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. […]
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.
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. […]
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 […]
R(Samuel) v The Parole Board for England and Wales & Anor [2020] EWHC 42 (Admin) Our public law team has succeeded in a claim for judicial review of a decision of the Parole Board. The Defendant Parole Board had refused to transfer our client to open conditions. Kesar & Co successfully argued that the incorrect […]
We were instructed to represent the mother of a prisoner who died after being found suspended from a noose in his prison cell on 5 February 2018. Solomon Bygrave had fashioned a ligature from a bedsheet. However, earlier in the day, he had handed another ligature to prison staff and was meant to have been […]
This challenge was brought on the basis that the above policy makes no provision for applicants’ capacity to waive rights and/or consider new evidence. Our Beth McGovern and Ali Bandegani of counsel are instructed to represent the claimant. The case continues.
Six victims of child abuse by the Christian Orthodox priests in Bosnia and Serbia have issued proceedings at the Queen’s Bench Division. Apart from the allegations of sexual abuse, they claim they have not been given access to justice and due process in their countries. The Serbian Orthodox Church has a large and long-established presence […]
Following the YLAL “take your MP to work” campaign – we invited eleven MPs to visit our office and talk about the legal aid cuts and poor state of the UK justice system. Six MPs ignored us, three declined the offer, one accepted it but later made an excuse and cancelled the visit and Mr […]
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