Quoted in The Guardian article by Diane Taylor on the City of London Police's re- investigation  of itself into the stop and search of the firm's client, Ryan Colaco shortly after his Channel 4 interview on the Met Police's use of stop and search. https://www.channel4.com/news/bame-people-more-likely-to-be-fined-under-virus-laws-says-liberty Police force ordered to reinvestigate itself over stop-and-search incident IOPC orders City of London force, which cleared itself of wrongdoing after man was strip-searched, to revisit complaint Ryan Colaçco, 31, a location manager in the film industry, was stopped by City of London police officers  Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA A police force which cleared itself of wrongdoing during a stop-and-search  incident  in which a man who had committed no crime had his car window smashed and was restrained and strip-searched, has been ordered to reinvestigate the matter, the Guardian has learned. Ryan Colaço, 31, a location manager in the f...

  Peers must drop ‘money-saving’ 6-year limit on injury claims by military Injured army veterans will be treated as second class citizens if government fails to drop proposed restrictions to their rights, the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) said. The warning comes as peers debate amendments to part two of the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill. APIL said if parts of the Bill remain, injured armed forces personnel and veterans will be treated as second class citizens. One military claims lawyer described the proposals as “a money-saving exercise” by the MOD. APIL president Sam Elsby said: “An arbitrary and absolute six-year time limit on negligence claims against the Ministry of Defence remains a part of this Bill.” He said this will mean armed forces personnel injured needlessly during overseas operations will have less legal protection than prisoners in this country.  “Only the Ministry of Defence (MoD) will benefit, as it will escape...

Going solo Sole practitioners have been firmly embedded in the legal landscape for decades (in November 2020 there were 2,036 sole practitioners in England and Wales, making up 20 per cent of firms).  Then the introduction of the SRA Standards and Regulations a little over a year ago paved the way for solicitors to go freelance. And now, the pandemic has triggered a swathe of solicitors to leave private practice and set up on their own, while others are undoubtedly considering taking that step.  Informal mentors can prove crucial to lawyers going solo as freelancers or as sole practitioners; and particularly to those who may be weighing up the risks and benefits of so doing, and may not have the access within their own firm to appropriate informal mentoring.  “Go to your own people, your own type of people”, advises Sophie Khan, solicitor-director of Sophie Khan & Co. For those setting up on their own, she says: “Informal mentoring comes from your own community –...

 

  "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...