Public Interest Law Centre

PILC represents political activists and justice campaigns in the Undercover Policing Inquiry. 

These include Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Stop the War Coalition and Youth Against Racism in Europe.

It also represents the former MP Dave Nellist, Richard Chessum and ‘Mary’, who was deceived into a relationship by HN297 Rick Gibson / ‘Rick Clark’, HN297 Richard Clark 'Rick Gibson' Richard Clark, the undercover known as ‘Rick Gibson’ had multiple sexual relationships during his infiltration of the Troops Out Movement and Big Flame between 1974 and 1976. He joined the SDS in July 1974 and his cover was as a student at Goldsmiths college. His deployment ended in September 1976 when members of Big Flame confronted him with the death certificate of the child whose identity he had stolen. Detailed evidence from people he spied on was presented to the Inquiry. He is dead. as well as witness Michael Chant of the Communist Party of England who had a miscarriage of justice referral as a result of being targeted by HN13 Barry Loader'. HN13 'Desmond (Barry) Loader' ‘Barry Loader’ was an undercover SDS officer who infiltrated the East London branch of the Maoist Communist Party of England (Marxist-Leninist) between 1974 and 1978. He was undercover at the Battle of Lewisham in August 1977. He was convicted for public order offences twice in his cover identity, which in at least one case was not revealed to the court. This led to the Inquiry contacting his three fellow defendants to alert them to the fact they had potentially been the victims of a miscarriage of justice. He is dead and his real name has been restricted.

In July 2023, it produced its own critique of what had been learned in Tranche 1 of the Undercover Policing Inquiry, which it released as a report: Spycops - when the public is the enemy. James Scobie, Piers Marquis & Paul Heron, #spycops - when the public is the enemy, Public Interest Law Centre, 19 Jul 2023.

Their recognised legal representative is Paul Heron. 

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