Jessie Brennan > Bindmans LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Bindmans LLP
236 GRAY'S INN ROAD
LONDON
WC1X 8HB
England

Living Wage

Work Department

Public Law and Human Rights.

Position

Solicitor, Public Law and Human Rights

Jessie’s practice covers a wide range of judicial review work, with a focus on the protection and enforcement of the rights of disabled people and those without regularised immigration status in the UK.

She often represents families with disabled children and is successful in securing increased packages of support from their local CCG and/or local authorities. In addition, she works with unaccompanied asylum seeking children to challenge age assessments as well as with care leavers to challenge unlawful attempts to withdraw support and otherwise secure proper levels of support.

Jessie also represents clients seeking their release from immigration detention and in connected claims for compensation arising out of their unlawful detention under immigration powers.

She also often advises clients on the deletion of cautions and other connected information from their police records.

Jessie was part of the Bindmans team that won the Solicitors’ Journal Legal Aid Team of the Year Award 2016, and she assisted the Public Law solicitors in the successful procurement litigation that helped force the MoJ U-turn on criminal Legal Aid ‘dual contracts’.

Career

Jessie joined Bindmans as a paralegal in 2015 and qualified as a solicitor in March 2018.

Memberships

Young Legal Aid Lawyers; Human Rights Lawyers’ Association; Young Public Lawyers’ Group

Education

Jessie graduated from the University of Manchester in 2012 with a degree in History and Philosophy. Following this, she completed her Graduate Diploma in Law from BPP in 2014, and the LPC at the University of Law in 2015.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Public sector > Administrative and public law

Bindmans LLP houses ‘an outstanding admin and public law team with exceptional practitioners covering a full range of public law issues’. The practice is headed by John Halford, who is highly recommended for his skills in judicial review and public law challenges. Paul Ridge is ‘a great lawyer with huge knowledge of inquiries’, while the ‘outstanding’ Emma Varley is noted for her experience acting for children in education-related judicial reviews. Shirin Marker and Jessie Brennan are further standout members of the team. Marker regularly acts for victims of trafficking and age-disputed minors, while Brennan has experience with immigration detention cases. The team has been strengthened with the addition of Alice Hardy, who joined from Hodge Jones & Allen in June 2023. Hardy has particular expertise in matters relating to women’s rights and protest law. Nancy Collins joined the firm from Hodge Jones & Allen in September 2024. Salima Budhani left the firm in May 2024