Evie Smith, manager at our charity Intervene Project was interviewed by the Chambers Student
Standing up for prisoners rights with the Intervene Project
The Student Lawyer interviewed Evie Smith about access to justice, legal aid cuts and importance of the Intervene Project for the growing prison population
Tackling Injustice in Prisons – with the Intervene Project
The Law’s Delay In The English And Welsh Criminal Justice System – Nothing New and Nothing Changing
Charles Denney Originally published in Human Rights Pulse 11 December 2021 In the wake of the recent Autumn Budget, the UK government has promised an additional £2.2bn to deal with the backlog in the Crown Court, the court where, before a judge and jury, the most serious criminal trials are heard for offences including rape […]
Violence, Lies, And Pushbacks As Part Of Greece’s “De Facto” Policy Towards Migrants
Charles Denney Originally published in Human Rights Pulse October 7, 2021 On 23 June 2021 Amnesty International released a report entitled “Greece: Violence, Lies, and Pushbacks” documenting the treatment of migrants (this term is used neutrally here and includes those applying for international protection) attempting to enter Greece from Turkey either in the Evros region […]
Shkar talks about rehabilitation of prisoners on LBC
Click “Read More” to listen to Shkar talking about the rehabilitation of prisoners.
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. […]
Prison Law with Shkar Kider.
Shkar Kider recently took part in a podcast with LegalTea to discuss his work in prison law. Click on the heading to hear Prison Law with Shkar Kider.
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 […]
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