Hugh James

Deploying a multi-disciplinary service that leans into the firm’s impressive full service credentials, including a number of lawyers who have former in-house expertise, the team at Hugh James is well-positioned to provide ‘responsive and reliable advice’ to central and local government, health boards, and education bodies across the full scope of their social and commercial requirements. Regulatory work remains a strong driver to the firm’s offering, with department head Martin Jones  continuing to advise Social Care Wales across a myriad matters. Along with Justin Davies, who himself specialises in fire safety work, Jones is also pivotal to the firm’s work for a myriad non-police prosecutors throughout Wales and England. ’Industrious, uncompromising and hugely intelligent’ newly promoted partner Sara Tomaszewski continues to excel in the social care sector, regularly representing South Wales-based local authorities in safeguarding cases, often undertaking her own advocacy. The firm also handles a significant amount of property-related public sector mandates, including Caroline O’Flaherty‘s work for Welsh and English registered social landlords, and construction partner Ioan Prydderch’s frequent engagements on contentious and non-contentious matters for core firmwide clients including Natural Resources Wales.