Due to its established parliamentary agency practice, BDB Pitmans is experienced in handling advisory and legislative work for government departments. The team also has a particular strength with matters relating to planning and infrastructure. Spearheading the practice, David Mundy specialises in constitutional issues, statutory powers, and regulatory matters. Described as a ‘superb lawyer’, Richard Langley has more than three decades of experience conducting litigation in both the commercial and the public spheres. Katie Smith and Olivia Peake are also noted for their skills with contentious public law matters, including statutory appeals and judicial reviews.
Testimonials
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‘The litigation team is staffed with excellent lawyers. One of the most reliable, high quality and efficient teams I have come across.’
‘Richard Langley is a superb lawyer, deep thinker, and a great colleague.’
‘They attract high-profile public law work, which raises complex and novel issues.’
‘Olivia Peake is an excellent lawyer. She has superb client care skills, thinks deeply about her cases, and secures great results for her clients.’
‘The team at BDB Pitmans have particular strength in acting in major inquiry and inquest proceedings, and in related public law advice and litigation. They have acted in many of the most significant inquiry cases of recent years and are adept in advising private clients and tribunals on procedural and substantive law.’
'Natasha Davis is dedicated and diligent with wonderful client care skills.'
- ‘An excellent and very steady team for when difficult questions of law arise and matters come before appellant courts. They really have seen it all before.’
- ‘BDB Pitmans have a longstanding and justified high reputation in the field of public law. They have a very strong team.’
Key clients
- RiverOak Strategic Partners Ltd
- Nuffield Health
- Powerrapid Ltd
- Natural Resources Wales
- The Manchester Ship Canal Company Limited
- Newcastle City Council
- National Audit Office
- Northern Ireland Assembly Commission
- The Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences
- South Yorkshire Pensions Authority
- Corporation of Trinity House
- British Association of Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine
Work highlights
- Acted for Nuffield Health in a key appeal to the Supreme Court, in which the court endorsed the operating model of multi-site trading charities that had been threatened by the point of principle raised by the appeal.
- Acting for all of the major cities in the country that are currently considering implementing a CAZ, ULEZ, or similar scheme, which includes drafting the necessary legislation for each scheme.
- Advising the Royal Albert Hall on proposals to update its constitution, which is set out in a number of Acts of Parliament and Royal Charters.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
David Mundy