Public Law & Human Rights

Our Public Law partner, Jed Pennington reports on the Home Secretary’s decision to not hold an inquiry into the Manston Holding Facility

Wilsons are pleased to announce that our Administrative and Public Law work has been recognised in the Times' Best Law Firms 2025!

We welcome the news that our clients will soon have a chance to rebuild their lives in the UK after years of inhumane conditions.

Wilson Solicitors Public Law and Human Rights Department ranked in Chambers 2025

Did you arrive in the UK after 1 January 2022 and receive a ‘notice of intent’ that you might be sent to Rwanda?

Wilson Solicitors welcomes the new UK Government’s decision to scrap the plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda.

The government has said that the first removal flights will likely start in July 2024.

We are challenging new rules making it harder for EU nationals to settle in the UK

Court finds that the Home Office’s imposition of a GPS tag was unlawful for over a year in the first case of its kind 

Our Katie Schwarzmann, and her client Mark Nelson, have been interviewed by Privacy International’s podcast

Today’s decision by the Court should make a real difference to vulnerable people held in immigration detention.

Report relies upon the front-line expertise in the areas of public law & human rights, family and immigration to victims of trafficking

High Court granted permission to 10 claimants represented by Wilson Solicitors’ Public Law and Human Rights team

Wilsons is instructed by Mark Nelson, a mechanic and father of five, in his High Court case arguing GPS tags violate human rights.

UK tribunal win, although not legally binding, may sway Home Office and judiciary views on Palestinian refugee claims

Wilsons & Medical Justice challenge Home Office on 2nd medical opinion for detainees. Case approved at Royal Courts, citing legality issues

The Illegal Migration Bill has completed its path through Parliament

Wilson Solicitors’ Immigration and Public Law Teams acted for two of the asylum seekers

Wilson solicitors in the Public Law & Human Rights department, prepared the submissions on behalf of Wilsons.

Wilsons launches paralegal apprenticeship scheme for residents of Tottenham and surrounding areas

The Sheila McKechnie Foundation shortlists Wilsons 'Attempts to Stop Rwanda Deportation' for the Best Use of Law Award

Home Secretary ordered to pay £10,500 compensation to unaccompanied asylum-seeking child for significant breach of his right to family life.

This piece is based on the content of a briefing for MPs which Jed contributed to for the Immigration Law Practitioners Association

The Bill proposes to significantly reduce the protections available to migrant victims of trafficking and modern slavery.

In this year's Kay Everett Lecture, barrister Mark Symes will discuss seminal changes vis-á-vis the UK’s approach to refugee law.

The Home Secretary has now agreed to settle the claim on the basis of removing the tag and paying our client’s legal costs.

Wilsons is acting for two people in the lead legal challenges to the government’s policy of sending some asylum seekers to Rwanda.

Jed is a specialist public law solicitor who qualified in 2010. He trained as an immigration and public law solicitor at Wilsons.

Nusrat Uddin, lead Partner on the case, was interviewed by Channel Four news which covered the story

Wilsons is acting for a number of people who have been detained in very poor conditions at Manston migrant processing centre

Issues in the UK's garment production and how the hostile environment, and the attitude towards the migrant communities...

Through guest interviews and their stories, UNBiased explores the way bias affects the lives of others, and what we can do to address it.

Diplomatic immunity no longer protects diplomats from civil claims of modern slavery

The NGO All the Citizens, represented by Wilson Solicitors LLP, have been granted permission by the High Court to challenge the Government

We are very pleased to announce that Nusrat Uddin has been promoted to the position of partner in our Public Law team.

On the evening of 9 December 2021 framework agreements totalling £6 billion were awarded to 58 poten

The accommodation was having an adverse impact on both her physical and mental health.

The Citizens NGO join Wilsons’ case holding the government to account for modern slavery in their supply chain

Wilsons are proud to welcome Jed Pennington back to Wilsons as an Associate Solicitor in the Public Law Department

As we approach the end of Ramadhan, it felt appropriate to reflect on this blessed month for our Mus

What the Duchess of Sussex’s court case means for your privacy

The story of one client whose life was transformed when her removal flight was stopped by protesters

This week we learned of the sad and sudden death of Lord Kerr, recently retired from the Supreme Court.

