Wilson Solicitors LLP provides ‘excellent human rights expertise, particularly in the immigration area’, regularly bringing test cases of significant public interest, including challenging the government’s intention to relocate asylum seekers to Rwanda – Jed Pennington is a key contact in this space. Following the promotion of James Elliot to firm managing partner in April 2023, the practice is jointly led by Nina Rathbone Pullen and Katy Robinson; both are highly skilled regarding civil liberties of immigration detainees and compensation claims for human rights violations.
Testimonials
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‘Brilliant, tenacious and clever lawyers.’
‘Wilson Solicitors consistently excel in complex claims and those involving cross-over areas of practice. They are an excellent team with exceptional lawyers at all levels and are a go-to firm for strategic claims.’
‘Gold standard team for migrant rights work.’
‘Katy Robinson is a top notch lawyer.’
‘Excellent human rights expertise in particular in the immigration area - raise novel and complex points in appeals, judicial review, detention claims and damages claims.’
‘Wilson Solicitors is the firm I most regularly recommend to people looking for representation. Brilliant from top to bottom; filled with passionate and exceptional lawyers who represent the very best that the legal aid sector has to offer.’
‘They are unparalleled in their work on complex human rights and civil liberties claims, including issues of trafficking, detention, immigration, age assessment, and strategic litigation.’
- ‘Wilson Solicitors is outstanding in every area of its work and provide the very highest level of service to all their clients. You know that a case is in the best of hands with the firm.'
Key clients
- ASM (Iraq)
- Medical Justice
- 20 individuals who were detained at the Manston detention facility
- 6 individuals who brought judicial reviews challenging GPS tags
- Wong v Basfar
- R (on the application of All the Citizens) & Supply Chain Coordination Limited, Collaborative Procurement Partnership LLP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
- Migrants Organise
- G – client held at Napier barracks
- FAO and ALN – clients held in unsuitable asylum support accommodation in former jail cells at ‘Clink 78’ hostel
- IZ – age disputed client
Work highlights
- Represented a victim of trafficking in a Supreme Court case, in which the client successfully established that a diplomat is not immune from civil claims of trafficking and domestic servitude.
- Representing an asylum seeker and victim of modern slavery in a challenge to the government’s Rwanda plan.
- Successfully challenged the UK government’s decision to procure rubber gloves from the PPE supplier Supermax, despite clear indicators of forced labour in the supply chain.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Nina Rathbone Pullen, Katy Robinson