Mental Health Law
our expertise Our highly specialised mental health law team advises and represents people who have been made subject to the compulsory powers under the Mental Health Act 1983, whether it…
Welfare Benefits Law
public funding Despite the cuts to legal aid under LASPO, public funding is still available for the above types of work. For further details see: Use it or lose it:…
Securing release from immigration detention in the age of Covid-19 – 23 & 24 April 2020
Part 1 – Preparing and making bail applications to the First-tier Tribunal: law and practice 10:30am – 12pm, Thursday 23 April 2020 This session will provide you with an understanding of the current landscape including…
Domestic violence in a time of COVID – Safe spaces in lockdown
Domestic violence has increased dramatically over the pandemic. Described by campaigners as ‘an epidemic beneath a pandemic’ there has been a surge in domestic abuse sufferers reaching out for help. Refuge recorded a 60% increase…
Children: Persistent offending as a bar to Naturalisation, Deportation & Exile
This webinar will look at how persistent childhood criminal offending can prevent naturalisation and result in deportation orders. The panel will discuss the immigration consequences of childhood offending, aimed at…
HA (Iraq) and deportation appeals: reasons to be cheerful
This seminar will consider the recent case of HA (Iraq) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWCA Civ 1176, which considers the Supreme Court decision in KO…
Black Lives Matter Event Series – Part 1: How the US and UK state criminalise Rap and how to combat it
An international event where we were joined by US academics, experts, attorneys, and UK Counsel: a historic first. We considered, shared, and discussed tactics on how to combat the state’s…
Part 6 – Gangs: how to exclude so called gang evidence in criminal trials and challenging the Joint Enterprise narrative
Part 6 – Gangs: how to exclude so called gang evidence in criminal trials and challenging the Joint Enterprise narrative In the sixth and final part of our BLM series our panel…
Part 5: Gangs: Pre-trial issues and Criminal Behaviour Orders
Part 5 Gangs: Pre-trial issues and Criminal Behaviour Orders In the fifth part of our series our panel will look at how to respond when the prosecution opposes bail for the…
