Alex is a solicitor in the public law and human rights team working on a range of judicial review and civil claims against public authorities, with a particular interest in challenges relating to migrant rights, the protection of Palestinian civic space, and national security.

Alex trained at Gold Jennings and gained experience in the public law team working on the two leading cases of NB & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWHC 1489 (Admin) and R (HM) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWHC 695 (Admin). He also gained experience in the civil claims team working on inquests, claims under the Human Rights Act 1998, and claims for false imprisonment.

Prior to joining Gold Jennings, Alex worked as a Research and Advocacy Associate at a Lebanese human rights NGO in Beirut, Lebanon. During his time in Lebanon, Alex researched and conducted advocacy pertaining to torture prevention within the criminal justice system, the Syria crisis, and emerging human rights issues.

Alex graduated in 2017 with a BA (Hons) in International Politics from King’s College London. He went on to study the Graduate Diploma in Law (GLD) at City Law School and graduated in 2018. Alex subsequently completed the LLM Legal Practice Course at BPP University in 2019. Alex was also a union representative for the Cleaners and Allied Independent Workers Union (CAIWU) during his studies at BPP.

Alex is currently studying a part-time MSc in International Human Rights Law at the University of Oxford.

Alex is a member of the Human Rights Lawyers Association and Young Legal Aid Lawyers.

Key cases

Amena El Ashkar v Secretary of State for the Home Department (SSHD) (2024) – Judicial review challenge against the Home Secretary’s refusal to grant entry clearance to a Palestinian academic and journalist on the basis that her presence in the UK is not conducive to the public good. Read here and here.

TG and Ors v SSHD (2024) – Judicial review challenge against the Home Office’s use of RAF Wethersfield as a mass asylum accommodation. Read here.

R (HM) v SSHD [2022] EWHC 695 (Admin) – Successfully secured a judgment from the High Court that ruled the Home Office’s secret, blanket policy of seizing mobile phones from migrants arriving by small boat during 2020, and extracting data from the phones, was unlawful. Read here.

NB & Ors v SSHD (2021) EWHC 1489 (Admin) – Successfully secured a judgment from the High Court that found the decision of the Home Secretary to accommodate destitute asylum seekers in overcrowded and squalid conditions in Napier Barracks was unlawful. Read here.