Leigh Day

Human Rights

Partner

Stephanie qualified in 2016 having trained at Leigh Day. She worked in the London office from 2013 to 2023 before moving to the Manchester office in September 2023. She became a partner in 2024.  

Stephanie specialises in migrants’ rights and has substantial experience representing claimants in a wide range of judicial review challenges and compensation claims. Her work includes claims relating to unlawful detention, asylum support, protection for people who have been trafficked, and a variety of other cases for breaches of the Human Rights Act 1998. 

Stephanie also acts for applicants to the Windrush Compensation Scheme and has successfully obtained compensation in complex, high value cases. She is also instructed in judicial review challenges to decisions under the scheme.  

She recently represented Asylum Aid (with Tessa Gregory and Carolin Ott) in challenging the Rwanda removals process on grounds of procedural fairness.   

Stephanie also has a broader public law and human rights practice and acts for individuals and local community groups in challenging a wide range of public authority decisions. In 2023 she acted in a successful Supreme Court appeal challenging the grant of planning permission on land that had been held under statutory trust. 

She also represents bereaved families in inquests involving mental health care, including for detained and non-detained patients, often engaging Article 2.  

In 2023 Stephanie was shortlisted for a Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Award in the Public Law category.