@ProtestHandbook

Ultimate guide to the law on #protest by @wainwright_tom @magicmoz @ogreenhall and @lochlinnparker. Published by @BloomsburyLegal

 England and Wales
Joined May 2012
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Prisons are full. Well, I wonder how that happened…
CrimeLine
@CrimeLineLaw11 Oct 2023
Senior Presiding Judge, Edis LJ, has asked judges to adjourn, from next week, the sentencing of offenders who are on bail where custody is likely to be imposed. The prison estate is full.
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Raj Chada@Raj_Chada21 Oct 2022
Many congratulations @deels363 - very well deserved And the rest …
Adeela@deels36321 Oct 2022
Very pleased to be ranked in #ChambersUK for protest law alongside other great lawyers @Raj_Chada @lauraemilyob @MattFoot2 @sidewalksocsci
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Garden Court North@gcnchambers17 Oct 2022
1/4 Garden Court North is coming together with other leading human rights chambers to highlight the exceptional threat to freedom of expression posed by The Public Order Bill 2022. This Bill threatens rights inherent to our democratic society, as this statement explains.
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nazir afzal@nazirafzal27 May 2022
Changing the rules while you are being investigated for breaking those same rules is the stuff of fascism I don’t say that lightly
Pippa Crerar
@PippaCrerar27 May 2022
NEW: Boris Johnson has watered down the ministerial code - allowing ministers to break the rules without resigning - and blocked a bid to give his ethics advisor the power to investigate him… mirror.co.uk/news/politics/b…

Boris Johnson waters down ethics code and blocks new powers for watchdog

Just days after the damning Sue Gray report, Boris Johnson has watered down the punishments for breaking the ministerial code, and blocked a bid to grant his ethics advisor the power to launch his...

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Our Tom Wainwright (@wainwright_tom) is Times Lawyer of the Week! Congratulations Tom!!! Tom successfully appealed against the conviction of a protester who climbed a tree to prevent contractors from cutting it down for the HS2 rail project. bit.ly/3nNsqiY @TimesLaw
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Raj Chada@Raj_Chada12 Jan 2018
Judgements in first trial delivered in DSEi trials - 5 of 6 found guilty ; History may judge these defendants very differently - trying to throw a light on the unlawful weapons being sold and to regimes with dreadful human rights records. xitter.cf/hodgejonesallen/status…
Hodge Jones & Allen
@hodgejonesallen12 Jan 2018
First trials for London arms fair protestors end with conviction ow.ly/170s30hJThP #StopDSEi @Raj_Chada comments
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ITN Solicitors@ITNSolicitors12 Jan 2018
@ITNSolicitors Simon Natas secures acquittal for London arms fair protester at Stratford Magistrates Court today. #StopDSEI
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Sam Walton@SamWalton26 Oct 2017
We've been found NOT GUILTY for breaking into BAE & trying to disarm #Saudi planes bound for #Yemen. Press release: docs.google.com/document/d/1…

Sam and Dan verdict release - good news

Reverend and Quaker activist found not guilty after trying to disarm BAE fighter jets headed for Yemen Activist Sam Walton and Rev Daniel Woodhouse have been acquitted after breaking-in to BAE...

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Garden Court Chambers@gardencourtlaw5 Apr 2017
Our @NicolaBraganza wins landmark Supreme Ct case on indirect discrimination. Watch Lady Hale summary of judgment bit.ly/2oBGUVT
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Important ECtHR #Article4 judgment in case of 42 Bangladeshi migrants: bit.ly/2nPYO5P @dpg_law & Garden Ct acting for @Anti_Slavery
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Arrests as Stansted anti-deportation protesters lock themselves to plane theguardian.com/world/2017/m…

Arrests as Stansted anti-deportation protesters lock themselves to plane

Seventeen held after activists prevent departure of flight taking asylum seekers and other migrants to Nigeria and Ghana

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The Green Party
@TheGreenParty27 Mar 2017
#BBCQT gave UKIP a spot tonight even though they don’t have an MP - RT if you want them to #InviteTheGreens next time
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Demonstrations matter – they create the kind of power politicians despise theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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