UK and in the "Hall of Fame" by Legal 500 UK for Administrative and Public Law, Nusrat works with commercial organisations and public sector bodies including regulators, with her experience covering numerous sectors and fields including, amongst others, media, telecoms and broadcasting, consumer, energy, all modes of transport, utilities, pensions, financial services, planning, competition, and taxation. She has significant experience acting across the full range of parties, whether claimants, defendants, interested parties or interveners.

Nusrat is commended for being "market-leading in commercial judicial reviews. She is very diligent and committed" (Chambers UK, 2026), and is "responsive and knowledgeable, with a down- to-earth and easy manner which instills confidence both within the legal team and the business" (Chambers UK, 2026). 

Experience & capabilities

Selected matters

  • Virgin Trains in its successful challenge against the Department for Transport in relation to the West Coast Mainline franchise 
  • Aquind Limited in a successful judicial review of BEIS regarding its refusal to grant a Development Consent Order
  • High Speed 2 in the defence of four procurement litigation challenges commenced by disappointed bidders regarding the rolling stock competition
  • NNB Generation Company (a subsidiary of EdF) as an interested party successfully defending judicial review proceedings relating to the proposed Sizewell C power station
  • The Financial Reporting Council in relation to the successful defence of judicial review proceedings relating to the bringing of a formal complaint against a member firm