I work with both charities and fee earners to identify suitable projects for the firm and work with pro bono partners to design new projects. Where clients of the firm have a pro bono offering themselves, or wish to get involved in our projects, I provide ongoing support to establishing those programmes and relationships. I am also responsible for supervising a number of our pro bono clinics.
I represent the firm at a number of external pro bono membership groups including the UK Collaborative Plan, the Law Society's pro bono charter and the European Pro Bono Initiative.
I am a public lawyer by background, working primarily in disability rights in which I have represented clients in a number of high profile challenges including R (McDonald) v Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea [2011] UKSC 33 and the case of Bethany a 17 year old autistic woman who was held in solitary confinement for two years in a mental health institution ('My autistic daughter was held in a cell for two years' - BBC News). I have represented a number of disability rights charities in various challenges including the Royal Mencap Society in challenge the NICE decision to use the Clinical Frailty Scale during the early days of the COVID - 19 crisis (Mencap responds to new NICE COVID-19 guidance | Mencap) and the MS Society in challenge NICE decisions on the restriction of particular MS treatments. I have also represented numerous children at the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal.
I currently lead on work developing the use of legal tech and AI to solve access to justice issues acting as a conduit between the commercial legal sector and access to justice organisations.