Civil liberties and human rights

Jules Carey

Partner and Head of Actions against Police and State. Since becoming a solicitor in 1996 Jules has represented individuals, journalists, politicians and action groups. He is known particularly for his work involving complex claims for false imprisonment, assault, malicious prosecution, discrimination, deaths in custody and judicial review. Jules has a formidable reputation for challenging over-zealous and pre-emptive policing operations, and obtaining full redress for those affected. Whilst success for Jules and his team is often achieved at the pre-litigation stage, he has also had a number of high profile successes in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court.

Jocelyn Cockburn

Jocelyn Cockburn is a Partner in the Civil Liberties & Human Rights team at Hodge Jones & Allen. She has a wealth of experience representing bereaved families at inquests and in claims and other legal challenges against the state and private companies carrying out public functions. In 2019 Jocelyn successfully applied to the Attorney General, and subsequently the High Court, to order that a second inquest should be held into the death of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah to explore the link between Ella’s death from asthma and high levels of air pollution in her area. At the inquest in 2020, and in a legal first, the Coroner ruled that her death was contributed to by excessive air pollution. Jocelyn has conducted an array of difficult and often high profile cases, for example acting for Neville Lawrence in relation to the Undercover Police Inquiry and other ongoing investigations. She is concerned about increasing deaths in police custody and in prison and have supported families through the very difficult inquest and claim processes. She has represented families of UK soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan in a challenge to the Ministry of Defence’s use of poorly armoured ‘Snatch Land Rovers’. She argued that the MoD failed to take reasonable steps under the European Convention on Human Rights to protect the lives of UK soldiers sent out in Snatch vehicles which could not withstand the roadside bombs in use by Insurgents. The case explored the extent to which soldiers deployed on active service abroad remained within the UK’s jurisdiction for the purposes of the ECHR and the scope of the MoD’s obligation to protect their lives. Jocelyn is widely recognised for her work, being awarded an honorary Doctorate of Laws by the University of Kent in 2017. In 2019 she was highly commended by The Law Society for Human Rights Lawyer of The Year, whilst she has also featured in The Lawyer’s Hot 100 list.

John Halford

Partner and Head of Public Law and Human Rights department. John Halford is a public law specialist. As a litigator, he has focused on judicial review work since 1993, challenging the unfair exercise and abuse of power by public authorities, human rights breaches and discrimination. John represents individuals, campaign and action groups, unions, charities, schools, professional associations and regulators, arts organisations and commercial companies – not only as judicial review claimants but also as interested parties and interveners in cases brought by others that affect their interests, or those of people they represent. He has had a number of notable successes in high profile test cases in the Court of Appeal, the House of Lords and the UK Supreme Court, most recently in the Article 50 litigation, where he represented a group of interested parties. He has European Court of Human Rights experience at Grand Chamber level. John is also a source of decisive and trusted advice on a wide range of complex public law issues. His advisory caseload spans Brexit and other EU law issues, regulatory and licensing, professional disciplinary, procurement, planning, pensions and human rights law matters.

