Civil Liberties team at Birnberg Peirce, a long established legal practice upholding civil rights and state accountability.
Joined June 2021
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13 Jun 2025
Natalie Shotter killing: officers face proceedings over alleged safeguarding failures
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Birnberg Peirce Civil Liberties retweeted
21 Oct 2024
Sebastião Lucas, a 34 year old Black man, died by ligature 48 hours after being remanded to Wandsworth prison on 12 May 2021.
He had been arrested in hospital whilst being sectioned under the Mental Health Act.
Now an inquest will open.
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24 Sep 2024
Solicitors of Marieha Hussain lodge formal complaints re CPS and Met Police re her prosecution
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Birnberg Peirce Civil Liberties retweeted
2 Aug 2024
Are you as determined as we are to reduce the harm caused by immigration detention and to ultimately end it? We are hiring a new Head of Advocacy at Medical Justice
Find out more information here - medicaljustice.org.uk/vacanc…
ALT A selection of Medical Justice reports on show under a box of text that reads "Would you like to work for Medical Justice?"
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26 Jun 2024
Birnberg Peirce statement on Julian Assange release:
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12 Mar 2024
Our criminal defence team is hiring a 3 years PQE solicitor!
Please see the link below for details 👇
Closing date: 18th March 2024
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Birnberg Peirce Civil Liberties retweeted
29 Feb 2024
NEWS: Protestor at Palestine march arrested for wearing Keffiyah scarf wins case
Audrey Cherryl Mogan (@acmogan) of the Garden Court Protest Law Team represented the protestor, instructed by Sarah Robertson of @BPCivLibs. #RightToProtest
Read on🔽
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29 Feb 2024
Labour plans ‘Raneem’s law’ to protect victims of domestic abuse
Legislation requiring police to respond faster to reports of domestic violence is named after woman killed in 2018 theguardian.com/society/2024…
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26 Feb 2024
The true position of Shamima Begum - 5 years of unlawful detention in prison camps for British women and children.
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Birnberg Peirce Civil Liberties retweeted
12 Jan 2024
High Court finds detention to be unlawful with substantial and aggravated damages awarded for breach of Hardial Singh principles.
Claimant represented by Greg Ó Ceallaigh of Garden Ct (@gregoceallaigh) & Irène Nembhard of Birnberg Peirce.
Read on here ▶️tinyurl.com/bdhdfuzh
ALT Greg Ó Ceallaigh – Year of Call: 2006 - ‘Greg is fantastic to work with. He has excellent judgement and his advice is always genuinely useful as he quickly gets to the heart of the case and is realistic and pragmatic.' - Legal 500, 2024 (Immigration)
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Birnberg Peirce Civil Liberties retweeted
7 Dec 2023
The public response to the issues raised in this inquest, to the failure to grant the family legal aid, has been overwhelming.
A privilege to represent the Perry family, led by @HughSoutheyKC @MatrixChambers. Instruct by @MWillisStewart Hazel Metcalfe, Becky Sillis @BPCivLibs
7 Dec 2023
Ofsted inspection contributed to headteacher’s suicide, Coroner rules
The Coroner has made clear the significant disadvantage this family would have been in without legal representation theguardian.com/education/20…
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7 Dec 2023
Ofsted inspection contributed to headteacher’s suicide, Coroner rules
The Coroner has made clear the significant disadvantage this family would have been in without legal representation theguardian.com/education/20…
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Birnberg Peirce Civil Liberties retweeted
26 Nov 2023
Shameful decision not to grant #legalaid for such an important public interest case & where three public bodies are represented from the public purse. We need to end this inequality of arms & extend funding for all state related inquests.
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27 Nov 2023
The inquest into the death of headteacher Ruth Perry, who died shortly after an Ofsted
inspection, opens on Tuesday 28 November 2023 in Reading Coroner’s court. 1/2
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27 Nov 2023
Under investigation are the circumstances of Ruth’s death and the inquest will consider the
impact of the Ofsted inspection upon Ruth’s mental wellbeing and what advice and support
was available during and after the inspection. 2/2
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Birnberg Peirce Civil Liberties retweeted
5 Oct 2023
Allison Munroe KC was instructed by Paul Ham & Constance Collard (@cr_collard) of Birnberg Peirce (@BPCivLibs). They are supported by @INQUEST_ORG caseworker @JodieAnderson_.
Read on here🔽tinyurl.com/2hw8nwzw
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Birnberg Peirce Civil Liberties retweeted
5 Oct 2023
Trevor Monerville: Coroner criticises ‘unacceptable’ care of Black epileptic man who died in prison.
Allison Munroe KC of the GC Inquests & Inquiries Team represented Trevor Monerville's family at the inquest.
🔽Coverage in @Independent by @Nadine_Writes:tinyurl.com/mv23tvap
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27 Oct 2023
We in his firm sadly pass on the news of Ben Birnberg’s death and our gratitude to him for the extraordinary example he gave in his life and in his work. 1/2
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27 Oct 2023
We hope that we can remember and do justice to everything he single-handedly fought for, although understanding that Ben was and still is, irreplaceable. 2/2
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