Rona Epstein and Peter Walsh

Rona Epstein is an Honorary Research Fellow at Coventry Law School. Her work on unlawful imprisonment for council tax debt led to a change in the law in Wales. She has worked extensively on the sentencing of mothers and rights of the child. She is teacher of English to refugees at Coventry Refugee and Migrant centre. She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws by the Coventry University.

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Legal aid is a human right: SM v The Lord Chancellor’s Department [2021] EWHC 418 (Admin)

Legal aid is a human right: SM v The Lord Chancellor’s Department [2021] EWHC 418 (Admin)

The lack of legal aid advice for immigration detainees held in prisons in the UK has been ruled unlawful. A High Court judgment, delivered on 25 February 2021, found that the current system is discriminatory and unlawful. In the UK, ...
Brutality and false imprisonment – welcome to the UK!

Brutality and false imprisonment – welcome to the UK!

On 8 June, BBC One aired a gripping drama based on the real life story of Anthony Bryan, one of the Windrush generation.  After 50 years of living in England, bringing up his family and working, having arrived from Jamaica as an ...