I am a PhD researcher at SOAS, where I previously completed an LLM in Human Rights, Conflict and Justice. 

My research is grounded in nearly two decades of legal practice both within the UK and internationally.  I have worked in Uganda and Malawi, supporting strategic litigation and policy reform on issues ranging from prolonged pre-trial detention to securing meaningful redress for survivors of sexual slavery.  I also have significant experience of representing individuals facing the death penalty, including those eligible for resentencing following successful constitutional challenges to mandatory capital sentences. 

My international research and consultancy work has included studies on the intersectional factors that render migrant workers particularly vulnerable to the death penalty (for Reprieve and the Indonesian NGO, Migrant Care); the rights of children living in prisons alongside their mothers in Sierra Leone (for AdvocAid); access to antiretroviral medication for prisoners living with HIV in Malawi (for the Centre for Capital Punishment Studies at the University of Westminster); and sentencing patterns following the implementation of Uganda’s 2013 Sentencing Guidelines (for Evolve).