Matthew Jury

Matthew Jury is the Managing Partner of McCue Jury & Partners and is licensed to practice as both a solicitor of England and Wales and attorney-at-law (New York).   An expert in public international law, domestic and international human rights law, litigation (counterterrorism and multi-jurisdictional), and campaign management, Matthew has a wide-ranging academic background in international humanitarian law and its frameworks, constitutional law and practice, and criminal justice.  He has extensive experience in the management and gathering of complex evidence as well as practical hands-on knowledge of innocence and mitigation investigation.  He is also a Ministry of Defence panel solicitor and a former Foreign and Commonwealth Office Consultant.   Matthew was shortlisted for The Law Society of England and Wales' 'Solicitor of the Year' as well as 'Human Rights Solicitor of the Year' in 2021. This sits alongside his previous Law Society nominations: 'Solicitor of the Year' (2014) and ' Junior Solicitor of the Year' (2014). He has received consistent praise from The Legal 500, including for his 'amazing international knowledge' as well as 'energy and attention to detail'.   Matthew’ clients have included: victims of terrorism, representing them in a number of ground-breaking civil prosecutions in both the UK and US against the perpetrators, supporters and financiers of global terrorism, including ISIS, the IRA, HAMAS and Muammar Gaddafi; families of British soldiers killed in the Second Iraq War (Matthew litigated on their behalf against the Iraq Inquiry to secure a timely publication of the Chilcot Report); British Army veterans (in inquests and other matters); state governments (advising on counter-terrorism and human rights issues); and victims of international abuse of the INTERPOL Red Notice system (Matthew has represented a number of clients in quashing international warrants circulated to target political opponents and for improper purposes).   Matthew formerly worked representing death row inmates in Virginia and South Carolina, US, and has advised and represented several political prisoners and UK citizens detained overseas in circumstances absent of due process and/or in breach of international standards of detention and human rights in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.   His legal highlights include:   Clark v. Adams (2022 – ongoing) — civil proceedings brought on behalf of victims of IRA terrorism against the alleged former head of the IRA, Gerry Adams. Prigozhin v. Higgins (2021-2022) — successfully defended a SLAPP action brought by Yevgeny Prigozhin, alleged head of Russian President Putin’s private army, Wagner Group, against the founder of Bellingcat, the ‘People’s Intelligence Agency’. Murray v. Mabrouk (2018–2021) — successful civil proceedings brought against Saleh Ibrahim Mabrouk, one of the chief suspects in the shooting of WPC Yvonne Fletcher from the Libyan Embassy in 1984. Hamza v. Haftar (2020 – ongoing) – civil proceedings against head of the Libyan National Army, Khalifa Haftar, for alleged war crimes commited during the Second Libyan Civil War. BB & Ors v. Moutaz Al-Khayyat& Ors (2020–ongoing) — civil proceedings brought on behalf of Syrian victims of Al-Nusra Front against this terrorist organisation’s funders. R (Hutchings) v. Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (2020–ongoing) — Judicial Review of discriminatory treatment of British Army veterans by the Northern Ireland criminal justice system. Young v. Downey (2017–2019) — successful civil proceedings brought against the chief suspect in the 1982 Provisional IRA bombing of Hyde Park that resulted in the murder of four British soldiers. Northern Ireland Affairs Committee Report on HMG failure to support UK victims of Libyan IRA terrorism (2015–2017)—requested, successfully secured, and submitted evidence to a parliamentary inquiry which led to publication of a report recommending HMG enter direct government-to-government negotiations with Libya. Bacon v. The Iraq Inquiry (2015–2016) — bereaved families of British soldiers killed in Iraq raised a successful legal challenge against the Iraq Inquiry for interminable delays in publishing report, which led to the Inquiry expediting its work to ensure publication in 2016. Justice for the Juba Four (2014) — a civil society campaign that secured freedom for four political prisoners in South Sudan. Phone Hacking Victims v. News Group Newspapers (2013–2014) — achieved significant settlements for victims of phone hacking by News International. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis v. Kevin Maxwell (2013) — represented former Counter-Terrorism officer Kevin Maxwell in his successful claim for damages arising from harassment and discrimination by the Metropolitan Police. Breslin & Ors v. Murphy & Daly —successful civil retrial of two members of the Real IRA for the 1998 bombing of Omagh (2013). Sannikov v. Lukashenko (2012) — prepared the prosecution of Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko which assisted in the release of political prisoners. McDonald v. The Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahirya (2006–2008) — represented hundreds of victims of IRA terrorism sponsored by Muammar al-Gaddafi through which US victims received compensation under the US-Libya Claims Settlement Agreement.

Jason McCue

Jason McCue has had a career in international affairs (including conflict resolution, humanitarian, justice, development and state building matters), private diplomacy, and as an international lawyer (U.K. Law Society’s lawyer of the year 2010 for his work on human rights in Africa and UK)) focused on human rights, counter-terrorism/rogue regimes, victim global class action litigation, asset recovery, conflict resolution, and transitional justice. Jason’s specialisation – in practice and academically - is lawfare (the use of law to gain strategic advantages). He has acted/advised on lawfare matters for numerous heads of state, governments, opposition groups, international bodies (UN and AU), NGOs, civil society (campaigns), and victims’ groups. He is responsible for orchestrating and managing some of the largest (class action) and prominent ‘victim’ led justice and human rights actions around the world (including cases against IRA, RIRA, Aqsa Martyrs, Hamas, IS, Ghaddafi, Iran, Lukashenko, and recently representing the victims of Rohingya genocide against Facebook). He is a founding partner of Ebro Global (www.ebroglobal.com – a not for profit organisation providing consultancy to governments and INGOs) and Rigel (www.rigelcorporation.com – providing litigation support, intelligence, and consultancy) and is Senior Partner of McCue Jury & Partners LLP (www.mccue-law.com – an internationally renowned law firm). Jason is a founding partner of Greenlit SA (www.greenlit.global – a funding platform for global ESG related litigation). Among other roles, he has acted as Presidential Envoy for Somaliland; as facilitator to the joint UN/AU Darfur Peace Process; as adviser on transitional justice to the Transitional Government of Libya; and as head of the Libya-UK Victims Reconciliation Group (supported by the U.K.’s FCDO). He was the architect of and is head of Ukraine’s Civil Society Lawfare Programme (backed and supported by the Government of Ukraine) and its campaign www.payback4ukraine.org. He has been a board member/advisor to many charities/NGOs including Oxfam, the Great Initiative, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, Crisis Action, and Global Justice.

