Entries by Alan Viles

Trans women in female jails policy lawful, High Court rules

R(FDJ) v Secretary of State for Justice [2021] EWHC 1746 (Admin) This case concerned the lawfulness of the Secretary of State’s policies on the care and management of trans prisoners in England and Wales.  Killian Moran and Bethany Jackson acted for the Intervener in this case, Dr Sarah Lamble, a member of the Bent Bars Collective. […]

Excluding Exclusion Zones – A Balancing of Rights

The exercise of balancing the rights of a victim of crime with a perpetrator of crime is a delicate subject. Our criminal justice system is, in part, rehabilitative. Offenders should be able to lead a normal life on release where possible. But victims of serious offences can raise legitimate concerns, especially regarding contact with offenders. […]

Does extradition always take precedence over deportation?

This is the issue for the Court of Appeal in R (on the application of Lopes) v. SSHD and another, following permission by LJ Dingemans granted on 22 December 2020. Our client, a foreign national who is serving a life sentence, was sought by the Portuguese authorities for an unrelated historic offence under the Extradition […]