Joanna Tuft

Joanna is a public interest lawyer and part of the firm's dedicated pro bono team, working on a range of matters to improve access to justice in the UK and abroad. Her practice spans environmental justice, human rights and the protection of vulnerable communities, with a particular focus on environmental matters and supporting asylum seekers and refugees. She has also spent time in the firm's Hong Kong office and completed a secondment to an alternative capital provider serving the global maritime industry.

In addition to her casework with individuals, Joanna leads on the firm’s environmental pro bono practice, drawing on her background in green and sustainable finance. She develops and manages pro bono projects that support advocacy, policy development and law reform as tools to address unmet legal need. Joanna is experienced in leading large, multi-jurisdictional research projects and producing practical tools to support advocacy, policy development and law reform.

• Environmental governance and conservation

  Leading multi-jurisdictional projects to review and strengthen environmental legal and policy frameworks, including blue carbon conservation initiatives, and developing practical guidance and recommendations to support environmental governance, policy development and law reform.

• Global research and disability rights

  Supporting and co-ordinating comparative research across multiple jurisdictions on barriers faced by assistance dog users, to support advocacy, policy engagement and improved access for disabled people.

• Asylum, refugee rights and forced displacement

  Representing forcibly displaced clients in proceedings before the Home Office and immigration tribunals, including asylum applications and appeals and other protection-based claims.