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| Address: |
275 Grays Inn Road |
| Town: |
London WC1X 8QB |
| Phone: |
(020) 7833 4433 |
| Web: |
http://www.bindmans.com |
| Fax: |
(020) 7837 9792 |
| DX: |
37904 Kings Cross |
| Areas of law: |
Civil Liberties, Clinical Negligence, Community Care, Crime (General), Defamation/Libel and Slander, Discrimination, Employment, Family, Housing, Human Rights, Immigration and Nationality, Inquests, Media & Entertainment, Mental Health, Personal Injury, Public Inquiries, Public Law, Regulation & Compliance |
| Client Sector Served: |
Private Client, SME/Small Business, Corporate/Commercial |
| Web Profile: |
Bindmans LLP (formerly Bindman & Partners) is one of the country’s leading law firms, with an unrivalled reputation for its civil liberties and human rights work. The firm offers top quality legal services in the following practice areas: clinical negligence and personal injury, community care and health services, criminal law, discrimination and equality law, employment law, family law housing, human rights and public law, immigration, inquests and inquiries, media & information law, mental health, police misconduct, prison law, public & regulatory law, serious fraud & regulatory investigations.
The firm:
Established in 1974, Bindmans has a long history and tradition of challenging injustice and protecting the rights and freedoms of ordinary people. While the firm has evolved over the years to offer a broader range of services, its commitment to fairness and to ensuring access to justice, remains at the heart of everything they do.
Ranked as a top tier firm in many of its practice areas, Bindmans has a reputation for its cutting-edge work, including test cases in ground-breaking areas of the law. Its lawyers are amongst the most knowledgeable in the country, and many are nationally recognised as experts in their fields.
Bindmans client base is wide and developing and includes private individuals, businesses, NGOs and trade unions, and public and regulatory bodies.
Known for achieving good results for its clients, the firm aims to defend their interests, ensure sound decision making and the highest standards of legal accountability.
Type of work undertaken:
Criminal law: The firm deals with all aspects of criminal defence work, from serious white-collar fraud to terrorism, homicide and public order cases. The firm has a special interest in cases involving abuses of police powers, as well as extradition and Official Secrets Act cases. It acts for journalists under investigation by the police, company regulatory obligations and is dedicated to uncovering miscarriages of justice. The firm has a long-standing reputation for taking civil actions against the police on behalf of those abused within the criminal justice system nationwide.
Employment law: In employment cases, the firm acts for both employees and employers in all aspects of employment law, contentious and non-contentious. Bindmans acts for public authorities and within the not-for-profit sector - including local authorities, statutory bodies, regulators and charities. The firm is a leader in discrimination cases with a particular focus on disability issues, race discrimination, sexual orientation, gender reassignment and pregnancy and flexible working.
Clinical negligence and personal injury: Clinical negligence is also a specialism, notably brain damage and other serious disabilities. The firm has regularly recovered awards of more than £3m. All types of personal injury are dealt with, including road traffic and work place accidents and cases involving bullying and stress at work.
Defamation: The practice is a leader in defamation and has brought and defended major libel actions. It also deals with privacy, breach of confidence, copyright and freedom of information. The practice also has wide experience of film production, data protection issues and media contractual work.
Immigration: All aspects of immigration, nationality and refugee work are handled.
Family: The full range of matrimonial and family problems are also covered, and the firm is particularly known for acting in care proceedings. Mental health is a specialism, including lawfulness of detention and appropriateness of treatment.
Public law and human rights: The public law and human rights department has been at the forefront of the growth in judicial review work, and while maintaining the firm’s profile of general public law and its expertise in human rights and civil liberties, it has significantly expanded its work for public authorities and professional regulatory bodies. Housing work includes homelessness, eviction and rent assessment. The firm has a particular expertise in cases concerning the European Convention on Human Rights, both in the national courts and in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
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