PHILIP

Public authorities and public regulation often affects the operation of any company and the lives of all people to an increasing extent. Thus, all our clients have at some point had contact with ministries, municipalities, governing bodies, directorates, tribunals, complaints boards and other public authorities regarding issuing of administrative acts and decisions that are often of extensive significance. Philip assists with all types of cases within public law, and throughout the years, the law firm's lawyers have established significant experience within precisely this area of competency.

Among other things, our consultancy includes the following public authorities and case areas:

The Danish Commerce and Companies Agency: All types of cases regarding company matters.

The tax authorities, including the many underlying authorities, such as tax centres, the main centre, the appeal centre, the national tax court, assessment committees: Cases regarding all tax matters, including company as well as person assessment, VAT and levy matters, public property assessment, binding assessment response, binding advance approval, reversion etc.

Municipalities, regions and ministries: Cases regarding the administrative areas of the authorities in question.

Food authorities and agriculture commissions: Cases regarding agricultural permits and food production.

Planning authorities: Cases regarding all area-related conditions, including all matters of the Nature Protection Board of Appeal regarding regulation of real estate, including forest, land, city and nature matters.

Expropriation and valuation commissions: Cases regarding interventions of public authorities in clients' property rights.

The Danish Data Protection Agency: Cases related to registration matters and data storage.

The Danish Financial Supervisory Authority: Cases regarding supervision matters of the financial sector.

Environmental authorities: Cases regarding all types of environmental matters.

Police: Cases regarding weapon's permits, authorisations and other administrative matters handled by the police.

Competitive authorities: Cases regarding all matters of competition law in Denmark as well as the EU.

The Danish Patent and Trademark Office: Cases regarding registration of patents and trademarks.

The social security appeal tribunal: Cases regarding incapacity benefit etc.

We have particularly extensive experience in conducting application and complaint cases against public authorities in relation to expropriation of real estate. Before the handing in of applications or complaints for our clients, we determine an application or complaint strategy with regard to the public authority and estimate the possibility of achieving acceptance in the administrative system. We also assist with any subsequent court proceedings, if the administrative process does not provide the desired result.

In all cases, Philip continuously investigates whether the administrative acts and decisions of the public authorities have the necessary authority in law, and if rules of good administration practice and good case handling practice have been complied with. Thus, we often represent our clients in complaint cases at the parliamentary ombudsman as well as the ministries, when rules are not complied with.