Tuckers Solicitors

Profile

A partner at the firm and head of the Civil Liberties Department and Police Action Team. Jules qualified as a solicitor in 1996 and joined Tuckers in 2001. He specialises in complex claims for false imprisonment, assault, malicious prosecution, discrimination, deaths in custody, and judicial review. He has considerable experience in challenging over-zealous anti-terror sanctions/operations and obtaining compensation for those affected.

Jules is featured in Chambers UK 2010 as a leading individual in two areas:

Civil Liberties:

"Sources praise his technical prowess and energetic style"

Police Law:

"a real tactician and a great manager who is doing a fantastic job of building up the team"

Jules was the Times Lawyer of the week for his work in Lotfi Raissi’s Case in 2008.

See the Times article here.

Jules regularly gives interviews in the media on issues relating to civil liberties and police law.

Recent Cases

LOTFI RAISSI v SECRETARY OF STATE FOR JUSTICE (2010) CA (Civ Div) [2010] EWCA Civ 337

Application against the Minister of Justice

MOHAMMED AL-GHABRA : R (on the application of HANI EL SAYED SABAEI YOUSSEF) v HM TREASURY (2010) [2010] UKSC 2

First case heard in the new Supreme Court

COMMISSIONER OF POLICE OF THE METROPOLIS v MR (2008) CA (Civ Div) [2008] EWCA Civ 1237

Case for substantial damages against the Metropolitan Police

R (on the application of LOTFI RAISSI) v SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (2008) CA (Civ Div) [2008] EWCA Civ 72

Case brought on behalf of individual wrongly accused of training the 9/11 hijackers