Our extensive expertise allows us to handle a wide range of claims for our local government clients, including

• Casualty Claims

• Complex and Large Loss Claims

• Abuse and Social Care Claims

• Environmental Claims

• Discrimination & Equality Claims

• Sport & Leisure Liability

• Anti-Fraud Services

• Regulatory Claims

Our recent experience acting for local authorities includes:

• Defending a local authority social services department accused of unlawful disclosure of adoptive parents’ personal information to the birth mother, leading to such a risk to the claimants’ safety that they were forced to move their home and relocate their business.

• Representing two borough councils in high profile claims relating to child sexual exploitation brought by claimants known to and within the care of social services.

• Representing a council in a human rights claim brought on behalf of an elderly claimant alleging deprivation of liberty and false imprisonment.

• Defending a local authority in relation to a claim for brain injuries sustained by a child using a play area.