Administrative & Public Law

Fountain Court has a long history of acting in major administrative and public law cases.

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:

• Admin and public law elements of:
  • Aviation cases
  • Financial services disputes
  • Insurance cases
  • Professional discipline matters
• Regulatory issues including:
  • Public law duties of regulators
  • Judicial review of disciplinary proceedings
  • Public law aspects of regulatory compensation schemes
• Human rights cases
• Public procurement issues
• Judicial reviews
• Commercial public law proceedings