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Associate, Public Law and Human Rights.

Shirin represents clients in a wide range of public and international law matters, with a particular interest in migrant rights, national security and data protection.

Shirin is experienced in bringing judicial review and civil claims on a range of domestic and international law matters. She acts for a range of clients from unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors in age assessment disputes to victims of trafficking, false imprisonment, arbitrary detention, torture and extraordinary rendition. She also specialises in bringing appeals before the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC), on behalf of individuals deprived of their British citizenship.

She has participated in roundtable meetings in relation to Syrian returnees and in 2023, provided written evidence to the Foreign Affairs Committee Inquiry on the State Handling of Hostage Situations.

Shirin also challenges decisions by the police and Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) concerning disclosure of information, police record deletion requests, appeals before the Information Tribunal and civil claims for data protection breaches.

Career

Shirin worked at two solicitors firms in London between 2016 – 2020, before joining Bindmans in February 2021.

Shirin’s notable cases include:

Challenging the UK government’s decision to suspend funding to UNRWA (the UN Relief Agency for Palestinians)

Representing clients in successful appeals against the deprivation of their British citizenship

Acting for numerous Afghan prosecutors in successful judicial review challenges to delays in their relocation to the UK under the ARAP scheme

Representing the family of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the pro-Biafran independence movement, in relation to his torture, extraordinary rendition and arbitrary detention in Nigeria – (R (Kanu) v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

Judicial review of the government’s failure to lawfully consult on its proposed National Disability Strategy, in R(Binder & Others) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Providing written evidence to the Foreign Affairs Committee Inquiry into State Handling of Hostage Situations and making representations to the FCDO on behalf of British nationals mistreated abroad

Securing the release of asylum seeker clients detained at Napier Barracks during the Covid-19 outbreak and successful civil claims on their behalf

Professional Memberships

Young Legal Aid Lawyers

Immigration Law Practitioner’s Association

Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights

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Shirin Marker is experienced in bringing civil claims on behalf of a range of clients, spanning both domestic and international law cases. She has particular expertise in handling matters that involve issues of gender-based violence.


Administrative & Public Law: Traditional Claimant - UK-wide

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Shirin Marker represents a range of clients in public law matters with a particular specialism in those relating to immigration rights and national security.

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