Big win for Alan Bogg and Michael Ford in Mercer. And a super interesting case on declarations of incompatibility.

supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uks…

The public inquiry into why the Commissioner of the Royal Gibraltar Police took early retirement is into week 2. Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC and I act for former Commissioner, Ian McGrail with Nick Gomez, Charles Gomez and Daniel Benyunez.
You can watch hearings live on GBC News.
Our…

Next week #ijf24 we’ll discuss the injustice unfolding in a #HongKong courtroom & why it matters so much - for Hong Kong, the region & the world.

Conspiracy to Commit Journalism: The Trial of Jimmy Lai & Media Freedom in Hong Kong

18 April, 1400 CET

▶️ journalismfestival.com/programme/2024…

This is a good discussion! Well matched...

At the #CovidInquiry yesterday.

Our barrister Mary-Rachel McCabe reiterated Adam Wagner's previous submission that Clinically Vulnerable people need to be considered as a separate equality group.

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BIG NEWS (in case you haven't seen!)...

Our sell out new British musical is marching on to #SwkplayElephant this Autumn in a new, further developed edition. A strictly limited run!

42 shows only, 6 Sep - 10 Oct.

🎟️ Book tickets while you can: southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/productions/ca…

'If anyone thinks that the hostages are going to get out without a ceasefire and a deal then they're delusional.'

Six months on from the October 7th attack, Steve Brisley, a family member of an Israeli hostage says Israel is not doing enough to ensure the hostages' return.

Two of our clients featured in this video - 6 months in captivity today for their relatives #BringThemHomeNow

Today marks 6 months of captivity: #BringThemHomeNow

Parents, children and loved ones.
Students and festival goers.
Construction workers.

Six months on from Hamas’s horrific attack on the Israeli people, David Cameron renews our call to send all of the hostages home.

Is there some sort of a compensation scheme being set up for being a Manchester United fan this season?

Quite!

‘I wanted to be the person who could get him out of there’

The co-founder of Just for Kids Law tells The Brief from Times Law how a wish to protect her father turned into a passion for youth justice — & why many children should not be in the system at all.
thetimes.co.uk/article/i-want…

Nailed it!

Thanks to ALASTAIR CAMPBELL
and Rory Stewart for highlighting corruption in the UK incl. the need for political finance and Lords reform, the shambles in Gibraltar, and the relationship between Azerbaijan's kleptocracy and the UK. Too often goes unnoticed.
podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6L…

The British courts blocked the Rwanda scheme - particularly the Supreme Court, primarily on the basis of the Refugee Convention not the European Convention on Human Rights

The European Court of Human rights played a supporting role at the outset of the litigation

But anyway,…