Well-versed in the legislative and governance framework of local authorities, Capsticks LLP advises across property, regeneration, planning, procurement, housing, education, information law, and judicial review. Tiffany Cloynes supports clients with governance, vires, procurement, and subsidy control, with extensive experience drafting and negotiating development and funding agreements. Lucy Woods specialises in procurement, commercial contracts, subsidy control, and grant funding, Suzanne Smith covers the full range of planning matters, from local plan policies through to CPO and enforcement, and Darren Hooker focuses on constitutional, governance, and regulatory advice, as well as group structuring. Ruth Yates delivers advice on major public sector projects spanning regeneration, energy, housing, and transport.
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Accolades
Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge
Key clients
- Greater Manchester Combined Authority
- Wiltshire Council
- Milton Keynes City Council
- Derbyshire County Council
- Derbyshire Pension Fund
- Bury Council
- Warrington Borough Council
- Ashfield District Council
- Hertfordshire County Council
- Westmorland and Furness Council
- North Northamptonshire Council
- City of York Council
Work highlights
Supporting Westmorland and Furness Council with preparing for the establishment of the Cumbria Combined Authority alongside Cumberland Council, as part of the Government’s Devolution Priority Programme.
Acting for the City of York Council in relation to the York Central redevelopment, which will bring forward the redevelopment of 45 hectares of land in partnership with Homes England, Network Rail, and the National Railway Museum.
Acting for the London Borough of Newham in leading a lesson-learned investigation into the failures behind the C4 regulatory judgment that the Council received from the Regulator of Social Housing.
Lawyers
Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Practice head
Tiffany Cloynes
Other key lawyers
Lucy Woods; Suzanne Smith; Darren Hooker; Ruth Yates