Rikki Garg has been in practice for 17 years and specialises in prison and mental health law. He also takes public law challenges on matters arising from both areas of work. He is currently representing the prisoners challenging the lawfulness of the “slopping out” regime at HMP Albany.

Initially Rikki Garg was a criminal law practitioner and accredited police station representative before focussing on the rights of detained people. He has been a member of the Law Society’s Mental Health Panel since 1995. He is currently Chair of the Prisoners’ Advice Service, a not for profit organisation providing legal advice
to serving prisoners. He is a founding member of the Association of Prison Lawyers (APL) and the current Treasurer. APL is working to establish a quality standard for prison law representatives. His reported cases include:

• SSHD v MHRT & BR [2005] EWCA Civ 1616
• SSHD v MHRT & BR [2005] EWHC 2468 (Admin)
• R (Wyles) v Parole Board [2006] EWHC 493 (Admin)
• R (Mills) v (1) Home Secretary (2) Parole Board [2005] EWHC 2508 (Admin)
• R (M) v Ministry of Justice EWHC (Admin)
  

Rikki has also written and trained on issues related to both mental health and prison law. In 2009 Chambers rated him as a leading civil liberties lawyer in prison law and described him as “a sound lawyer, with a long experience and deep knowledge of the area”.

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