Public law

At DAHL we provide legal advice to public bodies in areas including general and specialist administrative law – including environmental and planning legislation and local authority legislation. In addition, we provide advice regarding public tenders, including tenders in the energy supply sector, plus we benefit from extensive litigation experience in cases which touch on matters of public administration.

We provide legal advice to public bodies and publicly owned companies across a wide range of topics related to public law. This includes services related to planning and construction legislation, conservation, expropriation and acquisition, general administrative legislation and principles, express and implied authority for municipal authorities, and tendering. We also provide legal advice to the energy supply sector.

We possess broad experience in cases in which the validity of issued administrative acts is tested and in cases in which liability is claimed of public sector institutions. We also provide legal advice relating to local authority companies, corporate participation and contracting.

In addition to providing legal advice, we also hold a number of courses for local government officials and lecture in environmental legislation at the University of Southern Denmark. We also participate actively in relevant network organisations.

Our public administration specialisations include:

  • Planning and construction legislation
  • Environmental legislation including:
  • Soil pollution
  • Conservation
  • Mining legislation
  • Expropriation and acquisition
  • Supply legislation
  • Waterways legislation, including liability cases relating to flooding
  • Tendering legislation
  • Public sector liability
  • Inter-local-governmental relations
  • Express and implied authority for municipal authorities and the principles of public law
  • Administrative law

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