Camille Warren

Practice

Immigration

Practice covers all areas of immigration, asylum, and human rights law including entry clearance, family reunion (spouse and refugee), deportation, Article 8, disputed age and nationality, asylum support and leaving care support for minors (unaccompanied asylum seekers). Extensive experience of obtaining bail for immigration detainees including those convicted of serious criminal offences such as drug and sexual offences. Experience of hearings in the First tier Tribunal, appeals to the Upper Tribunal along with related Judicial Review hearings in the High Court.

Housing and Community Care

Housing practice includes possession proceedings, public law and article 8 defences to possession, possession relating to anti social behaviour, antisocial behaviour injunctions, homelessness and unlawful eviction. Undertakes judicial reviews for the full range of housing and community care issues including homelessness decisions, housing appeals under the Children’s Act, housing appeals in connection with anti social behaviour offences, community care assessments, care plans and compliance with the Disability Equality Duty. Has a particular interest and experience in cases involving young people (including underage asylum seekers) leaving care and entitlements to support packages.

Also experienced in cases involving education law including permanent exclusion and children with special education needs. Keen to develop her experience of mental health issues in relation to her community care practice.

Civil actions against the police and Inquests

Regularly advises on cases of false imprisonment, assault, malicious prosecution, negligence and actions under the Data Protection Act. Currently instructed in the EHRC case of Fox v UK (need for independent investigation under Art 3) more . Experienced in coronial law and acts for bereaved families and individuals in inquests. Recent instructions include a death in prison custody case in which it was argued for questions extant to the cause of death, leading to a jury verdict which raised questions about malpractice by an NHS trust, and the Mullings-Sewell inquest into the killing of 2 children by their mother whilst in psychotic state news story . Has assisted with several high-profile inquests including that of Jean Charles de Menezes.

Public law

Undertakes judicial review work across all her practice areas.

Media comment and articles

16/5/11 - Policing Protests - When is Containment Lawful? (Lexis Nexis Current Awareness)

Background

Completed pupilage with Doughty Street, London in 2009. Prior to her pupilage Camille worked with Women Working Worldwide managing a project to improve women workers’ rights in East African horticulture. She also previously worked for Greater Manchester CND/ Campaign Against Depleted Uranium and was a board member of the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons.