Deighton Pierce Glynn

With a strong reputation for handling cases with an international aspect, Deighton Pierce Glynn fields a ‘leading team in the field of civil liberties and human rights’; the group handles a large number of complex inquests related to deaths in prison and police custody, as well as having assisting victims of modern slavery and human trafficking. Jo Eggleton co-leads the team and has vast experience bringing Article 2 claims against prisons, while co-head Sarah Ricca’s work focuses primarily on discrimination law, including police responses to domestic violence and policing of minority communities. Jane Deighton is also a pioneer in the field of race discrimination claims against the police, with managing partner Polly Glynn having recently been asked to speak at the Joint Committee on Human Rights in relation to hotel accommodation for migrants. Sue Willman is highly skilled in international human rights challenges, while Ugo Hayter has recently represented victims of trafficking threatened with deportation to Rwanda. Sasha Rozansky recently represented a victim of domestic and sexual abuse who successfully challenged a local authority’s decision to grant licences to an unlimited number of strip clubs, and Zubier Yazdani ’is at the forefront of advancing human rights law’. Gus Silverman is a key new arrival from Irwin Mitchell.