Legal aid solicitors 'threatened' after Mail on Sunday article (Law Gazette) (9 October 2020)

The Law Gazette reports on our statement addressing the recent attacks on the firm and legal aid which undermine the rule of law and an individual’s constitutional right to access to justice. ‘It would seem that the government along with some media outlets is creating a rhetoric which creates hatred not only of immigration and publicly funded lawyers, but of immigrants generally. The effect of this has very serious consequences to individuals’ lives and liberty. We are now seeing our lawyers experience abusive behaviour and receive abhorrent and threatening messages online daily for simply trying to do their job and be a voice for the most vulnerable: victims of torture, victims of trafficking and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. This has to stop.’