Public Law
From urgent advice to long-term partner, our role ranges from providing opinions on specialist points of law to more active participation in larger multi-disciplinary project teams. The service we provide is dictated by your requirements. The experience and expertise we possess enables us to be quick and flexible in responding to your varied needs.
Our clients include government, local authorities,
development agencies, housing authorities, public trusts, NHS trusts,
and other public sector bodies as well as private sector companies. We
work with clients to deliver practical solutions to difficult questions.
We are sensitive to the balancing act that is modern governance. Our services
are tailored to assist you in delivering public services whilst delivering
best value in innovative ways which offer solutions and practical working
conditions for those at the coal face.
Our service includes:
- Statutory interpretation - e.g. to assess the
competency of powers or of a decision.
- Defending a challenge in response to a public
sector decision.
- Assisting with the formulation of policy within
a legal framework governed by UK, Scottish, and/or European Law.
- Advice - to public and private sector clients
- we help our client negotiate legal difficulties encountered in Strategic
Partnership Arrangements, to ensure that service delivery remains on
track and that good working relationships between the public and private
sector are preserved.
- Transport and Infrastructure Project advice -
assisting our public and private sector clients to plan and negotiate
a web of law to determine which statutory consents, local legislation,
privately promoted legislation, European legislation (State aid, European
Funding, Procurement), planning processes and environmental consents
will be required or involved in order to get the project started. Thereafter
we work alongside our client to ensure any legal obstacles which threaten
progress are neutralised.
- Advice on compliance programmes for the public
sector e.g. under Freedom of Information, Data Protection, or European
Procurement regimes.
- Helping you to participate in the Scottish Parliamentary process e.g. submitting objections to a private bill before the Scottish Parliament to ensure that your interests are represented and protected.
Expertise
With a solid grounding in the 'basics' of public law, our team are recognised experts in the following areas:-
Procurement
State Aid
European Law - European Law Practice
Scottish Parliament - McGrigors Legislation
Services
European Funding
Housing
Ports and Harbours
For further information please contact : publiclaw@mcgrigors.com
Public Law