What is Justice Abroad?
Every day the media reports about ordinary people who travel overseas for work or leisure and then face legal issues in the countries to which they travel only to then find that they are unable to access the support and assistance that they need.
British citizens may feel abandoned to find their own way through a foreign justice system with all the associated hurdles that presents.
Fear not!!! The Justice Abroad team of experts is here to help you.
Have you or someone you know been wrongly arrested abroad and you are still fighting for justice?
Have you lost a loved one to a homicide, or suspicious or unexplained death abroad and you are still fighting for answers and justice?
Are you or a family member stuck somewhere after a natural disaster or war has broken out?
Do you need a proper investigation to be carried out and evidence to be gathered to assist with your trial or appeal or with submissions that the proceedings were unfair?
Do you need help getting the media interested in your story or need advocacy made for the proper treatment of yourself or a loved one?
Have you had a politically motivated or unlawfully INTERPOL notice issued against you or are you facing extradition proceedings which has resulted in your seizure or prevented you from important travel?
Has your child been abducted, and you need help locating them and having the child returned to the jurisdiction?
Are there assets to which you are entitled which look to have been taken abroad and you would like to trace them and have them returned to you?
Do you need to make submissions to UN human rights bodies about your treatment?
Do you need to find legal advice and assistance in the United Kingdom or abroad to assist in enforcing your rights or gaining justice and compensation?
Justice Abroad, run by International lawyer Michael Polak, has assembled a team of top investigators, lawyers, and support staff to provide unparalleled support, advice and guidance, legal, advocacy, and investigatory service for your Justice Abroad issues anywhere in the world. The Justice Abroad team with their trusted international pool of multilingual experts, their networks, and media contacts and their well-documented determination to leave no stone unturned in the search for the truth and justice for families who have been denied it are here to provide that much needed support for families and individuals in their time of need.
Michael Polak (LLB, BPTC, LLM (Public International Law)
Michael Polak is a barrister at the Bar of England & Wales practicing from Chambers in London. As well as defending in trials for serious criminal offences in the domestic courts Michael also carries out private prosecutions, a unique specialism which allows those who have been the victim of crimes to hold those responsible to account when the authorities fail to act.
Michael’s international practice focusses on international legal assistance, the assistance of foreign nationals and lawyers who get into trouble around the world. In this area Michael has represented clients in Belarus, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and the Middle East. His expertise includes negotiating with client’s foreign ministries to garner support for them, briefing the media to create interest around a client’s cases, providing advices on the fairness of proceedings and whether clients have had trials which respected due process to be used to lobby for release, making applications to United Nation’s human rights bodies, and submitting applications for clemency and legal submissions.
Michael’s international practice also contains public international law where he represents marginalised groups who have had their human rights infringed upon. He also has experience making applications to remove INTERPOL Red Notices and has written for Westlaw on the law in this area.
Michael’s education includes a Master’s degree in Public International Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science and his dissertation on the Jadhav Case between India and Pakistan currently before the International Court of Justice concerning the rights of imprisoned foreign nationals to have access to their consulate was published by Indian Journal of Public International law (available here)
