If you or your business are required to hold a licence or registration to operate in a particular field, it is important that you are able to defend your interests in the event that the body who regulate such a licence cancel or suspend it, or if it imposes conditions on your licence which are too onerous or unreasonable. In such circumstances, you may have a statutory right (a right conferred by legislation) of appeal to a court, tribunal, or other appellate body.
You may also have a right of appeal against the terms of a notice that has been served against you by a public body.
We regularly advise and represent clients in appeals concerning statutory licences and statutory notices. Examples of cases that we have been involved in include:
Appealing to the Industrial Tribunal against an improvement notice issued by the Health and Safety Executive
Appealing to the magistrates’ court against caravan site licence conditions imposed by a local council
Applying for a formal review of a decision by Ofgem / the Department for the Economy to revoke an accreditation to the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme, and to recoup payments made under that Scheme
Representing a road haulage client in an inquiry before the Department for Infrastructure’s Transport Regulation Unit (which could have resulted in the client losing its’ goods vehicles operator’s licence)
Appealing to the Water Appeals Commission against the Northern Ireland Environment Agency’s revocation of a client’s consent to discharge from a septic tank
We understand that legal costs may also be a concern and if you do not have the benefit of pre-existing legal expenses insurance (which normally attaches to home or commercial insurance policies) we will agree a fee structure with you at the outset.
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