LGBT+ services for individuals and families

We help LGBT+ individuals by: 

• Bringing or defending Equality Act complaints and claims by beneficiaries, service users, employees, members, volunteers and other stakeholders
• Providing support with reputation management in disputes of this nature, both for defendants and claimants
• Providing legal representation in employment tribunal and court cases
• Conducting investigations into conduct and complaints
• Advising on the full range of visa and permit applications to be made by transnational couples, whether they are married, in civil partnerships, or unmarried
• Assisting those who find themselves in difficulty having entered marriages or civil partnerships “of convenience”
• Advising in the context of relationship breakdown, and domestic abuse

• Advising on issues in relation to the documentation of gender identity on passports and permits
• Providing advice in relation to refugee status and indefinite leave to remain applications. We work closely with firms that specialise in LGBT+ family law.
• Navigating the immigration implications of international surrogacy, including for members of the LGBT+ community
• Advising on the nationality of children born under surrogacy arrangements, and on all matters in relation to entitlement to British Citizenship

• Providing expertise in relation to transnational adoption
• Advising on breaches of the Equality Act relating to employment, membership, service provision and education