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Simao Paxi-Cato
  • Barrister at Invictus Chambers London
  • Law Practice
  • London, United Kingdom

Broad experience of mixed civil law with a strong public law focus.

Work History

  • Young Legal Aid Lawyers
    Committee Member
    From: September 2012 To:
    Young Legal Aid Lawyers (YLAL) is a lawyers' group consisting of junior barristers and solicitors, trainees, pupils and law students based throughout England and Wales. YLAL's objectives are to: (1) campaign for a sustainable legal aid system; (2) to increase social mobility and diversity within the legal aid sector; and (3) to provide a network for people beginning their careers in the legal aid sector.
  • Invictus Chambers London
    Barrister
    From: August 2012 To:
    Social Housing, Immigration & Asylum, Employment, Family & General Civil Litigation
  • Liberty (the National Council for Civil Liberties)
    Volunteer
    From: March 2011 To:
    As an Advice Line volunteer I provide free confidential telephone advice to private individuals and voluntary organisations on privacy and human rights issues within Liberty's areas of concern.
  • Bar Pro Bono Unit
    Panel Member
    From: March 2011 To:
    As a volunteer barrister on the Unit's panel, I provide pro bono legal assistance in my areas of specialism to those members of the public who cannot afford to pay and who cannot obtain public funding.
  • Bar Human Rights Committee
    West Africa Sub-Committee Member
    From: March 2011 To:
    I am responsible for researching the level of compliance with principles of good democratic governance and respect for human rights in the West African Republic of Guineau-Bissau. The research is then collated into a journal which can be found in the "Reports" section of the Bar Human Rights Committee website.
  • Free Representation Unit
    Employment & Social Security Representative
    From: November 2008 To:
    I provide pro bono representation on behalf of FRU, a legal charity in relation to employment and social security matters. In relation to employment I advise and represent claimants in employment disputes at Tribunal where their dismissal is challenged on the basis of substantive and procedural unfairness, selection for redundancy or unlawful discrimination. I also act where there is some other right to compensation, for example, as a result of a breach of contract or statutory duty. In relation to social security I advise and represent appellants at Tribunal against decisions of the Secretary of State on entitlement to welfare benefits such as Employment Support Allowance and Disability Living Allowance.

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