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The ‘excellent’ team at Bircham Dyson Bell LLP is advising on High Speed Two, the planned rail link between London and the West Midlands. The firm also advised TfL and its subsidiary Docklands Light Railway on the UK’s first urban cable car system. Other clients include the National Audit Office, Able UK and English Heritage. Jonathan Bracken, Angus Walker and practice head Robbie Owen are recommended.

Winckworth Sherwood is handling Network Rail’s Ordsall and Ipswich Chord projects, and representing the Home Office in an opposed hybrid Legislative Reform Order. Paul Irving is ‘cerebral and thorough’, Alison Gorlov ‘sees the whole picture’, and senior solicitor Hazel Anderson is ‘excellent’. Parliamentary clerk David Walker and senior solicitor Richard Bull are also recommended.

Eversheds LLP’s ‘very high-calibre team’ is strong on rail and ports projects, and has a growing energy sector practice. The firm acted on a harbour revision order for the £400m Dover Terminal 2 project. Monica Peto has ‘strong intellectual capability and creativity’, senior associate Raj Gupta is ‘outstanding’, and department head Stephen Collings is also recommended.

Berwin Leighton Paisner LLPunderstands the wider commercial context of parliamentary work’. The firm advised the Olympic Delivery Authority regarding its statutory powers and is representing National Grid on its proposed Mid Wales Power Line. Parliamentary counsel Daniel Greenberg ‘knows what he is talking about’, and Andrew Yates and practice head Timothy Pugh are also recommended.

Sharpe Pritchardprovides first-class service’. The firm promotes central and local government bills, and acts for public and private organisations. It was recently instructed to support the Thames Tunnel Delivery Team. Practice head Alastair Lewis is ‘dedicated, personable and thorough’. Solicitor Emyr Thomas is also recommended.

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  • TRANSFER OF UNDERTAKINGS (PROTECTION OF EMPLOYMENT) AND AGE DISCRIMINATION

    I have been asked to cover the topic of Employment law within my half an hour speaking slot today. I have narrowed my subject down to Transfer of Undertakings and Discrimination, with the focus on providing an update on the recent spate of cases on service provision change and on the important developments in the law of age discrimination. Needless to say, in my presentation I shall not be able to cover the level of detail which is contained in my written paper, which I will leave you to read.
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