Andrew Lord

Andrew joined Leigh Day on qualification in 2014 and specialises in representing survivors of abuse in childhood, including in actions against local authorities, schools, a football club, cadets, and the Anglican church. Many of the cases involve complex arguments on issues such as limitation and negligence. He has also brought civil action against individual Defendants, with past success in securing a Freezing Injunction over a Defendant’s property. While at Leigh Day Andrew has represented a number of former residents of Swaylands School, Royal Alexandra and Albert School, and Grafton Close. He has also acted on behalf of several applicants to the Lambeth Redress Scheme, and, along with Alison Millar, he has represented a number of survivors of abuse in Islington’s children’s homes. Andrew has appeared in local and national press for comment on matters of child abuse. In recent years Andrew has developed a niche practice in representing children subjected to child-on-child abuse in schools and was the representative for “Bella”, a primary-school aged child subjected to assault by peers which was widely reported on settlement. Andrew has since commented in the media about child-on-child abuse, hosted an episode of the Leigh Day podcast on this issue, and in June 2021 he was a guest on Sky News podcast considering the issue of sexual harassment in schools. His experience in this area means that he has been invited to speak about this issue at a number of training events and conferences. In September 2021, Andrew was named Times Lawyer of the Week after he settled the case of another young child subjected to abuse by a classmate, in which it was argued that a failure to conduct a thorough investigation and / or put in place sufficient measures to prevent further sexual assault from taking place was negligent and a breach of his client’s human rights.

Shirin Marker

Solicitor, Public Law and Human Rights team. Shirin represents clients in a wide range of public and international law matters, with a particular interest in challenges relating to migrant rights, national security and data protection. Shirin is experienced in bringing judicial review and civil claims against the state on a range of domestic and international law matters. She represents victims of trafficking, false imprisonment, arbitrary detention, torture and extraordinary rendition. She also specialises in bringing appeals before the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC), on behalf of individuals deprived of their British citizenship. She has participated in roundtable meetings in relation to Syrian returnees and in 2023, provided written evidence to the Foreign Affairs Committee Inquiry on the State Handling of Hostage Situations. Shirin also regularly challenges decisions by the police and Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) concerning disclosure of information, police record deletion requests, appeals before the Information Tribunal and civil claims for data protection breaches. She is a Trustee of PBI International (UK).  

Fiona McGhie

I'm a Partner at Irwin Mitchell, specialising in civil liberties and human rights law in the Public Law & Human Rights department. I have experience in a variety of civil liberties cases involving claims against the police and local authorities, inquest, judicial review, health and welfare and Court of Protection. I have recently been appointed as trustee for the Public Law Project, and am a committee member for the South West Court of Protection Practitioners Association. In October 2016 I was awarded Junior Lawyer of the Year at the Bristol Society Annual Awards.

Elizabeth Morley

Elizabeth Morley is a dispute resolution solicitor with a broad practice spanning international, commercial, media and human rights matters. Liz advises clients across a wide range of commercial litigation and cross-border disputes, with a particular focus on the media sector. She regularly acts for clients on all aspects of media law, including high profile defamation and privacy actions. Her practice also covers reputation and brand-related issues, including contentious intellectual property matters, as well as, data protection and regulatory matters.  Liz often takes on complex matters for clients, which include freedom of expression and human rights issues. She has worked on cases before various domestic and international courts and tribunals, including the European Court of Human Rights and the UN Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.  She also acts for clients in cases on appeal before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

