Profiles

Public Procurement

• Advising a Government body on the application of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations.
• Advising a shared services provider on the extent and application of the Teckal in house exemption. 
• Advising a sports' governing body on the application of general EU principles to the governance and conduct on tenders.
• Advising a provider of social care services in threatened proceedings relating to a tender for the provision of advocacy services to persons with learning disabilities including drafting of pre-action correspondence.
• Drafting the defence in a claim brought against a registered provider of social housing.
• Advising a bidder on the rejection of a bid based on the rules regarding abnormally low tenders.
• Drafting particulars, defences and replies and advising on a range of procurement cases, assisting with the preparation of cases before the Court of Appeal, with applications for specific disclosure and Part 18 requests, case management conferences and on a mediation (pupillage). 
• Advising a shared services company in the application of the Teckal exemption from procurement law.
• Advising on the tender for the London cycle hire scheme.
• Advising on various tenders relating to the Olympic legacy.
• Advising Buying Solutions on its tender to replace the Government’s gas trading framework.
• Advising an IT company on a wide range of public procurement matters relating to the renegotiation and extension of large government contracts.
• Advising East of England Strategic Health Authority on a competitive dialogue procedure to appoint a hospital operating franchisee at Hinchingbrooke, a tender to merge a Mental Healthcare Trust with a Foundation Trust and a pathology reconfiguration project.
• Advising eight London Boroughs on an insurance services tender to replace LAML, the shared services vehicle set aside following the landmark Court of Appeal ruling. 
• Advising a London Borough on a wide range of procurement projects and disputes, including construction frameworks and regeneration projects. 
• Advising various PCTs and commissioning hubs on a range of tenders for healthcare services.
• Advising a generics pharmaceutical company on a threatened challenge to a Department for Health drugs tender.
• Advising on the competitive dialogue and litigation issues associated with a leisure centre PFI project.
• Advising the Department of Health (DH) on a wide range of public procurement issues relating to the independent sector tender programme, including Diagnostics, Electives and Equitable Access to Primary Care (EAPC) tenders and the Consultancy and Commissioning Services Frameworks.

Competition and Merger Control Advice

• Advising a company in the healthcare sector on the competition implications of a proposed merger.
• Advising on the availability of a  competition law based defence in relation to a trademark dispute.
• Advising a wide range of companies and trade associations on issues, including price setting, distribution and supply contracts, compliance training and dawn raid preparation.
• Advising a satellite services company on a range of competition and regulatory matters relating to access to capacity and technology.
• Advising a private healthcare provider on a range of matters relating to competition with NHS providers, including the Cooperation and Competition Panel’s investigation into restrictions on consultants’ non-contracted hours and restrictions on patient choice imposed by PCTs.
• Acting for a major UK plc on gaining OFT approval for the acquisition of a global airport noise monitoring systems operator.
• Acting for a rail franchise company on gaining OFT approval for its bid for the Thameslink/Great Northern Rail Franchise.
• Advising the Department of Health on the competition law and policy implications of opening up NHS provision to free choice and competitive from independent sector providers, including the Ofcom investigation under the Competition Act 1998 into agreements between NHS Trusts and providers of bedside communication systems.
• Advising Cemex on its appeal to the Court of First Instance in relation to the EU Commission’s decision adopting the UK carbon training plan.
• Acting for an electricity supply business in gaining OFT approval for the acquisition of a street lighting business.

State Aid and other EU/Regulatory

• Advising a Union on the State aid implications of the sale of public infrastructure by a statutory body without a tender process.
• Advising a major technology company in relation to State aid issues arising from its application for public funding in respect of a technology partnership with leading universities.
• Advising a London Borough on a Commission state aid complaint relating to a City centre regeneration project.
• Advising a client on the application of EU discrimination rules on employee age limits.

Other Advocacy

• Representing a buy to let tenant in a dispute with a local authority over service charges and on a successful counterclaim for damage caused by breach of repair covenant. Case included notable Housing Act issues as well as a significant distress and inconvenience award. (>Camden v Elshami - for Bar Pro Bono Unit).
• Representing company directors in a two day unfair dismissal hearing before the employment tribunal, including preparation of witness statements and settlement negotiations (Free Representation Unit).
• Representing a small business in a County Court trial relating to the fitness for purpose of a UPVC partition wall. 
• Representing various clients in County Court hearings including trial regarding the non-payment of legal fees, infant consent orders, defending claims brought against BT by customers, strike out applications, debt recovery actions.