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MLM Cartwright

PENDRAGON HOUSE, FITZALAN COURT, NEWPORT ROAD, CARDIFF, CF24 0BA, WALES

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

Corporate and commercial

Within Corporate and commercial: Cardiff and South Wales, tier 4

MLM Cartwright advised Swansea-based Morgan GRP on a million-pound acquisition to form one of the region’s largest engineering and manufacturing groups. It has also acted for Wesley Clover and SA Brains Brewery. Jon Fernandez Lewis heads the practice.

Dispute resolution

Within Commercial litigation , MLM Cartwright is a third tier firm,

MLM Cartwright’s Alex Pay is experienced in finance and insolvency issues, and has represented public and private sector clients.

Finance

Within Insolvency and corporate recovery, MLM Cartwright is a second tier firm,

At MLM Cartwright, commercial litigator Alex Pay acts for insolvency practitioners.

Human resources

Within Employment: Cardiff, MLM Cartwright is a third tier firm,

At MLM Cartwright, Chris Mayers has a public sector focus, and has represented local health boards on equal pay and restructuring issues.

Insurance

Within Personal injury: claimant, MLM Cartwright is a third tier firm,

MLM Cartwright focuses on public sector clients. Litigator Andrea Thomas handles employers’ liability work, and heads the practice’s miners’ compensation unit.

Within Professional negligence, MLM Cartwright is a third tier firm,

At MLM Cartwright, Chris Mayers and Alex Pay handle professional negligence work.

Public sector

Within Public sector , MLM Cartwright is a third tier firm,

MLM Cartwright specialises in education and health matters. Chris Mayers has experience defending local authorities and NHS trusts.

Real estate

Within Commercial property: Cardiff, tier 4

MLM Cartwright’s commercial property team is led by Nigel Morgan, who acts for public sector bodies and private companies. David King primarily advises telecoms operators and NHS bodies.

TMT (technology, media and telecoms)

Within Intellectual property , MLM Cartwright is a second tier firm,

MLM Cartwright’s Aled Walters advises media and entertainment clients on IP licensing and agreements.

Within IT and telecoms, MLM Cartwright is a second tier firm,

At MLM Cartwright, corporate and commercial partner Mike Baggott has experience in licensing, software development and IT contracts.

Within Media and entertainment, MLM Cartwright is a second tier firm,

Providing service ‘of a high standard’, media and entertainment specialist Aled Walters at MLM Cartwright advises broadcasters, independent producers and gaming companies, and has acted for Boomerang and Ceidiog Productions.

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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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  • QUEEN’S SPEECH

    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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  • A justified retrospective

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  • Public Sector Equality Duty (“PSED”)

    In R (Greenwich Community Law Centre) v Greenwich LBC [2012] EWCA Civ 496 the Court of Appeal held that the Council had had “due regard to the PSED when making changes to its funding of community legal advice services”. At para 30 Elias LJ said:
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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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  • Judicial Review

    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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  • The Health and Social Care Act 2012: impact on adult social services

    After its torrid passage through Parliament, the Health and Social Care Bill received Royal Assent on 27 March 2012. The Act deals principally with healthcare reform, but it also contains some amendments to the legislative framework for social care. It will come into force on a day yet to be appointed by the Secretary of State.
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