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Emily Soothill is a partner in our Bristol office who joined the firm in 2017.

Emily helps individuals use the law to challenge decisions that violate their rights, seek accountability for unlawful treatment and claim compensation for harm that they have suffered. She has a diverse caseload which includes public law challenges and complex civil claims.

Emily is currently representing asylum seekers accommodated in Napier Barracks, Wethersfield and on the Bibby Stockholm barge in challenges regarding the adequacy of their accommodation and is bringing a group claim for damages on behalf of individuals detained unlawfully in the controversial Manston short-term holding facility.

Emily has particular expertise in international human rights litigation against corporate actors and complex group claims. She has worked on a number of corporate accountability cases, including a claim against African Barrick Gold (Acacia Mining) relating to injuries and deaths at the North Mara Mine in Tanzania and a compensation claim against Anglo American South Africa and AngloGold Ashanti, brought by former gold miners with the debilitating lung disease silicosis, leading to a ground-breaking settlement for 4,365 former miners.

Emily also has experience of bringing civil claims on behalf of victims of human trafficking and has delivered training to NGOs in this area. In 2016, Emily helped secure the first High Court judgment ever handed down against a British company for claims arising from modern slavery.

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Emily Soothill regularly acts for clients in challenging unlawful decisions by the state, including in relation to asylum-seeker accommodation.

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