Human Rights & Freedoms

If a public authority, employer or service provider has treated you unfairly because of a protected characteristic — or interfered with your freedom of belief, expression or liberty — you may have a claim. The first step is a confidential review of your circumstances by one of our solicitors.

It depends on the route. Judicial review must be brought promptly and in any event within three months of the decision. Human Rights Act claims must be brought within one year. Employment tribunal discrimination claims must be lodged, after ACAS early conciliation, within six months less one day of the act complained of where it happened on or after 1 October 2026 — or three months less one day where it happened before that date. County-court discrimination claims for goods and services have six months. Missing the deadline is usually fatal, so ask early.

Yes, through judicial review, if the decision was unlawful, irrational, procedurally unfair or breached your human rights. It is a review of how the decision was made, not an appeal on the merits, and you must first send a pre-action protocol letter giving the body a chance to reconsider.

We tell you how we will charge before we start: at our hourly rates — £174 to £420 including VAT (£145 to £350 plus VAT), depending on the nature of the case and the seniority of the person acting — or for a fixed fee or estimate we agree with you. Third-party costs such as court fees and barristers' fees are payable in addition.

Yes. Once you are a client, everything you tell us is protected by our duty of confidentiality and, where it applies, legal professional privilege. Ai Guy is a public website tool: what you type there is treated as confidential by us but is not legally privileged, so please don't paste sensitive personal detail into it before you are a client — it will tell you the same.

Yes. We are based in Liverpool and act for clients across the UK and around the world on matters governed by the law of England and Wales.