Writer, teacher, professor, cultural critic, artist, and social activist

The interplay between obligations for the state under the 1980 Hague Convention and under immigration law

The Home Office has now confirmed that it has not sought permission to appeal the High Court’s order and judgment

How to get the Home Office to make a decision on your application and to obtain compensation if they took too long

A case which has the potential to change the legal landscape for trafficking victims

Wilson’s Nusrat Uddin had another successful

Nusrat Uddin solicitor in our Public Law Tea

We are delighted to announce that Nusrat Uddin</

The Tribunal Procedure Committee has announced that it will not introduce procedure rules under whic

JW brought a claim against her Saudi diplomat employer who had bought her to the UK as a domestic se

Nusrat Uddin appeared at the Public Law Proj

Yarls Wood Befrienders held their annual conference

Following on from Wilson’s submission to the Home Affairs Select Committee’s Inquiry on Modern Slave

In 2016 Theresa May named modern slavery as the greatest human rights issue of our time.  She said t

Wilson Solicitors LLP BriefingTwo victims of trafficking, M and K, represented by Wilsons Public Law

Jennine Walker a solicitor in our Publ

On Tuesday 10th July the Supreme Court will hear the appeal in <a href="https://www.supre

Wilson Solicitors was proud to support the Vigil for Justice outside the Ministry of Justice on Wedn

Our client Fahima Sahabdeen from Sri Lanka has been reporting at Becket House

Wilsons meet Birth Companio

The Court of Appeal has today handed down judgment in PK (Ghana) v Secretary of State for the Hom

Rachel Henson, <a href="https://www.wilsonl

On Thursday three of our solicitors took a morning out to deliver training to local community groups

Nusrat Uddin, a solicitor in our Public Law

Our Katy Robinson has just returned from an international workshop on...

Michael Hanley and Rachel Henson meet Guleid Ahmed Jama

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The Upper Tribunal has recently reported the case of <a href="https://tribunalsdecisions.service.gov

Congratulations to Nusrat Uddin of our Publi

We are delighted to announce that Rachel Lau h

Nusrat Uddin, a solicitor in our Public Law

Katy Robinson, solicitor in our Public Law

Paposhvili v Belgium – Grand Chamber Judgement (Application no. 41738/10)<

What really happens behind the closed doors of the U.K.’s immigration removal centres

by Rebecca KuehlerWhen a person is in the

Hannah Watkins gives the following accou

Nusrat Uddin, Public Law department solicito

Today we celebrate the contribution of migrants to the UK as part of One Day Without Us.Our lawyers

The public law department has had success in the case of <a href="http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH

Many EU nationals living in the UK are worried about their right to reside if the UK leaves the Euro

The public law department has had suc

We are delighted to announce that <a href="https://www.wilsonllp.co.uk/teams/public-law/james-elliot

Last week saw the press report on two cases where the Family Court made Female Genital Mutilation (F

Hannah Watkins, one of

Congratulations to Wilsons partner <a href="https://www.wilsonllp.co.uk/teams/immigration-law/ana-go

Congratulations to Abdi Shire Jama on his election to serve as a Member of Parliament in Somalia

The Spear’s 500 is a guide to the top lawyers, wealth managers, art advisers and other service provi

Wilsons are delighted to announce that we have been awarded a contract by the Legal Aid Agency in th

Our Crime team secured a successful outcome for one of our clients last week, following an eight day

Saturday was such a fantastic day of action in s

Partner Kay Everett is speak

Our criminal team achieved an excellent result for a client in the Old Bailey last week following an

We are extremely pleased to announce that <a href="https://www.wilsonllp.co.uk/teams/public-law/jenn

We are pleased to announce that Wilsons has been awarded a Community Care contract by the Legal Aid

Helen MacIntyre is our newest solicitor.

The Supreme Court has today given its judgment in the case of <a title="court" href="http://www.