"There is a process when someone is being sentenced, based on the facts of the case, circumstances of the death and the also the circumstances of the Defendant and the individual that has died. So we cannot now have a new law based on the sympathy of one family." https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sophie-khan-6423b41b_catch-up-on-my-interview-on-sky-news-tonight-activity-6706229655055269888-22z3

https://youtu.be/ZUAbJZK_LI8 Sophie Khan was interviewed on Russia Today UK - 10 July 2020 on the threat of legal action against the Government in imposing the Leicester Lockdown.

Image taken from RT UK -10.07.2020 Sophie Khan was interviewed on BBC Radio Leicester - 9 July 2020 on the potential judicial review against the Leicester Lockdown. Listen to Jimmy Carpenter's interview with Sophie Khan at 8:05 am (2:08) and with the Mayor of Leicester at 8:16am (2:16)  https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08hph5b Press Release - Judicial Review of Leicester Lockdown Comment by Sophie Khan, Solicitor Director at Sophie Khan & Co. a niche firm specialising in civil liberties and human rights law:- "Today, 8 July 2020, a letter has been sent to the Government seeking to judicially review the local lockdown imposed in Leicester City and parts of Leicestershire, on the grounds that the scientific evidence does not support such action being taken. The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has been on notice since 23 May 2020, as to the issues around the reporting of Pillar 2 testing results and there are serious questions about the 'lighthouse' la...

Press Release - Judicial Review of Leicester Lockdown Comment by Sophie Khan, Solicitor Director at Sophie Khan & Co. a niche firm specialising in civil liberties and human rights law:- "Today, 8 July 2020, a letter has been sent to the Government seeking to judicially review the local lockdown imposed in Leicester City and parts of Leicestershire, on the grounds that the scientific evidence does not support such action being taken. The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has been on notice since 23 May 2020, as to the issues around the reporting of Pillar 2 testing results and there are serious questions about the 'lighthouse' laboratory testing of the samples from Leicester. Our client believes that the Regulations made on 3 July 2020 are unlawful and that the Secretary of State must publish a direction terminating the restrictions and requirements set out in those Regulations by no later than Friday, 10 July 2020." END Press Release 2 - Judicial Revie...

Veteran advocacy 25 Jun 2020 When former head of the British Army General Lord Dannatt describes the deaths of veterans who take their own lives as an “epidemic of our time”, the needs of veterans can no longer be ignored. We must also never forget that the liberties that we enjoy today are due to the sacrifices of others. When veterans’ rights are infringed, we as lawyers must assist veterans in holding the state to account. The new Office for Veterans’ Affairs (OVA) was created in July 2019 and became operational last September. It is tasked with “helping to generate a ‘single view of the veteran’ by making better use of data to understand veterans’ needs and where gaps in provision exist”. It’s a long time since the last comprehensive data was collated by researchers. Led by Professor Nav Kapur, head of research at Manchester University’s Centre for Suicide Prevention, a team studied the deaths of veterans in the community after their discharge from the UK armed forces between 1996 ...

As we enter the second week of lockdown, there is already the possibility that social distancing measures could last until June, perhaps longer.  Dr Jenny Harries, the deputy chief medical officer for England gave the stark warning to the nation on Sunday that: “we must not then suddenly revert to our normal way of living”. I make no criticism of Dr Harries, who is clearly doing her best under impossible circumstances. But I am concerned that, during the daily briefings, the wider societal and financial consequences of an extended lockdown do not seem to have been considered. This is no fault at all of the doctors and scientists advising the government, as their vocation is to “save lives”, at any cost. But the government decision to follow the doctor’s orders and make us all housebound is not without its own costs. First, there is the increase in authoritarian policing. Although it is not a “crime” to drive miles away from where you live to exercise or walk your dog, you may find ...

“The SRA has made the right call on freelance working and it is up to us small firm practitioners, to grasp the opportunity it presents”, suggests Sophie Khan, solicitor director at Sophie Khan & Co and panel chair at the Small Firms Division summer networking event. On 25 November 2019, the new rules on practising as a solicitor will come into play. Last month, the Legal Services Board (LSB) approved the client protection arrangements in support of the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) plans for solicitors to offer legal services through unregulated businesses and to allow self-employed solicitors to work on a freelance basis. The Law Society, working hard on our behalf, has rightly scrutinised the SRA’s plans and raised some compelling and important concerns about the impact of the change, pointing to the risks of eroding vital client protections, lowering standards and diminishing the solicitor brand. Now that the LSB has given the green light however, I, along with many s...