Join Harriet Wistrich, Solicitor, CEO of Centre for Women’s Justice and author of the book ‘Sister in Law: Fighting for Justice in a system Designed by Men.’
Discover her ground-breaking career through her many high-profile cases around violence against women, including on behalf of women who challenged the police and parole board in the John Worboys case, women deceived in relationships by undercover police officers and on behalf of women appealing murder convictions for killing abusive partners, most recently Sally Challen and Farieissia Martin
Harriet will define the work of the legal charity, Centre for Women’s Justice, which she founded ten years ago, and the model of practice they have developed involving both strategic litigation and increasing access to justice for women subject to male violence who are failed by the criminal justice system.
Her presentation will be followed by an audience Q&A and book signing.
Harriet Wistrich is the founder and CEO of the Centre for Women’s Justice and a solicitor of 30 years experienced who worked for many years with renowned civil liberties firm, Birnberg Peirce Ltd. She is the winner of the Liberty Human Rights Lawyer of the Year award 2014, Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year 2018 for public law and Law Society Gazette personality of the year 2019. She is also founder member of the campaign group, Justice for Women and trustee of the charity, the Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize.
Harriet has been at the forefront of some historic and ground-breaking legal victories. Frequently working with women who have survived male violence or abuse, sometimes with the bereaved families of those who did not survive, her work has led her to challenge the police, CPS, government departments and the prison and immigration detention system.
In her book, ‘Sister in Law’, which was Longlisted for the 2025 Women Prize Harriet tells the shocking stories of some of those who have come to her for assistance and shines a feminist light on the landscape of arcane laws and byzantine systems, skewed towards male behaviour and responses, through which she has steered them.
