About Alexandra Kenney
Alex joined HJA’s Civil Liberties department in December 2025. She cultivates a variety of cases, focusing on human rights and civil justice. Alex has dedicated her career to fighting against abuse by the state on behalf of vulnerable individuals, including those with significant mental health conditions and complex needs.
Alex is regularly instructed in private law claims against the police, the Ministry of Justice, the Home Office and other state agencies. These include claims for Human Rights breaches, trespasses to person, false imprisonment and negligence. She also undertakes judicial review applications of unlawful decisions made by public bodies. These include challenges to Victims’ Rights to Review decisions, asylum accommodation and support challenges and unlawful immigration and prison detention. Alex further acts on behalf of Victims of Trafficking, challenging negative Reasonable and Conclusive Grounds decisions, Public Order Disqualifications and associated claims.
Alex frequently represents bereaved families in inquests into the deaths of their loved ones and the consequential post-inquest civil claims. These include deaths of persons detained in custody or sectioned under the Mental Health Act, as well as community-based deaths.
Claim against Home Office (2025) – Instructed in an unlawful detention case on behalf of a suspected Victim of Trafficking. The Claimant received £29,000 post issue. Further challenge to the Claimant’s negative CG decision resulted in the Competent Authority concluding they are a Victim of Trafficking.
Claim against MPS (2024) – Obtained £27,000 damages post issue for a Claimant in a case of assault by police. The CPS declined to charge the responsible officer and VRR representations were made which ultimately resulted in the CPS referring the matter for further investigation. The Officer was charged and convicted of ABH.
Judicial Review against CPS (2024) – Instructed in JR against CPS. The Claimant was the victim of domestic violence outside the UK and revenge porn in the UK. The CPS declined to charge due to lack of sufficient evidence. Following pre-action correspondence, the CPS agreed to charge which resulted in the perpetrator being convicted.
Claim against the Home Office (2023) – Obtained £24,000 post issue for breach of Article 4 in relation to a Victim of Trafficking who had been held on remand awaiting trial after being discovered by police locked in a cannabis farm. The basis of the claim was the delay of the Competent Authority in making a prompt and lawful CG decision, which would have led to a swifter discontinuation of prosecution and release from custody.
Inquest – (2025) – Inquest into the death of a teenage boy with ASD, who jumped from a bridge onto train tracks. Whilst it could not be concluded that failures by CAMHS or his School more than minimally caused or contributed to his death, the Coroner issued a PFD to, inter alia, NHS England, highlighting his concerns that the long national wait times for ASD assessments may give rise to further deaths by suicide in future.
Inquest – (2023) – Inquest into the death of young woman in the community from mixed drug toxicity. Coroner found the Community Mental Health Team failed to provide consistent treatment due to staff shortages. The Local Authority also failed to provide suitable accommodation. The Coroner concluded it was possible, if mental health support and suitable accommodation had been provided, her death could have been avoided.
- Legal panel member and Mentor with the Centre for Women’s Justice
- Steering Committee member for Strategic Legal Advice Committee
- Police Action Lawyers Group
- INQUEST
Career
- Joined HJA as an Associate Solicitor in December 2025
- Simpson Millar Solicitors – August 2022 – November 2025
- Kesar & Co Solicitors – October 2015 to August 2022
Education
- LPC LLM, University of Law, 09/2015 – 06/2016
- Graduate Diploma in Law, Sussex University, 09/2014 – 06/2015
- BA Hons Classical Studies, Newcastle University, 09/2010 – 06/2013
