Date: 14 October 2010
Time: 5.00 - 7.30pm
Venue: BWB office, 2-6 Cannon Street, EC4M 6YH

Has your charity or its beneficiaries been adversely affected by the decisions of a public authority – be they commissioners of public services, Government policy makers, education bodies or local authorities issuing grants or permits? If so, your charity may have a public law remedy.

BWB are delighted to give you advance notice of this unique seminar to equip you with the public law tools to challenge decisions of public authorities and to use public law as a campaign tool.

Topics covered will include:
• The basics of public law/human rights law
• Challenging funding cuts
• Appealing a refusal of a permit/licence for fundraising
• Using the Freedom of Information Act
• Ombudsmen, external auditors and other avenues of public law redress
• Using public law for campaigning purposes
• Judicial review/Tribunals/statutory appeals
• The interface with charities law/Charity Commission

We will send out details and booking information nearer the time, but please save the date and feel free to contact Melanie Carter, Partner in the Public and Regulatory Law Department to register your interest (m.carter@bwbllp.com, tel 0207 551 7610).