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What we do
Judicial Review and Public Law
When public bodies act unlawfully or unfairly, judicial review is the legal tool to hold them to account and protect people from decisions that can deeply affect their lives. We have one of the best judicial review teams in the UK.
Actions Against the Police and Other Public Authorities
If you’ve suffered harm or discrimination by a public authority, a civil claim can help you seek justice and compensation.
Inquests & Inquiries
Inquests and public inquiries should uncover the truth and hold systems to account. We can help you through these difficult processes with dignity and determination.
Other Areas of Specialism
Much of our work cuts across different case categories. We have specialist expertise in Migrants Rights; Unlawful Detention; Information & Privacy Rights; Group Claims; and International Issues, amongst others.
Why we're here
Clients first
We put clients first. We collaborate effectively with civil society groups.
Excellence
We are top ranked for our work in the independent Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 directories.
Challenging authority
We use the law to empower our clients to challenge abuses, failures, and other unlawful conduct by the government and those with power.
Collective values
We are committed to becoming an anti-racist firm. We work together to make the firm sustainable financially and for each other.
Latest news More News
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Supreme Court hears appeal with potential implications for domestic abuse-related suicide casesOn 13 October 2026, the Supreme Court heard R v Field. More information about our clients’ intervention is here. Outside the Court, our clients and bereaved families held a banner calling for justice for victims of domestic abuse-related suicide and highlighting the need for them to be recognised under the law of homicide.
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High Court hears systemic challenge to Home Office asylum hotel closure process and accommodation decisionsThe High Court has heard a systemic challenge to the Home Office’s practice of closing asylum hotels and relocating vulnerable asylum seekers, in proceedings brought by our clients, a mother and her two children.
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Criminal justice for domestic abuse-related suicide victims must not be sacrificed in forthcoming Supreme Court review of homicide lawOn 13 October 2026, the Supreme Court will hear the case of R v Field, which has significant implications for the prosecution of domestic abuse-related suicide cases.
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Blog Previous Blogs
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Blog: Human Rights Protection in the UK Since BrexitAs we pass the 10-year anniversary of the UK voting to leave the European Union ('EU'), this month’s blog post reflects on whether the UK Government has kept its commitment not to weaken substantive human rights protection and examines how human rights protection has changed in the UK. What is evident is a gradual fragmentation and dis-entrenchment of rights protection in the UK, alongside subtle changes to certain rights protected or introduced via EU law such as data protection and equality rights.
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Blog: The power of police officers to remove a detainee's clothing without consentSection 54 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (“PACE”) deals with the search of persons detained at a police station. Section 54(4)(a) provides that “clothes and personal effects may only be seized if the custody officer … believes that the person from whom they are seized may use them” to, among other things, cause physical injury to himself or another person, damage property, interfere with evidence or assist an escape.
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Blog: Against the criminalisation of survivors of modern slavery - the duties of the police, CPS and the Home Office under Article 4 ECHRThis blog post examines the legal duties owed by the police, the Crown Prosecution Service (“CPS”) and the Home Office towards survivors of modern slavery. It explores how key case law has clarified the scope of those obligations, especially in respect of the criminalisation of potential victims of trafficking, and considers what Article 4 of the European Convention of Human Rights (“ECHR”) requires when responding to survivors of trafficking and exploitation and how both public and private law remedies can be used to enforce this.
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