WE ARE A HUMAN RIGHTS
LAW FIRM
working AGAINST injustice
working AGAINST the abuse of power
working FOR the vulnerable
WHO WE ARE
Conrathe Gardner LLP is a cutting-edge human rights law firm which helps clients challenge the lawfulness of actions taken by public authorities and the Government. Our lawyers have brought significant challenges against the State across a number of key areas. These include a challenge to the Government’s response to the COVID pandemic and challenges to the police in relation to the breach of their duty of impartiality and the overreach of police guidance concerning free speech. We have also acted on a stream of cases relating to the treatment of gender dysphoria. Our lawyers have brought several landmark cases which have related to the State’s actions/policies concerning gender ideology including
Miller v College of Policing, Bell v Tavistock and Smith v Northumbria Police.
​WHAT WE
DO
Our lawyers have represented clients in significant challenges against the State that have resulted in measurable impact across a variety of sectors.
HEALTHCARE
We provide advice in public law challenges in relation to the lawfulness of actions by the State in the provision of medical treatment.
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
Free Speech has been noted by one eminent judge as the ‘lifeblood of democracy’. It encompasses speech that people may find offensive.
EDUCATION
Our education practice is concerned with the potentially unlawful actions of schools, Local Authorities and central government.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
POLICE
We regularly advise on legal challenges against the police on issues relating to free speech, overreach and impartiality.
DISCRIMINATION & EQUALITY
We represent people who have been discriminated against or harassed because of their beliefs.
PUBLIC & ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
This area concerns the decision-making and polices of public bodies and private bodies that work on behalf of the State.
Our work for people of faith, their communities, and faith-based organisations, covers their relationship with the State, violation of their beliefs and matters of conscience.
CASE IN THE SPOTLIGHT
TRIAL OF PUBERTY BLOCKING DRUGS ON CHILDREN
We have been instructed by three clients to challenge the Secretary of State for Health and the Health Research Authority over the approval of the trial of puberty blockers on 226 children, some as young as 10. The claimants believe that the trial comprises dangerous experimentation on young children (the vast majority of whom, research shows, would no longer experience gender dysphoria by their early twenties if left alone) using £10.9million of taxpayers’ money. The drugs were permanently banned by Wes Streeting in December 2024 due to insufficient evidence as to ‘whether they are safe or beneficial’.
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Our clients are raising concerns about the process of granting ethical approval of the trial including, for example, the fact that evidence from animal trials showing detrimental cognitive effects of these drugs was not considered. In addition, they claim that the Research Ethics Committee withheld vital information from its members and did not satisfy itself that the trial offers ‘direct benefit’ for the children and young people participating. Recruitment for the trial is due to commence in April and we are asking those running the trial to postpone commencement until this matter has been put before the Court.