Defending your right to free speech

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PROTECTING FREE SPEECH AND PEACEFUL PROTEST

Some of our most treasured rights have been won by peaceful protest. Climate change, anti fracking demonstrations and other political protests are increasingly common in these volatile times. Brighton and Sussex have a proud tradition of protest, essential to our democracy. Demonstrations can bring you into conflict with the authorities who sometimes overstep the mark in dealing with protests. Your rights need to be defended.

A SOLICITOR OF YOUR CHOICE

At protests you may be given a leaflet advising you to call one of certain firms if arrested. You don't have to use these firms. You have the right to call your own Solicitor who will attend to look after your interests only, not have a number of detainees to deal with. Similarly if you are charged to court, you may want your own choice of solicitor to represent you. We have 25 years expertise dealing with public order and obstruction cases.

Public order disruption

While many of our cases involve protestors, we can defend any kind of public order offence. From disturbing your neighbour to being involved in a football riot or organised violence.

Finding evidence

With large protests and riots, it’s easy for the police to miss the proof of your innocence in CCTV footage. We are proactive in getting evidence such as CCTV footage and eye-witness accounts in order to clear your name.

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We have offices in Brighton, Hove, Worthing, Eastbourne and Hastings.

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Complaints

We want to give you the best possible service. However, if at any point you become unhappy or concerned about the service, we have provided then you should inform us immediately, so that we can do our best to resolve the problem.

In the first instance it may be helpful to contact the person who is working on your case to discuss your concerns and we will do our best to resolve any issues. If you would like to make a formal complaint, then you can read our full complaints procedure here.

Making a complaint will not affect how we handle your case.

What to do if we cannot resolve your complaint

The Legal Ombudsman can help you if we are unable to resolve your complaint ourselves. They will look at your complaint independently and it will not affect how we handle your case.

Before accepting a complaint for investigation, the Legal Ombudsman will check that you have tried to resolve your complaint with us first. If you have, then you must take your complaint to the Legal Ombudsman:

A change to the time limits from 1 April 2023, the time limits for referring a complaint to the Legal Ombudsman will be no later than:

• one year from the date of the act or omission being complained about; or

• one year from the date when the complainant should have realised that there was cause for complaint.

If you would like more information about the Legal Ombudsman, please contact them.

Contact details

Visit: www.legalombudsman.org.uk

Call: 0300 555 0333 between 9.00 to 17.00.

Email: enquiries@legalombudsman.org.uk

Legal Ombudsman PO Box 6806, Wolverhampton, WV1 9WJ

What to do if you are unhappy with our behaviour

The Solicitors Regulation Authority can help if you are concerned about our behaviour. This could be for things like dishonesty, taking or losing your money or treating you unfairly because of your age, a disability or other characteristic.

Visit their website to see how you can raise your concerns with the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

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