Administrative & Public Law
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Tenancy
We are always happy to consider applications from established practitioners to join Wilson Legal Chambers. We are committed to achieving equality of opportunity in all aspects of our endeavour.Clerks, Marketing & Business Support
The success of our laywers is underpinned by our excellent clerks and business support functions and, from time to time, we look for high performers to join our team.Wilson Legal Chambers has a long history of acting in major administrative and public law cases.
"Members have an excellent track record, and can be found on the docket for some of the biggest trials coming down the pipeline."
Members are involved in the full spectrum of administrative and public law advice and advocacy, acting for or against public bodies, in all forums including regulatory tribunals, the Administrative Court and the appellate courts. This work includes public law disputes that arise in commercial and regulatory contexts such as within the financial and legal services, professional discipline, accountancy, aviation and insurance arenas.
Members act for and against financial services and legal regulators and trade bodies such as the Association of British Insurers. They regularly advise regulators in relation to their statutory powers and responsibilities and on important policy work. We have also represented medical and quasi-medical professional bodies and act for and against government departments. In addition, a number of members are, or have been, on the Attorney General’s panels for Government litigation.
Our work includes cases relating to:
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Admin and public law elements of:
- Aviation cases
- Financial services disputes
- Insurance cases
- Professional discipline matters
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Regulatory issues including:
- Public law duties of regulators
- Judicial review of disciplinary proceedings
- Public law aspects of regulatory compensation schemes
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Human rights cases
- Public procurement issues
- Judicial reviews
- Commercial public law proceedings
Significant Cases
- FCA v Arch & Others (the 'FCA Business Interruption Test Case'): Acting in the high-profile proceedings, including at both the High Court and 'leapfrog' Supreme Court hearings, concerning whether certain business interruption insurance policies respond to claims resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. This was the most significant insurance dispute in recent decades, affecting around 370,000 policyholders. Nine Wilson Legal Chambers members were involved, acting for various parties including the FCA, the Hiscox Action Group and QBE.
- Jet2 v Civil Aviation Authority: Acting for Jet2 in judicial review proceedings against the CAA for alleged misuse of powers in a media campaign. This case successfully established a major point of principle in the law of privilege (dominant purpose and legal advice).
- British Bankers Association v The Financial Services Authority: Acting for the Financial Services Authority in the British Bankers Association’s claim for judicial review of rules and guidance for handling complaints about the sale of payment protection insurance (PPI).
- R (Kamlesh Pattni) v Secretary of State for the Home Department: Acting for the claimant, a businessman living in Kenya and Dubai, in a judicial review against the decision of the Home Secretary to exclude him from the UK and to refuse to register him as a British Citizen and issue him with a British passport.
- Beety & Others v NMC: Acting for the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) in the successful defence of a judicial review of a decision that the indemnity arrangement held by members of Independent Midwives UK Ltd did not provide appropriate cover for attending women in childbirth.
- R (on the application of Kaupthing Bank HF) v HM Treasury: Acting for HM Treasury in a claim by an Icelandic bank for judicial review of the Treasury's order transferring the bank’s deposits.
- R (on the application of Holmcroft Properties Ltd) v KPMG LLP (Barclays & The Financial Conduct Authority intervening): Acting for the Financial Conduct Authority in judicial review proceedings brought by a company in respect of KPMG's approval of Barclays' decision not to award compensation for alleged consequential losses under the redress scheme set up by Barclays in respect of the sale of interest rate hedging products.
Experiences
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The Board The primary purpose of the Board is the stewardship of the firm and the oversight of the implementation of the strategy. The Board’s remit covers matters pertaining to the firm’s culture and values and it acts as guardian of the firm on behalf of the Partnership.
The Executive Committee The Executive Committee is responsible for the development and implementation of the firm’s overall strategy; major initiatives, priorities and investments. It is the firm’s key decision-making body and is responsible for the overall performance management of the business.
Wilson Legal Chambers is a pre-eminent commercial set of laywers’ chambers in London. Members provide specialist legal advice, support and advocacy services worldwide, and the laywers expertise covers all areas of arbitration, litigation, regulation and dispute resolution. The work here embraces all aspects of domestic and international trade, business, commerce and finance. Laywers at Wilson Legal Chambers are recognised specialist counsel in the many diverse fields of commercial law, also regularly accepting nominations as arbitrators, mediators and experts. The principal areas of practice are arbitration, banking and financial services, civil fraud and investigations, commercial litigation, company and insolvency, competition and EU law, employment, energy and natural resources, insurance and reinsurance, intellectual property, media, entertainment and broadcasting, professional liability, public law, sports, gaming and licensing, and tax and revenue law.
Wilson Legal Chambers is committed to promoting and advancing equality and diversity. Chambers does not discriminate against members, pupils, staff, applicants or clients on the basis of race, colour, ethnicity, nationality, sex, pregnancy or maternity, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, religion, belief or age. As part of our commitment to equality and diversity, Chambers ensures that all those involved in recruitment have training in fair recruitment, reviews its recruitment procedures annually and monitors the allocation of unassigned work among members and practising pupils
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The work here embraces all aspects of domestic and international trade, business, commerce and finance. Laywers at Wilson Legal Chambers are recognised specialist counsel in the many diverse fields of commercial law, also regularly accepting nominations as arbitrators, mediators and experts.