We have a large team of committed and very highly regarded solicitors experienced in bringing cases for people detained in prisons, immigration removal centres, and hospitals and for the civil society organisations and NGOs who advocate for them.

Many of our detained clients are children or vulnerable adults.

We regularly secure court orders bringing ongoing detention to an end and act in claims for compensation for unlawful detention or unlawful treatment during detention.

We have successfully represented many people detained under immigration powers in immigration removal centres and prisons; and can obtain High Court injunctions for release and compensation for historic unlawful detention.

We also bring cases to challenge the way detainees and prisoners are treated, including:

• inadequate medical treatment,
• lack of facilities for people with disabilities,
• unnecessary use of handcuffing and segregation,
• use of excessive force in detention and during removals, and
• failures to protect those at known risk from assault or causing injury to themselves.

We act for children wrongly assessed to be adults and detained in immigration removal centres and then threatened with removal from the UK.

We also act for vulnerable adults or their families in the Court of Protection.

We are known for bringing test cases, where the outcome benefits other detainees as well as our individual clients. We also provide advice and training for organisations that support and campaign for people in detention.