Anna MazzolaAnna is featured in Chambers Guide (2010) as "a rising star at the practice ... leading the firm’s work on police surveillance issues" and "an active and talented practitioner". Anna advises individuals and organisations on a wide range of civil law issues arising from their encounters with the criminal justice system. Her areas of expertise are public law (judicial review); human rights; actions against the police and other detaining authorities; and information and data protection law. A key part of Anna's work is obtaining remedies for victims of crime who have been failed by the state. This includes challenging failures to prosecute, particularly in rape and domestic violence cases; failures to prevent and investigate deaths in custody; and failures to prevent serious crimes by known criminals. She also has a particular interest in privacy issues and has a growing caseload of matters relating to surveillance, databases and the disclosure of information by the state. She is currently advising the National Union of Journalists in respect of police surveillance of members of the press. She regularly advises individuals on the implications of arrests, cautions and convictions which appear on CRB checks and which must be disclosed to organisations such as the FSA. Anna’s recent cases have included a judicial review challenge to the BBC’s refusal to air the Disaster and Emergency Committee appeal for aid in Gaza, an action against South Wales Police in respect of their failure to protect a 3 year old girl from known paedophile Craig Sweeney, advising the family of Sean Rigg, a mentally ill man who died in Brixton police custody in unexplained circumstances and an action against the police and Ministry of Justice on behalf of the parents of murdered students Gabriel Ferez and Laurent Bonomo. She is also assisting Daniel Machover and Kate Maynard in pursuing legal remedies for victims of war crimes in Gaza and elsewhere. Anna has written articles for Legal Week, the Solicitor’s Journal and other publications and the broadcast media often seek her comments on human rights and criminal justice issues. Prior to joining Hickman & Rose, Anna worked within the Government Legal Service for the Ministry of Justice, Treasury Solicitor’s Department and Attorney General’s Office. |
