Leila Albin
Paralegal
Leila Albin is a paralegal in the Human Rights Department, working in the Public Law & Private Law Teams.
Leila Albin is a paralegal in the Human Rights Department, working in the Public Law & Private Law Teams. She has supported NGOs, campaigners, and individuals in high-profile cases since joining the firm in 2021. Leila's work particularly focuses on public law, information rights, and the rights of refugees and migrants.
Leila also works on civil claims for compensation with Waleed Sheikh, Partner in the Human Rights Department and has also previously worked on submissions to the International Criminal Court over crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territory.
What people say
"Leila Albin is extremely committed, efficient, and impressive."
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Legal Expertise
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Extensive experience with judicial review challenges, particularly those involving the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP).
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Other experience includes Freedom of Information appeals, Special Immigration Appeals Commission reviews and civil claims against public authorities.
Key Cases
- R (on the application of CX1 and others) v Secretary of State for Defence & Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWHC 284 (Admin)
- R (on the application of Marouf) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) [UKSC/2021/0195] - assisted the lawyers representing the Appellant
- R (on the application of MKA) v Secretary of State for Defence [2023] EWHC 1164 (Admin) - assisted the lawyers representing the Claimant
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Department for Business and Trade (Respondent) v The Information Commissioner (Appellant) [UKSC/2023/0178] - assisted the lawyers in representing Mr Montague, the Interested Party who made the original FOIA request
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Currently assisting the lawyers representing Jagtar Singh Johal in a high-profile intelligence-sharing torture case.
Accreditations
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CILEX Advanced Paralegal, due to qualify as a CILEX Litigator (Civil Litigation and Dispute Resolution) in summer 2026.