Nick Wrightson > Kingsley Napley LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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EC2A 4DN
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Nick Wrightson
Work Department
Public Law
Position
Nick is a partner with a highly regarded specialist administrative and public law practice, focused on three main areas:
- Judicial review and other forms of public law litigation
- Public inquiries (supporting core participants, witnesses and evidence providers)
- Complex inquests (supporting interested persons and witnesses)
Nick advises prominent private companies, public bodies, organisations and individuals – often in high stakes, politically and commercially sensitive cases. He also advises on the interpretation of legislation and regulation, professional disciplinary proceedings and freedom of information matters. His experience covers a wide range of sectors including financial services, property, education, energy and policing.
He is described in legal directories as “a superstar in the making. Great diligence and intellect with careful client skill.” They also say he “sees points others wouldn’t even begin to think of” and “his analysis of any given situation gets right to the heart of the issues and his advice is always spot on.”
Nick’s recent clients include
- Companies, regulators, a UK political party and senior police officers in judicial review proceedings.
- Companies, regulators, religious organisations and senior individuals in public inquiries and independent reviews.
- An internationally renowned university in a complex inquest relating to a terrorist attack.
- The Prime Minister of Mauritius in an appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
- Two NGOs in a UK Supreme Court intervention relating to environmental litigation.
Publications
Nick has written for the leading public law journal ‘Judicial Review’ and is a regular contributor to the ‘New Law Journal’ as well as providing content for Practical Law and LexisNexis. He has spoken at key conferences in his field and is a Solicitor-Advocate (Higher Courts Civil Proceedings).
Career
Nick trained, qualified and became a senior associate at a global law firm before joining Kingsley Napley LLP in 2017.
Memberships
Constitutional & Administrative Law Bar Association (associate member); Association of Regulatory & Disciplinary Lawyers; Human Rights Lawyers Association; Statute Law Society; and UK Constitutional Law Association (associate member).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Public sector > Administrative and public law
(Next Generation Partners)Kingsley Napley LLP combines considerable breadth and depth of public and administrative law expertise with the firm’s work in judicial review spanning a wide array of key sectors; recent highlights include proceedings with a nexus to real estate and construction, technology, healthcare, and higher education, amongst others. Practice head Sophie Kemp is a seasoned appellate litigator and specialist in judicial review, offering deep experience in large and complex institutional responses to public inquiries. With over three decades of experience, Adam Chapman is highly regarded for his expertise regarding public inquiries, major inquests, and information law, while Nick Wrightson’s practice focuses heavily on commercial and regulatory judicial review.
Lawyer Rankings
- Administrative and public law London > Public sector
- Next Generation Partners London > Public sector > Administrative and public law
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Employment > Immigration
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Costs lawyers
- Private client > Court of protection
- Private client > Family
- Private client > Family: mediation
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Health and safety
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Real estate > Residential property
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Public sector > Education: individuals
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity