Clare Evans

Practice Areas

Clare is a civil liberties solicitor, specialising in human rights, inquest and public law. She is the Deputy Head of the Human Rights Department at Saunders Law.

Career

Clare has a decade of experience representing some of the most vulnerable and disenfranchised members of society. She is committed to holding the state to account on behalf of her clients, be it for human rights breaches, or deliberate state abuse of power. She regularly challenges the police and prisons, and represents deceased victims and their families at inquests, where death has occurred in state custody.

Clare has acted for numerous other clients in their race discrimination claims, obtaining successful outcomes including damages, apologies and upheld findings in complaint matters. She has acted for multiple survivors of rape, sexual assault and domestic abuse, in their challenges to the police and/or CPS, for failure to investigate and prosecute the perpetrator. She has successfully brought challenges resulting in police reviews of such matters, and negotiated damages settlements as well as securing apologies.

Professional Memberships

Clare is a member of the Police Action Lawyers Group and the Inquest Lawyers Group. She is a panel solicitor for the Centre for Women’s Justice.