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Browne Jacobson LLP

6TH FLOOR, CNA HOUSE, 77 GRACECHURCH STREET, LONDON, ECV3 0AS, ENGLAND

Tel:: Work 020 7337 1000
Fax:: Fax 020 7929 1724
DX:: 142420 LONDON GRACECHURCH ST

Web:: www.brownejacobson.com
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Nottingham, London, Birmingham

What we say about the firm's legal practice in London

Insurance

Within Personal injury: defendant, Browne Jacobson LLP is a third tier firm,

At Browne Jacobson LLP, ‘the overall level of service is of the highest standard’. Steven Conway is recommended for a ‘robust and refreshing approach that leads to desired results’, and Andrew Pieri is ‘truly exceptional, with a deep knowledge of insurance law’. David Maggs is adept at public law matters.

Within Professional negligence, tier 5

The four-partner team at Browne Jacobson LLP was instructed by one of the third party intermediaries in the high-profile Innovator group action. Jonathan Corman is ‘pragmatic and proactive, and responds quickly’, and Nottingham-based practice head Derek Bambury is also recommended.

Public sector

Within Administrative and public law, tier 6

Nottingham-based Richard Barlow at Browne Jacobson LLP is noted for housing and planning.

Within Education: individuals Leading individuals

Within Education: schools, Browne Jacobson LLP is a third tier firm,

Browne Jacobson LLP is ‘excellent on all levels’, advising on reorganisations, academy conversions and child protection matters. The team also contributed to the government’s education policy. Practice head Mark Blois is ‘responsive, strategic’ and well respected by his peers. Clients include the Girl’s Day School Trust and the General Teaching Council for England

Within Healthcare, Browne Jacobson LLP is a second tier firm,

Browne Jacobson LLP’s ‘excellent and extremely responsive’ practice represented The George Eliot Hospital in a high-profile inquest into a police custody death; acted for South Staffordshire PCT in the Mid Staffordshire Inquiry; and acted for PCTs such as Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospital NHS Trust on various TCS projects. Practice head Simon Tait and Neil Ward are ‘outstanding lawyers’ who are ‘always willing to go the extra mile’.

Real estate

Within Commercial property, tier 6

Browne Jacobson LLP’s national retail practice represents luxury brands including Christian Dior, Fendi and De Beers. Caroline Green’s team advised on the 15,000sq ft Louis Vuitton Maison on New Bond Street.

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HOUSING

In Nzinga Maswaku v Westminster City Council [2012] EWCA Civ 669 the Court of Appeal clarified that in offering a homeless person with alternative temporary accommodation the local authority is obliged to point that if the offer is refused it has discharged its Part VII duties under the Housing Act 1996.

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COUNCIL TAX

In Harrow LBC v Ayiku [2012] EWHC 1200 (Admin) Sales J held that the word “or” in the Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) Order 1992, art 3 Class N, had a disjunctive meaning, therefore it was sufficient for the non-British spouse of a foreign student to satisfy one or other of the two conditions, namely being prevented from taking paid employment or being prevented from claiming benefits, in order to qualify as a “relevant person” who was exempted from liability to pay council tax.

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Bills already introduced pursuant to the Queen’s Speech on 9 May 2012 include Local Government Finance Bill and Electoral Registration and Administration Bill, both accompanied by Explanatory Notes, which in each case address ECHR compatibility.

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Standards

In R (Calver) v Adjudication Panel for Wales [2012] EWHC 1172 (Admin) Mr Calver was a member of Manorbier Community Council who successfully challenged the decision of the Panel to dismiss his appeal against a decision by Prembrokeshire County Council Standards Committee censuring him for a number of comments or blogs posted by him on a website he owned and controlled.

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Public Sector Equality Duty (“PSED”)

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Public Sector Equality Duty

Surrey County Council conducted a review of its Library Service. This culminated in a Report to the Council’s Cabinet. The Recommendations in the Report included that there should be consultation about a community-partnership approach at selected Libraries.

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The Judgment of Lindblom J in The Manydown Co Ltd v Basingstoke and Deane BC [2012] EWHC 977 (Admin) repays attention. The Claimant sought to challenge by judicial review 2 decisions of the Council: (1) the Council’s refusal to reconsider its position on the development of a site that it owns (and is the subject matter of a Joint Development Partnership Agreement with the Claimant); and (2) a decision of the Council’s Cabinet approving a selection of sites for development which did not include this site.

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