Ellie Fawcett
Associate Solicitor
Ellie is an Associate Solicitor in the human rights department
Ellie is an Associate Solicitor in the Human Rights Department, assisting Tessa Gregory on a range of public law and judicial review matters.
Ellie has a particular interest in migrants' rights and has represented clients in successful judicial review and compensation claims concerning immigration detention, the provision of section 95 asylum support, and support for survivors of trafficking and modern slavery.
Ellie represents several clients in Afghanistan in issues related to the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP), including on their applications, appeals and/or associated litigation. Her clients include former interpreters, soldiers and journalists.
She also advises and represents individuals and organisations on issues affecting the LGBTQI+ community and has an interest in discrimination work. Her work includes representing the family of a young trans man in a successful judicial review challenge after his gender was recorded on the Record of Inquest as his birth sex rather than his lived gender. Ellie has also advised a number of organisations seeking to maintain inclusive policies and practices following the Supreme Court's decision in For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers [2025] 2 WLR 879.
Ellie acts in a number of judicial review claims with wider public significance, including representing police officers in a challenge to the century-old prohibition on police union membership.
Further experience
Ellie joined Leigh Day as a paralegal in 2021 and specialised in human rights and discrimination claims before commencing her training contract. She qualified as a solicitor in 2024 and remains committed to protecting the rights and freedoms of marginalised communities and holding public bodies to account.
Ellie studied French and Russian at the University of Cambridge and completed the GDL and LPC (LLM) at BPP University.
Reform announces intentions to scrap equality, diversity and inclusivity policies at Staffordshire County Council following the removal of Pride displays at libraries
Leigh Day human rights lawyers Jessica Harrison and Ellie Fawcett look at the impacts of Reform’s intentions to scrap diversity and inclusion policies in Staffordshire.
Legal challenge opposes eviction of popular north London cafe operators
A judicial review claim has been filed at the High Court opposing the City of London Corporation’s decision to end the tenancies of three popular cafes in north London.
Quakers apply to intervene in judicial review of Palestine Action proscription
Quakers in Britain (QiB) has applied to intervene in the judicial review of the proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation, saying the ban has undermined the Quakers’ freedom of religion.