Our commitment to representing, advising and assisting those charged with criminal offences does not stop at conviction.  Prisoners have rights and we have established a specialist prison law department to address their needs. We can offer representation to prisoners in the following areas:

Parole Applications
We will consider the parole dossier, take instructions on the contents and submit written representations on behalf of the prisoner to the Parole Board.  We will represent Lifers at their oral hearings and we can also challenge unfavourable decisions by way of judicial review.

Appeal Against Decision to Revoke a Licence. 
When a licence has been revoked a prisoner is entitled to submit an appeal to the Parole Board.  We will assist in a similar way to parole applications in an effort to have the prisoner re-released under licence as soon as possible.

Adjudications. 
Where a prisoner has been charged with a breach of the Prison Rules they may be referred to an Independent Adjudicator who is able to add days onto their sentence.  We can represent the prisoner at the hearing.

Appeals. 
We can present advice in relation to appeal against conviction and/or sentence with a view to an application to the Court of Appeal or the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC).  We will always endeavour to be honest and forthright about the prospects of success and will not assist with an appeal unless we feel there are strong grounds, thereby reducing the risk of days as an appellant being added on to the sentence.

Categorisation. 
We offer advice and assistance with applications to be downgraded and annual category reviews.  We will submit written representations on behalf of the Cat A prisoner and advise all categories as to the prospect of challenging a refusal to downgrade. 

Progression. 
If a prisoner is not making any progress through the prison system we will look at the risk assessments that have been completed and attempt to assist with this, advising and making representations in relation to transfer if necessary.

Prisoners' Day to Day Problems. 
If a prisoner is having difficulties with any aspect of his/her prison life and the internal complaints procedure has failed to resolve the issue we will look at the papers and discuss the matter and advise whether there is anything we can do to assist.