Barrister (@gardencourtlaw) / Sign Language Interpreter (@NRCPD). All views my own. Do right, fear no one.
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Delighted (and somewhat overwhelmed) to have accepted an offer of pupillage with @gardencourtlaw starting in 2023. Emotional for many reasons. A special thank you to all who have supported me along the way. Can't wait to get started!
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💫 Garden Court secures top tier rankings in The Legal 500 UK 2025 💫
Congratulations to all our ranked, newly ranked and promoted barristers this year. Over 175 of our barristers are ranked across 16 areas of law.
👏👏👏
Read on here 🔽
gardencourtchambers.co.uk/ne…
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How very true!
Yes lipreading is hard work..
About 30% are "seen" on lips. Rest is guesswork. It helps if you know the subject being discussed…
Useful for hearing family, colleagues and friends to be mindful of this…
#Deaf #Lipreading
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DLN aims to bring together representatives from Deaf-led organisations with lawyers to facilitate discussion & collaboration. 💭 🤝
If you are a lawyer or a representative of a #Deaf-led organisation and would like to join DLN, please sign up here 🔽
forms.office.com/e/4Zmi7r6yS…
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📣 Launch of the #Deaf Legal Network (DLN) - Friday 28 Jun, 3-5PM 📣
DLN is a new forum convened by Garden Court Chambers. Our pupil Matthew Banks (@MBSLI) explains what the event is about in British #SignLanguage (#BSL) below. ⬇️🧵
youtu.be/msGJmve2rqssi=bw8xe…
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We are delighted to congratulate @NickBano, @OlliePersey & Mia Hakl-Law who have all been shortlisted at the 2024 Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards.
You are all #LegalAidHeroes!! Read why
here▶️tinyurl.com/bdevs2xm
#DoRightFearNoOne #LALYs24 @WeAreLAPG
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📣 We are delighted to announce our #secondsix pupils are now on their feet! Our Matthew Banks, Abby Buttle, Daniella Davenport & Christopher Lambert are accepting instructions.
We wish them the best of luck! 👏👏👏
To instruct our pupils, please contact [email protected] ✉️
ALT Second Six Pupils. From Left: Matthew Banks, Aby Buttle, Daniella Davenport, Christopher Lambert.
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📣 UPCOMING HYBRID EVENT - Access to Justice for Deaf Communities, Thursday 29 Feb, 6pm📣
Our chair, Matthew Banks (@MBSLI), a pupil at Garden Court, explains what the event is about in British Sign Language (BSL) in the video below.
Book tickets here 🔽
tinyurl.com/2mhdbfkj
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The Suzy Lamplugh Trust is working alongside @SignVideo to provide a BSL interpreter for advice & support with stalking. If you require this service, you can videocall the National Stalking Helpline to access the support your need. suzylamplugh.org/refer-someo…
#StalkingAwareness #BSL
Really looking forward to this event. Registrations for in-person / online attendance open!
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📣 Garden Court Chambers is delighted to announce our new King's Counsel to be formally appointed in 2024!
💫Congratulations to our Joanne Cecil & Greg Ó Ceallaigh!!!
Read on here🔽
tinyurl.com/39d2they
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Save the Date: 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟳𝘁𝗵 - 𝟭𝟰.𝟬𝟬 𝗖𝗘𝗧!
EUD will host the webinar "Achieving Deaf Rights via the European Semester Framework" on how to use the European Semester to improve deaf people's access to labour market.
Register on Zoom here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
ALT Flyer of EUD Webinar "Achieving Deaf Rights via the EU Semester Framework". The flyer shows the title, date, time and speakers' pictures.
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*Our disability justice fund is now open for applications*
We want to fund work that strengthens Deaf & Disabled people-led organisations' ability to push for change in our society.
Applications close 4 March 2024.
Find out more: bit.ly/49CQXgp @citybridgefndn
ALT Disability justice fund - apply now. Applications close 4 March 2024
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I'm so proud to share that I had the honour to be Called to the Irish Bar by the Chief Justice of Ireland, Donal O'Donnell, at the Supreme Court & be the first Deaf person in Ireland to achieve this milestone and the first to use #IrishSignLanguage throughout my practice. – at Dublin City, Ireland
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📣 We are delighted to welcome our FOUR new pupils!
Congratulations to Matthew Banks, Abby Buttle, Daniella Davenport and Christopher Lambert. #DoRightFearNoOne
Find out more ▶️ tinyurl.com/2hn69jus
ALT From Left to Right: Matthew Banks, Abby Buttle, Daniella Davenport, and Christopher Lambert.
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You join me in a busy magistrates court, waiting for a Met Police officer to appear on rape charges.
Most people won't set foot in a courtroom like this. It's chaotic at times, the cases are varied, and justice is served.
Here's what I'm listening to:
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Super proud and pleased to announce that we were graded Outstanding in our recent Ofsted inspection- for the 4th time in a row! Brilliant achievement for all of us! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 see our press release: hamhigh.co.uk/news/23634713.…
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We’ve produced an updated version of our benefit rates poster to include the new universal credit childcare support rates that were introduced from 28 June 2023 rightsnet.org.uk/forums/view…
ALT Snapshot of the top third of the rightsnet 2023/2024 benefit rates poster, updated to include the new universal credit childcare support rates
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King's Birthday Honours 2023
OBE
David Colleton BUXTON
Chief Executive Officer, Action on Disability and lately Chair, British Deaf Association.
For services to the Deaf and British Sign Language Communities
(Epsom, Surrey)
@DavidBuxtondc