HJA Civil Liberties
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MoJ settles five-year legal battle after ‘inhumane, degrading and undignified death’
Melanie Kalay brought the claim against the MoJ and City Health Care Partnership after her 74-year-old father died when he was placed in isolation as punishment, while battling coronavirus.
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Melanie Kalay, daughter of a former naval officer and firefighter who died in prison after staff claimed he was staging a ‘dirty protest’ when in desperate need of medical attention, has settled a claim following a five-year legal battle - represented by Ruth Waters-Falk www.hja.net/news-and-ins...
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A great evening in the office celebrating the merger with Birds Solicitors and their move into our Criminal Defence team.
This merger marks an exciting chapter for our firm and strengthens our commitment to providing exceptional criminal defence representation.
#CriminalDefence #Merger
This merger marks an exciting chapter for our firm and strengthens our commitment to providing exceptional criminal defence representation.
#CriminalDefence #Merger
November 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
A great evening in the office celebrating the merger with Birds Solicitors and their move into our Criminal Defence team.
This merger marks an exciting chapter for our firm and strengthens our commitment to providing exceptional criminal defence representation.
#CriminalDefence #Merger
This merger marks an exciting chapter for our firm and strengthens our commitment to providing exceptional criminal defence representation.
#CriminalDefence #Merger
We are looking for a solicitor with at least 5 years PQE to join our successful, friendly, busy and expanding team. The successful candidate will have experience in one or more of the following areas: Actions against the police; Inquests; HRA claims; and Judicial Review www.hja.net/careers/curr...
Civil Liberties Solicitor 5 Years+ PQE
Join our highly ranked Civil Liberties team as a solicitor (5+ PQE). We are seeking an experienced lawyer with expertise in actions against the police, inquests, HRA claims or judicial review. Competi...
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November 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
We are looking for a solicitor with at least 5 years PQE to join our successful, friendly, busy and expanding team. The successful candidate will have experience in one or more of the following areas: Actions against the police; Inquests; HRA claims; and Judicial Review www.hja.net/careers/curr...
PC Sean Park, who expressed discriminatory views about Muslims and boasted about pretending not to see an alleged excessive use of force, has become the seventh officer based at Charing Cross police station to be sacked following a BBC investigation www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Seventh Met Police officer sacked over BBC Panorama investigation
PC Sean Park was shown
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November 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
PC Sean Park, who expressed discriminatory views about Muslims and boasted about pretending not to see an alleged excessive use of force, has become the seventh officer based at Charing Cross police station to be sacked following a BBC investigation www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Our Director @debcoles13.bsky.social spoke about the need for the Public Office (Accountability) Bill to provide transparency and accountability, and to put an end to the battle that bereaved families face when fighting for the truth.
November 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Our Director @debcoles13.bsky.social spoke about the need for the Public Office (Accountability) Bill to provide transparency and accountability, and to put an end to the battle that bereaved families face when fighting for the truth.
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We are hiring a Solicitor to join our Civil Liberties and Human Rights team based in London.
We are looking for a solicitor with at least 5 years PQE to join our expanding team. The successful candidate will have experience in actions against the police, inquests, HRA claims or judicial review.
We are looking for a solicitor with at least 5 years PQE to join our expanding team. The successful candidate will have experience in actions against the police, inquests, HRA claims or judicial review.
November 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
We are hiring a Solicitor to join our Civil Liberties and Human Rights team based in London.
We are looking for a solicitor with at least 5 years PQE to join our expanding team. The successful candidate will have experience in actions against the police, inquests, HRA claims or judicial review.
We are looking for a solicitor with at least 5 years PQE to join our expanding team. The successful candidate will have experience in actions against the police, inquests, HRA claims or judicial review.
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Proposals to remove jury trials for most offences risks damaging the foundations of justice.
Juries are central to our democratic settlement and ensure decisions reflect society, not a narrow judiciary. Their role should be protected, not reduced.
#JuryTrial #JusticeSystem #LegalSupport
Juries are central to our democratic settlement and ensure decisions reflect society, not a narrow judiciary. Their role should be protected, not reduced.
