Elkan Abrahamson

Elkan is a Director in the firm. Elkan has specialised in prisoners’ rights law with an emphasis on lifers. He has conducted numerous leading cases including Dickson v UK (artificial insemination); Hirst v UK (right to vote); Watkins v Home Office (Misfeasance in Public Office). He is currently pursuing a campaign through the British and European Courts and with the European Council of Ministers to persuade the Government to enable voting rights for prisoners. He also set up the Institute of Prison Law to train lawyers. Elkan has many years experience as an advocate and has been a member of the Law Society Children Panel for over 15 years. Elkan deals with cases where he represents children and assists the department in public law children matters. Elkan is also head of the Hillsborough Department. Elkanrepresented their client families at the Hillsborough Inquests The Department is also assisting those families with negotiations with the Independent Police Complaints Commission, the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Government with regards to the progress of the investigation for the Inquest, criminal prosecutions and disciplinary proceedings. The aim of the Department is to ensure that the families are properly represented at their Inquest and that the Inquest provides the best possible forum for discovery of the truth as to what happened at Hillsborough in April 1989. He is now acting for 2 families who lost their loved ones in the Birmingham Pub Bombings.