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Provided by Samantha Broadfoot KC
Practice Areas
Samantha is joint head of the Public Law Group at Landmark Chambers.
Samantha’s practice encompasses a wide spectrum of cases with a public law angle including:
- Health care – pharmaceutical regulation, hospital downgrades, NHS charging schemes, NHS investigations.
- Education – academisation process, SEN, exclusion, Ofqual issues.
- Immigration – systemic challenges, business, EU, removal, human rights, asylum.
- Human Rights – including family law & parentage, surrogacy, regulating access to police DNA databases, discrimination, UNCRC.
- Disciplinary / regulatory / code of conduct – e.g. proceedings before SDT, BSB, as well as challenges to decisions of such bodies & others, e.g. LSO.
- Local authority – allocation of responsibility (‘who pays’), community care, powers, conduct issues.
- Welfare – PIP.
- Inquests – air accidents, marine accidents and hospital deaths
- Public international law – questions of public international law arising out of the creation of the Republic of Cyprus and the Sovereign Bases Areas.
Samantha is individually ranked in the directories in Administrative and Public Law and in Immigration. She is a contributor to the textbook NHS Law and Practice (2018). She is also a Recorder and sits in the Crown Court. She was appointed as a member of the European Human Rights Commission’s Panel in January 2020.
Samantha acts for individuals and campaign groups seeking to bring public law challenges, as well as for a range of clients from central and local government, and regulators.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Samantha Broadfoot KC is an impressive silk with a significant practice acting for both individuals and the Secretary of State in immigration appeals and judicial review. She offers considerable expertise in EU law and frequently appears in the Upper Tribunal, High Court and Court of Appeal.
Samantha Broadfoot KC is a powerful advocate who is adept at managing a wide range of public law proceedings. She regularly receives instructions from central government departments, regulators and campaign groups. She has been involved in significant cases concerning healthcare, service provision and social welfare.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Samantha is incredibly effective. Judges like her as she has a very easy manner because she puts in the effort with detail and she is very approachable."
"She is very calm and considered with very considerable skills at handling difficult meetings and issues."
"Samantha is very forensic in her approach to the pleadings and issues."
"She is a very strong advocate who has a huge presence in court."
"Samantha is incredibly effective. Judges like her as she has a very easy manner because she puts in the effort with detail and she is very approachable."
"She is very calm and considered with very considerable skills at handling difficult meetings and issues."
"Samantha is very forensic in her approach to the pleadings and issues."
"She is a very strong advocate who has a huge presence in court."
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