#JuryTrial #JusticeSystem #LegalSupport
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Proposals to remove jury trials for most offences risks damaging the foundations of justice.
Juries are central to our democratic settlement and ensure decisions reflect society, not a narrow judiciary. Their role should be protected, not reduced.
#JuryTrial #JusticeSystem #LegalSupport
Juries are central to our democratic settlement and ensure decisions reflect society, not a narrow judiciary. Their role should be protected, not reduced.
#JuryTrial #JusticeSystem #LegalSupport
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Immensely harrowing & distressing evidence at the #spycops public inquiry from Sukhdev & Tish Reel, talking about the racist murder of Ricky Reel & the catalogue of outrageous policing that belittled & dismissed them, then spied on their campaign for justice.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kb7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kb7...
Spycops inquiry reaction: morning of 26 Nov 2025 - Sukhdev & Tish Reel evidence
YouTube video by Cops Campaign
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November 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Immensely harrowing & distressing evidence at the #spycops public inquiry from Sukhdev & Tish Reel, talking about the racist murder of Ricky Reel & the catalogue of outrageous policing that belittled & dismissed them, then spied on their campaign for justice.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kb7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kb7...
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After years seeking answers, the family of Alpha Kalay has reached a settlement recognising serious failings in the care he received in custody.
Supported by Solicitor Ruth Waters-Falk, his daughter bravely fought and secured long-overdue recognition of his mistreatment.
#CivilLiberties
Supported by Solicitor Ruth Waters-Falk, his daughter bravely fought and secured long-overdue recognition of his mistreatment.
#CivilLiberties
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
After years seeking answers, the family of Alpha Kalay has reached a settlement recognising serious failings in the care he received in custody.
Supported by Solicitor Ruth Waters-Falk, his daughter bravely fought and secured long-overdue recognition of his mistreatment.
#CivilLiberties
Supported by Solicitor Ruth Waters-Falk, his daughter bravely fought and secured long-overdue recognition of his mistreatment.
#CivilLiberties
Melanie Kalay, daughter of a former naval officer and firefighter who died in prison after staff claimed he was staging a ‘dirty protest’ when in desperate need of medical attention, has settled a claim following a five-year legal battle - represented by Ruth Waters-Falk www.hja.net/news-and-ins...
MoJ settles five-year legal battle after ‘inhumane, degrading and undignified death’
Melanie Kalay brought the claim against the MoJ and City Health Care Partnership after her 74-year-old father died when he was placed in isolation as punishment, while battling coronavirus.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Melanie Kalay, daughter of a former naval officer and firefighter who died in prison after staff claimed he was staging a ‘dirty protest’ when in desperate need of medical attention, has settled a claim following a five-year legal battle - represented by Ruth Waters-Falk www.hja.net/news-and-ins...
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After years of seeking answers, the family of Alpha Kalay has reached a settlement reflecting the serious failings in his care.
With guidance from Solicitor, Ruth Waters-Falk, his daughter has secured recognition of the failures that contributed to his death.
#CivilLiberties #HumanRights
With guidance from Solicitor, Ruth Waters-Falk, his daughter has secured recognition of the failures that contributed to his death.
#CivilLiberties #HumanRights
November 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
After years of seeking answers, the family of Alpha Kalay has reached a settlement reflecting the serious failings in his care.
With guidance from Solicitor, Ruth Waters-Falk, his daughter has secured recognition of the failures that contributed to his death.
#CivilLiberties #HumanRights
With guidance from Solicitor, Ruth Waters-Falk, his daughter has secured recognition of the failures that contributed to his death.
