‘Unique’ in its understanding of how the law applies to the public sector, Bevan Brittan LLP is experienced in a wide range of matters for NHS Trusts and private providers. The firm advises on infrastructure transactions, joint ventures as well as LIFT and PFI schemes. Julia Jones leads the team in Birmingham and is experienced in assisting clients in contentious contexts. Amanda Wright-Kluger, who joined the firm from Browne Jacobson LLP in September 2023, specialises in police, regulatory and government body inquests. James Gutteridge was promoted to partner in May 2023. Monica Macheng left the practice in 2023.
Testimonials
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‘Bevan Brittan LLP is unique as a law firm, in that its lawyers across all disciplines have an understanding of the law that applies to public sector/public bodes and can factor that into how they advise in their own specific field.'
‘Bevan Brittan LLP provide expert knowledge in this space.’
Key clients
- NHS Resolution
- Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
- Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Barts Health NHS Trust
- NHS Property Services Limited
- King Edward VII Hospital
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
- The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
Work highlights
- Represented Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust in defending an application for a High Court injunction made by a consultant in relation to a disciplinary process.
- Represented NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board through various hearings concerning a patient’s discharge planning, standard authorisations and capacity assessments.
- Represented Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust and Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust in the Court of Protection in authorising a care plan and the deprivation of liberty arising from it, to permit an assessment to take place against a patient’s wishes in order that the clinicians could then decide what, if any, treatment he may require and what options may be available to him.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Julia Jones