Expertise

Whilst experienced in all aspects of public law and human rights, Adam has developed particular expertise in access to healthcare judicial reviews. Adam has recently acted in the leading case on access to healthcare for migrants in both the High Court and Court of Appeal. He has also acted in healthcare cases concerning the funding of stem cell treatment by PCTs, the adequacy of healthcare provision in immigration detention centres, and discriminatory GP registration procedures.

Adam’s works closely with national charities such as the National Aids Trust, MedAct, Terrence Higgins Trust and other voluntary agencies in connection with his healthcare work. He has also provided training to a very wide range of organisations on healthcare issues including the British HIV Association’s 2008 conference, various Primary Care Trusts, the University of Warwick Medical School, and the African HIV Policy Network.

He is a member of Medecins du Monde UK's Steering Committee (an international healthcare NGO) and spoke at their UK annual conference in 2009. Adam has also written a number of articles on healthcare for legal and voluntary organisation journals, and has been interviewed by several medical journals in connection with his healthcare work (e.g. BMJ 2008;337:a1111).

Adam also has a lively caseload of other public law cases including unlawful detention, migrant support, and discrimination and human rights claims.

Adams is also an experienced social welfare lawyer. Most of Adam’s social welfare cases involve judicial review proceedings, including cases on behalf of homeless people who need accommodation, and disabled people or children in need who require assistance as a result of their problems. Many of these cases involve urgent applications for judicial review and injunctions to ensure that a minor is not left street homeless and destitute, or that families are not on the streets.

Adam is also instructed by the Official Solicitor to represent vulnerable clients who are in danger of losing their homes, and has built up significant experience of county court litigation. Many cases involve ensuring that vulnerable clients obtain support services to enable them to cope with their problems and remain in their own homes.

Adam has also built up a lot of experience of social security casework, in particular in relation to people from abroad, and the interaction of EU and domestic law in this area. For example, he successfully represented a client who argued before the Social Security Commissioners that people from Northern Cyprus should be considered EU citizens. The government conceded the appeal shortly before the final hearing.