Hugh James

With a multi-disciplinary approach that leverages the firm’s full-service capabilities, the team at Hugh James delivers ‘an absolutely superb’ service to central and local government, health boards, and education bodies. As regulatory head, the ’approachable, knowledgeable and responsive’ Martin Jones  has notable expertise in public sector work. Alongside Justin Davies, Jones is also pivotal to the firm’s work for non-police prosecutors, with Davies advising on fire safety matters. Combining ‘an astute realism and a client focus’, Sara Tomaszewski acts for local authorities on challenging children services matters such as care proceedings. ’Very knowledgeable but also realistic and practical’, Connor Hegarty is also skilled at social care-related work and is regularly instructed by local authorities on adult social care matters. Ioan Prydderch oversees the public sector team.