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Adam Straw KC

King's Counsel , Doughty Street Chambers

London, United Kingdom

https://www.doughtystreet.co.uk/barristers/adam-straw

a.straw@doughtystreet.co.uk

020 7404 1313

About me

I specialise in judicial review, human rights and civil claims against public authorities. I have acted at all levels including at the Supreme Court and Strasbourg. I act for claimants, NGOs and other organisations.

My practice includes cases involving inquests, prisons, police, surveillance, intercept evidence, closed proceedings, international law, terrorism, mental health, children’s rights, discrimination, immigration detention, and community care. I was awarded Chambers & Partners Human Rights & Public Law junior of the year 2014, and LAPG Young Legal Aid Barrister of the year in 2010.

Illegal Migration Act 2023: disapplied in Northern Ireland and incompatible with the ECHR

20 May, 2024

Illegal Migration Act 2023: disapplied in Northern Ireland and incompatible with the ECHR

By Adam Straw KC

In Re The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission [2024] NIKB 35, the High Court in Northern Ireland held that a number of central...

High Court imposes protections against the discriminatory use of Schedule 7 Terrorism Act

21 Jul, 2022

High Court imposes protections against the discriminatory use of Schedule 7 Terrorism Act

By Adam Straw KC

Cifci v Crown Prosecution Service [2022] EWHC 1676 (Admin) is an important ruling on the interaction between the prohibition on...

The long reach of the ECHR: Carter v Russia (20914/07), 21 September 2021

28 Sep, 2021

The long reach of the ECHR: Carter v Russia (20914/07), 21 September 2021

By Maya Sikand KC Adam Straw KC

This was a successful claim against Russia regarding the killing of Alexander Litvinenko brought by his wife, Marina Litvinenko aka Maria...

Putting MWRF in its corner

13 Jul, 2021

Putting MWRF in its corner

By Adam Straw KC

In R (SC and others) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2021] UKSC 26 the Supreme Court decided that legislation which limited...

Women’s refuges at risk

16 Jan, 2018

Women’s refuges at risk

By Adam Straw KC

The government is currently consulting on a proposal to end housing benefit entitlement to women living in short-term supported housing,...