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Blake Morgan's public law services


At Blake Morgan, we are proud of our strong reputation in the public, private and third sector market. Our government law experts work with central, devolved and local government departments across their varied and ongoing legal requirements. Our lawyers bring to bear a wide range of expertise from within and outside the public sector, working together to find the right solution for our government clients’ legal needs.

Don’t just take our word for it:

"Leveraging extensive pure public law expertise, from both a UK perspective and in the context of Welsh devolved powers, and also drawing upon more broad-based public sector prowess across the firm's full-service offering, Blake Morgan LLP offers 'sound legal advice' to a myriad public sector bodies …ensuring it can provide a tailored service addressing issues unique to entities in the space."
- Public Sector (Wales): Legal 500, 2025


"Blake Morgan offers clear advice on the most complex issues and access to some of the most prominent experts in the field to ensure the advice is relevant and timely."
- Administrative & Public Law (Wales): Chambers and Partners UK, 2025

Our experts


Lot 1: Adult Social Services and Lot 2: Child Social Services

Eve Piffaretti

Lot 3: Civil Litigation

Joanne Thompson

Lot 4: Corporate Governance and Ethical Standards

Delme Griffiths

Lot 5: Criminal Litigation

Claire Rawle

Lot 6: Education Law

Matthew Smith

Lot 7: Employment Law

Paula Kathrens

Lot 8: Major IT and Commercial Contracts

Penri Desscan

Lot 9: Planning and Environmental Law

Sara Hanrahan

Lot 10: Property

James Egan

Lot 11: Public Administrative Law

Eve Piffaretti

Lot 12: Construction Law

Jo Rees

Lot 13: Central Government Advice (Welsh Government) and Lot: 14 Mutual Investment Model (MIM) Advice

Penri Desscan

Tomos Lewis

BM Insights


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The Procurement Act 2023 came into effect on 24th February 2024, promising to bring about the biggest transformation to public procurement in a generation. A year on, what has the...

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The public procurement thresholds that apply to the Procurement Act 2023 will be changing from 1 January 2026.

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