James Packer

Public law director, James Packer, litigates across a broad range of areas and regularly conducts test cases concerning issues that involve; access to the courts, unlawful detention, enforced removals from the UK, challenges to decisions to refuse legal aid and associated litigation. He also has a specialist practice in complex immigration cases, especially for high net worth and high profile individuals and is frequently involved in appealing costs decisions, often to the Court of Appeal. James has extensive experience in cases which have been decided in the Administrative Court, Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. He has also brought successful challenges to the European Court of Human Rights. He also handles tribunal advocacy work and has a significant practice in Upper Tribunal and Court of Appeal cases.In a judicial review against the Lord Chancellor, James was part of the team at Duncan Lewis that successfully challenged the blanket refusal to provide legal aid funding for judicial reviews where permission was refused on the papers. The result will assist legal aid providers representing some of the most vulnerable in society and should in turn enhance access to justice. James has experience in a wide variety of judicial review litigation including; a challenge to a decision to impose a planning levy on a development; challenges to decisions by the Secretary of State for Justice to recall prisoners released on licence; challenges to the continuation of police bail, and a successful challenge to a decision by the SRA to simply send a ‘letter of advice’ to his client’s former solicitor. James also handled a challenge to the removal of a parking place for a disabled self-employed person, a challenge to a refusal to amend a Statement of Special Educational Needs, and challenges to local authority assessments such as housing and social security entitlements of various types. James provides accredited training for ILPA, HJT and AMT.

Helen Stone

Helen Stone is a civil litigator who specialises in vindicating the rights of those who had have suffered at the hands of the state. Her core work includes inquests, civil claims, and complaints against the police, as well as claims for judicial review and public inquiries. A dedicated and tenacious solicitor, Helen has long experience in representing at inquests the families of people who died after contact with the police or while in custody. Her cases include some of the most significant police and prison death cases of recent years, helping to achieve justice for the bereaved. Helen is also an accomplished in public inquiry lawyer, having acted for clients in the Azelle Rodney Inquiry, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, and the Undercover Policing Inquiry. Helen carries out public law work on behalf of her clients, including acting in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. Helen has helped her clients achieve significant sums in compensation from state agencies. She also uses her litigation skills to represent both claimants and defendants in civil fraud claims. Helen also advises those seeking to achieve accountability for the actions of state agents, whether through disciplinary or criminal proceedings, and in seeking to force authorities to change their policies and procedures.

Anna Thwaites

Partner, Actions against Police and State. Anna is highly regarded for her work representing bereaved families in contentious inquests following the death of their loved ones in state custody (police, prison or in a psychiatric setting) or following recent state contact. Anna also has expertise in judicial review challenges and compensation claims under the statutory miscarriage of justice scheme.

Yogi Amin

Partner

Jamie Beagent

Partner and Head of the Human Rights Department

Ingrid Gubbay

Head of Human Rights and Environmental Disputes, Counsel

Toufique Hossain

Toufique Hossain is a director of public law and immigration at Duncan Lewis Solicitors. He works predominantly under legal aid in order to represent those most in need. His practise is dominated by judicial review, leading strategic litigation where he represents individual claimants and NGOs who seek to challenge Executive decisions, policies and practices.  He has extensive experience in the Administrative Court, Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court, litigating across a range of areas and regularly conducting high-profile challenges to unlawful policies and practices, including unlawful detention and unlawful removals from the UK.Some of his most notabe cases include: SM v Lord Chancellor [2021] EWHC 418 (CRA, CJO, CAS) v Lord Chancellor (challenge to LAA Regulations) Detention Action v SSHD (access to justice – phone access) FB & Anor v SSHD (Removal Window Policy) Hussein v SSHD & G4S Morita & Ors v SSHD Rehman & Ors v SSHD & SSJ TH and others [2016] EWCA Civ 815 Wasif v SSHD [2016] EWCA Civ 82  JS (Sudan) [2013] EWCA Civ 1378   Toufique continues to have conduct of several lead complex cases. He has had conduct in unlawful detention cases involving mental health issues; Rule 35 and evidence in relation torture; lead cases challenging removals to France, Cyprus and Malta; removals to DRC; challenges to detention involving long-term detention of Chinese nationals and Afghan charter flight cases. In addition to challenging injustice through litigation, Toufique aims to advocate human rights by speaking out in the media. His appearances in The Guardian, Sky News, Russia Today, BBC and Channel 4 brings attention to the crucial role of legal aid, in holding the executive to account and in providing justice for those most in need. 