#CivilLiberties #HumanRights
Hundreds of thousands of vulnerable unpaid carers will have their cases reassessed after official review concluded they were left with huge debts because of government failure and maladministration - but the govt has stopped short of offering compensation www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
DWP to reassess hundreds of thousands of cases in carer’s allowance scandal
Damning official review finds many unpaid carers left with huge debt because of government failure
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November 25, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Hundreds of thousands of vulnerable unpaid carers will have their cases reassessed after official review concluded they were left with huge debts because of government failure and maladministration - but the govt has stopped short of offering compensation www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Shabana Mahmood and David Lammy found to have breached the prohibition on inhuman or degrading treatment in Art 3 ECHR with respect to prisoner Sahayb Abu who spent months segregated from other inmates at HMP Woodhill www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Mahmood and Lammy breached human rights law over segregation of prisoner, judge finds
Treatment of terrorist with known mental health needs said to have contravened prohibition on inhuman or degrading treatment
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November 24, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Shabana Mahmood and David Lammy found to have breached the prohibition on inhuman or degrading treatment in Art 3 ECHR with respect to prisoner Sahayb Abu who spent months segregated from other inmates at HMP Woodhill www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
“These findings indicate a pattern in which the ethnicity and migration status of people charged – or more broadly accused of unlawful behaviour – is increasingly communicated in ways that represent people of colour as inherently criminal” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Police disclosing suspects’ ethnicity is fuelling prejudice, say campaigners
Fifty groups write letter calling for policy in high-profile cases in England and Wales to be scrapped
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November 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
“These findings indicate a pattern in which the ethnicity and migration status of people charged – or more broadly accused of unlawful behaviour – is increasingly communicated in ways that represent people of colour as inherently criminal” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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I am a torture survivor who came to the UK 20 years ago. The government's new immigration reforms will punish people like me.
The government's immigration 'shake up' will only punish torture survivors like me
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November 23, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I am a torture survivor who came to the UK 20 years ago. The government's new immigration reforms will punish people like me.
A damning review commissioned by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman finds inmates are dying needlessly in Britain’s prisons because of failures in healthcare, including those with epilepsy being locked in single cells despite having uncontrolled seizures www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Revealed: The inmates dying needlessly in Britain’s prisons
Exclusive: Epileptic prisoners are dying in their cells without receiving the care they are entitled to
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November 23, 2025 at 8:59 AM
A damning review commissioned by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman finds inmates are dying needlessly in Britain’s prisons because of failures in healthcare, including those with epilepsy being locked in single cells despite having uncontrolled seizures www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
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When the #spycops public inquiry was announced, Home Secretary Michael Howard met Doreen Lawrence & eagerly told her he had no idea her family had been spied on. She told the inquiry yesterday she believes he was lying.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Spycops inquiry: Doreen Lawrence says she does not believe ex-home secretary
Stephen Lawrence’s mother tells inquiry she did not believe Michael Howard when he told her he did not know police had spied on her family
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November 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
When the #spycops public inquiry was announced, Home Secretary Michael Howard met Doreen Lawrence & eagerly told her he had no idea her family had been spied on. She told the inquiry yesterday she believes he was lying.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘‘Possibly the most prolific sex offender in British history’: the inside story of the scandal at Medomsley youth detention centre in north-east England, where the paedophile Neville Husband raped and assaulted countless boys www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘Possibly the most prolific sex offender in British history’: the inside story of the Medomsley scandal
At a youth detention centre in north-east England, the paedophile Neville Husband raped and assaulted countless boys. Why was his reign of terror allowed to go on – and why hasn’t there been a public ...
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November 22, 2025 at 8:35 AM
‘‘Possibly the most prolific sex offender in British history’: the inside story of the scandal at Medomsley youth detention centre in north-east England, where the paedophile Neville Husband raped and assaulted countless boys www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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This week, we gave evidence in Parliament on the risks that #mandatoryid poses.
This system could deepen discrimination against already marginalised communities - unless the Government builds it with privacy and safety in mind.
action.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/page/178626/...
This system could deepen discrimination against already marginalised communities - unless the Government builds it with privacy and safety in mind.
action.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/page/178626/...
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This week, we gave evidence in Parliament on the risks that #mandatoryid poses.
This system could deepen discrimination against already marginalised communities - unless the Government builds it with privacy and safety in mind.
action.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/page/178626/...
This system could deepen discrimination against already marginalised communities - unless the Government builds it with privacy and safety in mind.
action.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/page/178626/...
The Court of Appeal has imposed a fine of £50,000 for contempt of court on the chief constable of Northamptonshire Police over his force's failure to comply with a court order to supply body-worn camera footage www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/chief-c...
