Administrative & Public Law

Fountain Court Chambers has a long-standing and distinguished Administrative & Public Law practice. Members are regularly instructed on high-profile judicial review proceedings and public law challenges of significant constitutional and commercial importance. Fountain Court’s strength in this area derives from its members’ ability to integrate public law principles with their deep understanding of commercial and financial contexts.

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 (acting for and against financial services and legal regulators), professional discipline, accountancy, aviation and insurance arenas (such as for and against the Association of British Insurers).

Members frequently advise and represent clients in judicial reviews concerning financial services regulation, competition law decisions, planning and environmental matters, and immigration and asylum cases. This diversity reflects both the breadth of expertise within chambers and the commercial context in which much modern public law operates.

Our work includes cases relating to:

• Administrative and public law elements of:
• Aviation cases
• Financial services disputes
• Insurance cases
• Professional discipline matters
• Commercial public law proceedings
• Competition law decisions
• Human rights cases:
• Fundamental rights under the Human Rights Act 1998 and the European Convention on Human Rights
• Challenges to surveillance powers, sanctions and asset freezing measures, extradition proceedings, and discrimination claims
• Sensitive international human rights matters
• Immigration and asylum cases
• Regulatory issues including:
• Public law duties of regulators
• Judicial review of disciplinary proceedings
• Public law aspects of regulatory compensation schemes
• Planning and Environmental matters
• Public procurement issues
• Judicial reviews