Administrative and Public Law Notes

HSF responds to the Call for Evidence for the Government’s Independent Review of Administrative Law

Herbert Smith Freehills’ public law team has responded to the Government’s Call for Evidence for the Independent Review of Administrative Law (“IRAL”) …

Procurement Disputes

Public procurement is an area where in recent years there has been a significant growth in litigation. In contrast to ordinary public law principles, …

Court of Appeal upholds regulatory judgment in technical field

High Court considers concept of “rolling” judicial review

Policy Matters: An introduction to Public Inquiries

The Administrative and Public Law team hosted a Policy Matters webinar on public inquiries on Thursday 10 September 2020. Hosted by Associate Sahil Kher, …

Government's terms of reference for review of the judicial review process

Judicial reviews of inquiries

Upper Tribunal considers what constitutes a public authority under the Environmental Information Regulations

The Upper Tribunal (the “UT”) in Information Commissioner v Poplar Housing Association and Regeneration Community Association [2020] UKUT 182 (AAC) …

Government launches panel to consider the judicial review process

On the afternoon of Friday 31 July the Government announced that it had appointed a panel of experts (the “Panel”) to examine if there is a need to …

Judicial Review – Strategies for Pharmaceutical Companies

In the latest episode of HSF's webinar series on the pharmaceutical sector, Andrew Lidbetter, Sanam Zulfiqar Khan, Mark Smyth and Lourdes Fraguas discuss …

Prime Minister commits to a future independent inquiry into Government's handling of the COVID-19 crisis

Public Law Horizon-Scanning Podcast Series