Hickman & Rose

Partner. Civil Litigation.

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 Thomas Orchard, Sean Fitzgerald, and Sean Rigg. She was instructed by the charity INQUEST in its Supreme Court intervention regarding the stand of proof at inquests.

Her current work includes inquests relating to, respectively, deaths following police restraint and a shooting by police firearms officers, civil claims against public authorities, and acting for Core Participants in the Undercover Policing Inquiry.

Helen joined Hickman & Rose in 2010 and became a partner in 2022.

Helen is on the Steering Group of  Inquest Lawyers Group, and is a member of the Police Actions Lawyers Group