Human Rights Legal Advice
Public awareness of human rights issues is growing all the time and, for most of us, the circumstances in which we might seek to exercise our rights are very down to earth. Perhaps you have suffered bullying at work, your child has been wrongly excluded from school or an elderly or disabled relative has been denied medication on grounds of costs.
In other cases, some people are fighting more grave cases of human rights abuses, contesting extradition orders, or wrongful imprisonment. These cases and many more can be fought with reference to your legal, human rights, and as practice with a specialism in human rights law recognised by legal directories, we’ll bring a range of specialist experience to your individual case.
We’re experts in human rights advice
Our specialist human rights lawyers team, the first in the UK, brings together a range of experience and skilled practice. We have fought equal opportunities cases involving equal pay claims, sexual and racial harassment and discrimination, including group actions.
We have pursued human rights actions against the police and the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority, acting for citizens who have been wrongfully arrested, “maliciously” prosecuted or subjected to irresponsible policing methods. We have also challenged bodies with regulatory powers, such as the General Medical Council. We are involved in international human rights cases and have represented clients at disciplinary tribunals, the High Court and Court of Appeal, and in the House of Lords and the European Court of Human Rights.
We have several specialist teams which deal with human rights issues:
About the Human Rights Act
In 2000, the new Human Rights Act came into effect, representing a fresh approach to safeguarding basic human rights. New legal powers have meant that it’s no longer the view that the state, public and regulatory bodies, employers and the media can do whatever is not prohibited.
The act represents a powerful framework of positive entitlements in relation to employment, private life, the practice of religion, education, healthcare, personal liberty, enjoyment of property, free elections and public association and includes 16 basic rights:
- the right to life
- prohibition of torture
- prohibition of slavery and forced labour
- right to liberty and security
- right to a fair trial
- no punishment without law
- right to respect for private and family life
- freedom of thought, conscience and religion
- freedom of expression
- freedom of assembly and association
- right to marry
- prohibition of discrimination
- protection of property
- right to education
- right to free elections
- abolition of the death penalty
We have both the experience and the necessary legal tools in all of these issues to help you if you are affected by a human rights case of this kind.
For more information call 0870 1500 100.