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About
Provided by Shirin Marker
Practice Areas
Solicitor, Public Law and Human Rights.
Shirin represents clients in a wide range of public and international law matters, with a particular interest in challenges relating to migrant rights, national security and data protection.
Shirin is experienced in bringing judicial review and civil claims against the state on a range of domestic and international law matters. She represents victims of trafficking, false imprisonment, arbitrary detention, torture and extraordinary rendition. She also specialises in bringing appeals before the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC), on behalf of individuals deprived of their British citizenship.
She has participated in roundtable meetings in relation to Syrian returnees and in 2023, provided written evidence to the Foreign Affairs Committee Inquiry on the State Handling of Hostage Situations.
Shirin also regularly challenges decisions by the police and Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) concerning disclosure of information, police record deletion requests, appeals before the Information Tribunal and civil claims for data protection breaches.
Career
Shirin worked at two solicitors firms in London between 2016 – 2020, before joining Bindmans in February 2021.
Professional Memberships
Young Legal Aid Lawyers; Immigration Law Practitioner’s Association; Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights
Chambers Review
UK
Shirin Marker represents a range of clients in public law matters with a particular specialism in those relating to immigration rights and national security.
Shirin Marker is experienced in bringing civil claims on behalf of a range of clients, spanning both domestic and international law cases. She has particular expertise in handling matters that involve issues of gender-based violence.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Shirin Marker explains matters clearly and honestly."
"I really recommend Shirin because she is bright, switched on and strategic."
"Shirin is extremely clever and extremely good at managing the team. She is very on top of the substantive issues and has a very gentle manner."
"Shirin Marker works tirelessly for her clients in extremely difficult circumstances, applying every legal strategy in the book to be able to achieve astonishing outcomes for the client."
"She is very brilliant."
"Shirin is a real pleasure to work with and has great depth of knowledge on human rights issues, which she marries with her public law experience."
"Shirin Marker explains matters clearly and honestly."
"I really recommend Shirin because she is bright, switched on and strategic."
"Shirin is extremely clever and extremely good at managing the team. She is very on top of the substantive issues and has a very gentle manner."
"Shirin Marker works tirelessly for her clients in extremely difficult circumstances, applying every legal strategy in the book to be able to achieve astonishing outcomes for the client."
"She is very brilliant."
"Shirin is a real pleasure to work with and has great depth of knowledge on human rights issues, which she marries with her public law experience."
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