Neil Hudgell

Executive Chairman

Sean Humber

Sean is a partner in the human rights department at Leigh Day.  He acts for individuals and campaign groups on a wide range of human rights issues including privacy and data breach claims, prisoner rights, environmental, discrimination and information law matters.

Susie Labinjoh

Susie Labinjoh is a Head of the Civil Liberties & Human Rights practice at Hodge Jones & Allen. She specialises in civil actions against the police and public authorities and related Human Rights Act claims, as well as in bringing compensation claims for victims of miscarriage of justice and public law challenges related to these areas. Susie is renowned for her dedication to using the power of the law to fight for what’s right and secure justice. She has devoted her career to fighting for those who have suffered injustice, training at Hodge Jones & Allen from 1997 and being promoted to Partner in 2005 based on her dedication to her work and her clients. As an expert in her field, Susie has a strong track-record in complex cases, including representing bereaved families at inquests and civil claims arising out of deaths in custody. She represents families in relation to prison deaths, police restraint deaths and police pursuit deaths. Susie is also well-known for her commitment to securing compensation for victims of miscarriage of justice. She has dealt with multiple high profile cases involving serious accusations such as murder, including the M25 Three and the Bridgewater Four. Susie also has extensive experience in representing protestors, often those involved in major political and social demonstrations. She has represented a number of protestors in claims arising from many recent protests, including anti-DSEI, anti-EDL, BLM, XR Autumn Uprising and XR Lambeth Bridge. Since 2005, Susie has held a position on the advisory board of the Miscarriage of Justice Support Service, a division of the Royal Courts of Justice Citizens’ Advice Bureau – a service that provides free legal advice and assistance for victims of miscarriage of justice. She is also a member of The Police Action Lawyers Group and The Miscarriage of Justice Lawyers Group.

Daniel Leader

Dan Leader is a barrister and partner at Leigh Day with 20 years of litigation experience. He specialises in international human rights and environmental litigation with a particular focus on group actions on behalf of claimants from the developing world.  He has extensive experience of cases against parent companies, complex group actions and mass tort claims, as well as cross-border disputes and jurisdictional issues.   His recent cases include: Okpabi v Royal Dutch Shell plc [2021] UKSC 3 Claims on behalf of two Nigerian communities arising from systemic oil pollution by Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary.  The Supreme Court reaffirmed and expanded upon parent company liability principles previously set out in Vedanta. Lungowe v Vedanta plc [2019] UKSC 20 (with Martyn Day and Oliver Holland).  Claims on behalf of 1,826 Zambian farmers arising out of damage to the environment caused by harmful discharges from the Konkola copper mine.  In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court set out the jurisdictional principles in cross-border claims against parent companies.   Rihan v EY Global Ltd [2020] EWHC 901 (QB).  A successful international whistle-blowing claim on behalf of a former EY partner who refused to sanction a cover up of audit findings of money laundering and conflict minerals in the Dubai Gold trade. AAA v. Unilever plc [2018] EWCA Civ 1532.  A case on behalf of 218 Kenyan tea workers who contend that Unilever failed to protect them from the foreseeable risk of ethnic violence in 2007.  AAA v. Petra Diamonds [2021]. A parent company case on behalf of 97 Tanzanian clients arising out of serious human rights abuses on the Williamson Diamond Mine. AAA v. Camellia plc [2021]. A parent company case on behalf of 85 Kenyan clients arising out of human rights abuses at the hands of security guards employed by Camellia’s Kenyan subsidiary, Kakuzi.       AAA v. Gemfields Ltd [2019].  A claim by 300 individuals for personal injury arising out of serious human rights abuses on and around a ruby mine in northern Mozambique. The Bodo Community v. Shell Petroleum Development Company Ltd [2015] (with Martyn Day). A claim by a community of 30,000 Nigerians for compensation and remediation of their lands arising out of extensive oil spills in the Niger Delta which settled for £55m in 2015.  Other cases include the “Mau Mau litigation” (Mutua v FCO [2013]) which resulted in reparations for 5,000 victims of colonial era torture and the Baha Mousa Inquiry [2010] into torture by the British Army in Iraq.  

