Senior Associate Solicitor, Public Law and Human Rights
Our Public Law Solicitors advise a large number of young people over the age of 18 but those under 25 who aren’t receiving support from children’s services as care leavers – even though they’re clearly entitled to it. So how do you know if you might be a care leaver and still eligible for support?
If you’ve answered yes to these questions, then you may have become a “former relevant child” or “care leaver” when you turned 18. And that means you can get support from children’s services potentially up to the age of 25, even if children’s services explicitly told you that this doesn’t apply to you.
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The Human Rights Act is a UK law passed in 1998 that lets you defend your human rights in Court. It enables you to force government, police and local Councils to treat you with fairness, dignity and respect.
Simpson Millar’s Public Law team represented the family of teenager Mazielle Mackenzie at an Article 2* inquest investigating the circumstances surrounding her death, which concluded today at Preston Coroner’s Court following a five-day hearing.
The Court of Appeal overturned decisions of the Home Office that each of the two Appellants was not a victim of trafficking on the basis that the Home Office adopted an unlawful approach to assessing the credibility of each Appellant’s credibility and considering the medical and other expert evidence in support of their claims to be victims of trafficking.
4.6 out of 5 based off 2834 reviewsVerity joined Simpson Millar in January 2018. She works as a Solicitor specialising in community care and public law cases, with a particular interest in assisting unaccompanied minors, children and trafficked individuals.
As part of her career, she worked at Lawyers for Justice in Libya as their Strategic Litigation Programme Coordinator. She previously completed an internship at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and worked in Colombia analysing the paramilitary demobilisation process over the course of two years.
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Londoncouncils.gov.uk. (2022). Children’s Services | London Councils. [online] Available at: https://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/our-key-themes/local-government-finance/london%E2%80%99s-local-services-investing-future/future-financial-0.
Coram Voice. (n.d.). My rights as a relevant child. [online] Available at: https://coramvoice.org.uk/myrights/my-rights-when-i-am-leaving-care/my-rights-as-a-relevant-child/ [Accessed 2 May 2024].
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