Helen Stone

Practice Areas

Helen specialises in human rights law, actions against the police and public law.

She has significant experience working with the families of those who have died in police and prison custody. Helen also acts in civil litigation and public law proceedings for individuals who have been failed by the criminal justice system.

Helen has worked on many significant cases, including the deaths of Sean Rigg, Duncan Tomlin, and Dalian Atkinson, as well as the Azelle Rodney Inquiry. She was instructed by the charity INQUEST in its Supreme Court intervention regarding the stand of proof at inquests.

Helen's current work includes acting in relation to the deaths of Sean Fitzgerald, who was shot dead by a police firearms officer, Thomas Orchard, who died following restraint by police, and Emiliano Sala, who died following a plane crash; as well as civil claims arising from the Grenfell fire, and acting for Core Participants in the Undercover Policing Inquiry.

Career

Helen has an LLB from the University of Birmingham and an LLM in Human Rights Law from the University of Nottingham. She joined Hickman & Rose in 2010 and became a partner in 2022.

Professional Memberships

Police Actions Lawyers Group, Inquest Lawyers Group, Fraud Lawyers Association.