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TAYLOR&EMMET JOINS ELITE ON MISSION TO MEXICO

A newly qualified solicitor at Sheffield’s Taylor&Emmet LLP is preparing to travel to Mexico with a group of high profile British lawyers to investigate human rights abuses.

Taylor&Emmet clinical negligence specialist, Anna Green, will leave the UK for Mexico on November 29 as part of a voluntary mission focusing on the plight of people living there.

Peace Brigades International has been asked to facilitate a visit to the Tlachinollan Human Rights Centre in the Guerrero region of Mexico, which was forced to close afters threats to staff and their families reached dangerous levels. It is hoped that by focusing the international spotlight on the area, the centre can resume its work with local people, including cases due before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

Anna was invited to accompany the mission after undertaking work experience at the Law Society’s international development and human rights department in London, during her holidays from Taylor&Emmet. Since then, she has stayed in contact with the Law Society and has been asked to act as the organisation’s northern co-ordinator for its International Action Team.

Anna said: “Human rights is an area of the law that I am interested in and I am sure this mission will give me and my fellow delegates a much greater understanding of the situation in Mexico. I hope that through our intervention, the people who work at the Tlachinollan centre will be able to make progress in the area, knowing that they have the backing of the international community.”

The UK’s participation in the Mexico mission has been organised by the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales and will comprise 10 delegates from the legal profession, who are celebrated in their field of expertise. On their return to England, the group will be presenting a report in parliament in a bid to secure further government and European Union involvement in the situation.

Anthony Long, Taylor&Emmet’s chief executive added: “Although human rights is not an area of the law Taylor&Emmet specialises in, we encourage and support all of our young lawyers in pursuits that will broaden their minds and enhance their professional abilities. Anna clearly made an excellent impression on the Law Society and we are very pleased that she has been offered this unique opportunity to participate in a mission that will provide her with invaluable life experience.”

For further information about the range of legal services provided by Taylor&Emmet, telephone (0114) 218 4000 or visit www.tayloremmet.co.uk

Issued: 12.11.2009

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