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Galina’s practice encompasses the full spectrum of public and property law. Prior to taking silk, she was a member of the Attorney General’s “A” Panel of junior counsel and was described in Legal 500 as “one of the very best juniors at the Administrative Bar” and in Chambers and Partners as “always a very impressive opponent”.
In silk, Galina continues to act regularly both for and against central and local government and other public bodies. Her recent public law work has focused on healthcare and community care, including disputes between public bodies about which is responsible for funding care in various situations. She has also appeared in a number of the leading cases on the interpretation of the Withdrawal Agreement and citizens’ rights post-Brexit. Her property law work has a strong cross-over with her public law expertise, and includes a number of cases in which the use of land by public bodies is subject to human rights or other statutory restrictions.
Galina has been recognised for many years as a leading practitioner in education law, and has extensive experience of judicial review claims in education matters, ranging from exclusion and admissions to school organisation and university funding issues. Her work also includes acting on behalf of public bodies tasked with regulating those who work in education, as well as representing those subject to that regulation. She has represented the Department for Education in a number of strands of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse and more recently in the Covid-19 Inquiry.
Galina acts for a diverse range of clients, from social housing tenants and public bodies to major property companies, in all areas of commercial and residential property law. She is “very approachable, very thorough and creative” (Chambers and Partners) and “very articulate and extremely thorough whilst looking at the end objective and for practical solutions” (Legal 500). She has particular expertise in cases at the intersection of public and property law, such as issues concerning land for schools and other public services, and property litigation that raises human rights and/or Equality Act points.
Galina has a growing practice in healthcare and community care, with a particular focus on disputes about which public body is responsible for providing services. She has extensive knowledge of the law relating to the NHS, and has acted for and advised a number of NHS bodies and other stakeholders in the system, as well as individuals challenging commissioning decisions, and for the full range of participants in the Court of Protection. She was a contributor to the late Stephen Knafler KC’s books on Adult Social Care Law and Children’s Social Care Law and continues to act regularly for individuals and local authorities in this area.
Galina continues to be highly regarded in the fields of education and immigration law, in which she is consistently recognised by both main directories as a leading practitioner. Her recent work has also focussed on citizens’ rights post-Brexit and she has appeared in several of the leading cases in this area.
Galina “really knows her way around rating” (Chambers and Partners) and is “Very calm, thorough, good with clients” and “Good at gauging prospects” (Legal 500). In addition to advising and appearing on behalf of the Valuation Office Agency, billing authorities and individual ratepayers in both statutory appeals and liability order claims, she has recently been involved in a number of judicial reviews relating to rating, particularly concerning measures taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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