Services provided under Legal Aid
We provide the following services funded by the Legal Aid Agency, subject to regulations governing the merits and means test.
Howe and Co have supported a large number of persons through their claims against public authorities. These range from damage claims against former schools for historic child sexual abuse through to prisoners being held unlawfully in detention.
We provide a specialist service, from lawyers who are dedicated to this area of law, and will provide you with the highest level of service to ensure that your claim against the police, prison, immigration or other public authority is dealt with professionally.
Howe and Co handle complex and serious cases, to help you resolve these issues, obtain redress, seek damages and or stop the actions being taken against you. We pride ourselves in ensuring a senior solicitor deals with your case, in a sensitive manner to obtain your aims and objectives.
We act in Inquests, deaths in custody and else where and related claims. We deal with a number of Inquiries, and the claims that result from the outcome of these Inquiries.
Please see our team page for the lawyers working in this area.
We provide a specialist service, from lawyers who are dedicated to this area of law, and will provide you with the highest level of service to ensure that your claim against the police, prison, immigration or other public authority is dealt with professionally.
Howe and Co handle complex and serious cases, to help you resolve these issues, obtain redress, seek damages and or stop the actions being taken against you. We pride ourselves in ensuring a senior solicitor deals with your case, in a sensitive manner to obtain your aims and objectives.
We act in Inquests, deaths in custody and else where and related claims. We deal with a number of Inquiries, and the claims that result from the outcome of these Inquiries.
Please see our team page for the lawyers working in this area.
Howe and Co are one of the few firms that retain a specialism in defending contempt before the Courts. This is a specialist area of law, requires a wide knowledge of the civil law, as well as the specialism of contempt court.
A contempt of court application may be started in any court of record, and can be a summary process, or a more in depth consideration of the issues. Legal aid is provided on a means and merits free basis. Depending on whether you are in the higher courts or the lower courts depends on the process for obtaining legal aid.
Howe and Co have access to a specialist advocate that has conducted many of the recent leading cases in respect to contempt of court. In King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Council v Bunning [2013] EWHC 3390 (QB), Adam Tear as an advocate secured for the first time legal aid for a defendant in a contempt matter under the provisions of LASPO12.
A contempt of court application may be started in any court of record, and can be a summary process, or a more in depth consideration of the issues. Legal aid is provided on a means and merits free basis. Depending on whether you are in the higher courts or the lower courts depends on the process for obtaining legal aid.
Howe and Co have access to a specialist advocate that has conducted many of the recent leading cases in respect to contempt of court. In King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Council v Bunning [2013] EWHC 3390 (QB), Adam Tear as an advocate secured for the first time legal aid for a defendant in a contempt matter under the provisions of LASPO12.
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If you or a family member has an immigration problem, Howe and Co an award winning solicitors firm can solve it.
Howe and Co have been leading specialists in all areas of Immigration and asylum law for over 20 years. We have a large team of accredited and highly experienced immigration lawyers. Howe and Co has received a number of national awards and short listings for its work in the field of asylum and Immigration Law. We continue to provide the same level of service to our legal aid clients as they would expect from a private client. |
Howe and Co have two advanced immigration solicitors David Enright and Adam Tear
Howe and Co have a number of senior legal advisory listed on our team page
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We conducted the ground-breaking legal and political campaigning (alongside the famous actress, Joanna Lumley) for retired British Army Gurkhas, seeking the right to settle in the United Kingdom.
We undertake the full range of publicly funded work, including Judicial Review of non-appealable decisions. We continue to be one of a limited number of firms representing individuals before the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC).
We have a team of in-house advocates and solicitors, who regularly appear before immigration tribunals and higher courts, and we work closely with specialist immigration advocates. We have a high success rate on our immigration appeal
If you wish to contact one of our highly experienced immigration lawyers in order to discuss your problem and get an expert view on the merit of your case, please email us or telephone us directly. If, after speaking with us, you decide that you want to pursue an application then we will assess your eligibility for Legal Aid (we have a specialist Legal Aid contract with the British Government, and can help some clients without charging them any fees). If you are not eligible for Legal Aid, then we will give you clear honest advice about the potential costs in making your application on a privately funded basis.
We undertake the full range of publicly funded work, including Judicial Review of non-appealable decisions. We continue to be one of a limited number of firms representing individuals before the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC).
We have a team of in-house advocates and solicitors, who regularly appear before immigration tribunals and higher courts, and we work closely with specialist immigration advocates. We have a high success rate on our immigration appeal
If you wish to contact one of our highly experienced immigration lawyers in order to discuss your problem and get an expert view on the merit of your case, please email us or telephone us directly. If, after speaking with us, you decide that you want to pursue an application then we will assess your eligibility for Legal Aid (we have a specialist Legal Aid contract with the British Government, and can help some clients without charging them any fees). If you are not eligible for Legal Aid, then we will give you clear honest advice about the potential costs in making your application on a privately funded basis.
Our Specialist Litigation Team handle numerous cases each year involving public law litigation against public authorities. We have advised on and conducted key Judicial Review cases against Government, against Local Authorities, against Tribunals, and other public authorities such as the Home Office, the UK Border Agency, OFCOM, the International Monitoring Commission (the ceasefire watchdog in Northern Ireland) and the Northern Ireland Parades Commission etc.
Examples of the clients we have represented in Judicial Review proceedings are: the Member of Parliament, Conor Murphy MP; the British Army Gurkhas Justice campaign alongside the actress Joanna Lumley, etc.
We can help individuals, charities, companies and organisations bring Judicial Review challenges based on claims of unfairness, apparent bias, procedural irregularities, a failure to follow stated policies, a failure to give adequate reasons, or because a public body has made an “unreasonable” decision. Our specialist knowledge in human rights law also means that we can deploy human rights arguments in most Judicial Review cases.
We have a leading reputation for our Public Law Judicial Review work and can often bring novel arguments and legal strategies to clients’ legal problems. Please see our team page for the lawyers working in this area.
Examples of the clients we have represented in Judicial Review proceedings are: the Member of Parliament, Conor Murphy MP; the British Army Gurkhas Justice campaign alongside the actress Joanna Lumley, etc.
We can help individuals, charities, companies and organisations bring Judicial Review challenges based on claims of unfairness, apparent bias, procedural irregularities, a failure to follow stated policies, a failure to give adequate reasons, or because a public body has made an “unreasonable” decision. Our specialist knowledge in human rights law also means that we can deploy human rights arguments in most Judicial Review cases.
We have a leading reputation for our Public Law Judicial Review work and can often bring novel arguments and legal strategies to clients’ legal problems. Please see our team page for the lawyers working in this area.
If you need assist for one of the above areas, or any area of law please contact us for advice. If we cannot assist you we will sign post you to someone that can. Please follow this link to our contact page.