Daniel Machover

Daniel Machover heads Hickman & Rose's Civil Litigation department. He is one of the UK’s leading solicitors in his field: an expert at vindicating the rights of people who have suffered at the hands of the state, in inquest and public inquiry work and in representing individuals and organisations in complex civil litigation cases. Daniel specialises in coronial law and is the co-author of the ‘textbook’ for inquest lawyers. He has acted for bereaved families in some of the most important inquests in recent years, many of which address deaths in police custody. He has achieved formidable success at forcing authorities to revisit previous decisions, and working with bereaved families to achieve long term policy changes. Daniel is equally experienced in public inquiries. He has represented clients at the Grenfell Tower Inquiry and the Azelle Rodney Inquiry. Daniel’s pioneering human rights work has seen him bring cases to the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights. His long experience representing clients in civil claims arising from the criminal justice system enables him to offer specialist representation to both claimants and defendant in civil fraud cases and other civil disputes with a connection to criminal law.

Sapna Malik

Partner, International Department

Kate Maynard

Kate Maynard specialises in civil litigation on behalf of people who have been failed by the criminal justice system: victims of crime, victims of miscarriages of justice and those on the receiving end of the abuse of police power. She is an expert on inquest law who has represented individuals in some of the most significant recent inquests involving allegations of abuse of power by state bodies. She has particular expertise in deaths following police contact and in prison and immigration custody. Kate also carries our public law work on behalf of claimants and defendants in civil actions relating to her main practice areas. Kate forges close professional relationships with her clients which endure over what is often years while striving to achieve justice in complex and long-burning cases in which she specialises. A pioneer in the emerging legal field of universal jurisdiction (cases which cover various territories and crimes), Kate’s total dedication to her clients’ causes has seen her achieve successes in a variety of complex and high-profile matters.

Mark Stephens

Specialising in international, appellate and complex litigation,  Mark Stephens has undertaken some of the highest profile cases in the country and abroad. Mark is a solicitor with an expertise in constitutional, human rights, IP, media and regulatory work, defamation, privacy, media, art and cultural property, data protection and freedom of information, trusts litigation, intellectual property and international arbitration disputes. Mark has created a niche in international comparative media law and regulation. He acts in judicial reviews, Privy Council cases- Ultimate Appeal Court for parts of the Commonwealth, as well as, regulatory cases and inquiries. Mark practices before every level of court in England and Wales and also abroad before international tribunals and courts. He is also a Privy Council agent regularly working with a range of overseas lawyers. Mark is a qualified mediator. He can also assist clients in jurisdictions outside of the UK and has been retained by a number of governments to advise and to represent their interests including, Republic of Cyprus, Jamaica, Libya, Mauritius, and the Russian Republic. He has been appointed by the Foreign Secretary to the FCO Free Expression advisory board and the Lord Chancellor to be a Champion for the Community Legal Service. Mark became board chair of Internews Europe, an international charity dedicated to freedom of expression and trusted media in 2018. Mark chairs a number of bodies including, Internews, the Management Committee of the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy Wolfson College, Oxford Centre for Socio Legal Studies and the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation. He is former chair of the Contemporary Art Society, Global Network Initiative, Global Witness the University of East London the Design Artists Copyright Society. And former President of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association. Mark is responsible for innovating the Business & Human Rights portfolio of Cygnet Healthcare in his role as Non-Executive Director. Cygnet is the UK arm of UHS, the largest and most respected healthcare provider in the USA, and provides a wide range of services for individuals with mental health needs, autism and learning disabilities within the UK. He additionally sits on the board as a Trustee of Index of Censorship, the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation, Commonwealth Lawyers Association and Council of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute and Human Dignity Trust. Mark regularly appears in print, on radio and television. Mark also lectures at Universities and Higher Education Institutions around the world. Mark has contributed to seven books, Miscarriages of Justice: a review of justice in error (1999), International Libel and Privacy Handbook all four editions (2005), (2009), (2013), (2016) published by Bloomberg Press, La Presunción de Inocenicia Y Los Juicios Paralelos (2013) published by Wolters Kluwer (Spain) for the Fundación Fernando Pombo/Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo., Media Law & Ethics in the 21st Century (2014) published by Palgrave MacMillan, This is not a book about Gavin Turk (2014) published by Trolley Books, Media Law and Policy in the Internet Age (2016) published by Hart an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, Media Law International (3rd Edition) - Specialist Guide for Global Leaders in Media Law Practice (2016) published by Media Law International. He is also on the editorial boards of Communications Lawyer, Copyright World and European Intellectual Property Review.