Chief constable fined £50,000 over court order breaches
Northamptonshire Police chief claimed that he was 'let down by the solicitor acting for him in terms of compliance'.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The Court of Appeal has imposed a fine of £50,000 for contempt of court on the chief constable of Northamptonshire Police over his force's failure to comply with a court order to supply body-worn camera footage www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/chief-c...
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⚠️ Interesting fact about the use of force figures published yesterday: available police records indicate no violence detected amongst individuals subjected to use of force in almost half of all incidents. Click the link to read more www.stop-watch.org/news-opinion...
Use of force: no violence necessary
New estimates shed light on profiles of individuals subjected to force
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November 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
⚠️ Interesting fact about the use of force figures published yesterday: available police records indicate no violence detected amongst individuals subjected to use of force in almost half of all incidents. Click the link to read more www.stop-watch.org/news-opinion...
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Doreen Lawrence says it was ‘deeply painful’ to learn undercover police spied on her family
Doreen Lawrence says it was ‘deeply painful’ to learn undercover police spied on her family
Stephen Lawrence’s mother tells spycops inquiry Met police’s priorities after her son’s murder were ‘completely misplaced’
The mother of the murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence has told a public inquiry that she found it “deeply painful” to discover that police deployed undercover officers to spy on her family and their campaign to get his killers prosecuted.
Doreen Lawrence said the police’s priorities were “completely misplaced” and they should have been concentrating on bringing the racist murderers of her son to justice. Continue reading...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Doreen Lawrence says it was ‘deeply painful’ to learn undercover police spied on her family
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In a strong result secured by Senior Associate, Francesca Cociani, Ayeshah Behit & Hida Ahmed convictions, arising from a confrontation with MP, Alex Davies-Jones, were overturned.
The court ruled the prosecutions unnecessary, reinforcing protections for political expression.
The court ruled the prosecutions unnecessary, reinforcing protections for political expression.
November 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
In a strong result secured by Senior Associate, Francesca Cociani, Ayeshah Behit & Hida Ahmed convictions, arising from a confrontation with MP, Alex Davies-Jones, were overturned.
The court ruled the prosecutions unnecessary, reinforcing protections for political expression.
The court ruled the prosecutions unnecessary, reinforcing protections for political expression.
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A key step toward justice.
The CCRC has referred the Moss Side joint enterprise convictions back to the Court of Appeal. Partner, Darrell Ennis-Gayle’s work helped show that the prosecution’s gang narrative was fundamentally flawed.
#MiscarriageOfJustice #CriminalDefence #CoutOfAppeal
The CCRC has referred the Moss Side joint enterprise convictions back to the Court of Appeal. Partner, Darrell Ennis-Gayle’s work helped show that the prosecution’s gang narrative was fundamentally flawed.
#MiscarriageOfJustice #CriminalDefence #CoutOfAppeal
November 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A key step toward justice.
The CCRC has referred the Moss Side joint enterprise convictions back to the Court of Appeal. Partner, Darrell Ennis-Gayle’s work helped show that the prosecution’s gang narrative was fundamentally flawed.
#MiscarriageOfJustice #CriminalDefence #CoutOfAppeal
The CCRC has referred the Moss Side joint enterprise convictions back to the Court of Appeal. Partner, Darrell Ennis-Gayle’s work helped show that the prosecution’s gang narrative was fundamentally flawed.
#MiscarriageOfJustice #CriminalDefence #CoutOfAppeal
Serial rapist and formed Met Police officer, David Carrick, has been found guilty of abusing a 12-year-old girl, and of raping a former partner while he served as a senior officer, in a pattern of offending dating back 35 years
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Met police rapist David Carrick's sexual crimes date back 35 years
The former police officer has been found guilty of further offences against a former partner and a 12-year-old girl - one of which dated back to 1990
inews.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Serial rapist and formed Met Police officer, David Carrick, has been found guilty of abusing a 12-year-old girl, and of raping a former partner while he served as a senior officer, in a pattern of offending dating back 35 years
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