Panoramic: Automotive and Mobility 2025
Businesses are increasingly required to understand, engage with, and challenge business-critical interventions by the public sector. Whether it’s a new piece of legislation, a regulatory decision, or a policy document, challenging government decision-making in the courts, typically by way of judicial review, is an essential tool in holding government to account and protecting commercial interests.
Our public law and policy team is recognized as a market leader for high-profile, legally complex commercial judicial reviews, particularly in heavily regulated sectors. We act for claimants, defendants, and interested parties, from governments to private businesses, in both the UK and European courts.
The only firm top-ranked in the UK for both public law and public affairs, we know that, for our clients, litigation is a last resort. That's why we use our judicial review experience and litigation know-how to engage early and deliver results without going to court where possible.
But, when you are headed for court, our track record shows why you want us on your side.
Hear from our clients and industry leaders
The Hogan team is collaborative and collegiate"
Chambers UK 2025, Administrative and Public Law
The whole team is super smart. They are all really easy to work with and they know our business inside out. They come to us proactively with issues and are incredibly responsive."
Chambers UK 2025, Administrative and Public Law
The lawyers are just experts. They are there when you need them and happy to entertain all my questions. They understand the wider context and the politics and sensitivities of it."
Chambers UK 2025, Administrative and Public Law
Hogan Lovells have been very helpful in supporting us to navigate complex issues.”
Chambers UK 2025, Parliamentary and Public Affairs
Hogan Lovells are wholly unfazed by any question put to them, with the experience, expertise and adaptability to give high-quality and pragmatic advice.”
Chambers UK 2025, Parliamentary and Public Affairs
Hogan Lovells give nuanced, pragmatic and business-focused advice on complex and emerging legislation.”
Chambers UK 2025, Parliamentary and Public Affairs
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Representative experience
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Advising DESNZ on a range of public law issues arising from the administration of Bulb. including, in defending judicial review challenges that claimed the Secretary of State’s decision to approve the transfer of Bulb’s customers to Octopus was unlawful.
Advising The London Metal Exchange on successfully resisting judicial review claims from Global Legal Action Network and the London Mining Network alleging that metal that had been produced contrary to environmental law was being traded by third parties on the LME's Exchange.
Acting in a judicial review claim on human rights ground against MHCLG in relation to the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act.
Acting for Manchester Airports Group in relation to the high-profile judicial review of the Government’s “traffic light” system for foreign travel.
Acting for a global online platform in potential judicial review proceedings concerning the regulation of short-term letting and wider digital services issues.
Acting for an airport operator in potential judicial review proceedings concerning the regulator’s decision-making on approval of new technology.
Acting for Uber in successful challenges to extensive changes to private hire regulation introduced by Transport for London, including obtaining urgent interim relief.
Acting for Ofgem in successfully defending several challenges to its decisions, in the Administrative Court and before the Competition and Markets Authority.
Acting for a number of North Sea oil drilling contractors in an EU law-based judicial review challenge primary tax legislation.
Acting in Supreme Court proceedings regarding a decision by HM Revenue and Custom to change its policy on certain tax reliefs retrospectively.
Acting for the Gibraltar Gambling Commissioner in relation to a judicial review challenge brought by remote betting operators to new UK primary legislation.
Awards and recognitions
Band 1 – Administrative & Public Law
Chambers UK
2025
Band 1 – Administrative & Public Law
Legal 500 UK
2025
Our work with London Metal Exchange ranked Top 20 cases of 2023
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