Doughty Street Chambers is delighted to announce that Laura Dubinsky KC and Aarif Abraham have been shortlisted at this year's Advocate Bar Pro Bono Awards 2024.

Laura Dubinsky KC has been shortlisted for Pro Bono KC of the Year and Aarif Abraham (@aarif_abraham) has been…

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Human rights violated by inaction on climate, ECHR rules in landmark case theguardian.com/environment/20…

Disgusting policing. If she was driving a tractor at them she would have been fine.

Ideal role for those residing in Reading (or near Reading). A fantastic opportunity for someone wanting to advance or pursue a legal, administrative, or personal support career.

Britain is breaking international law over Israel and Gaza.

Hundreds of lawyers, judges and academics have signed a letter setting out a damning case.

My interview with Bhatt Murphy on why this is so important 👇

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EXCL: Three former supreme court justices, including the court’s former president Lady Hale, are among more than 600 lawyers, academics and retired senior judges warning that the UK government is breaching international law by continuing to arm Israel theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Marie Spenwyn represented a defendant charged with the murder of his mother. Following psychiatric assessment a plea to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility was accepted.

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Marie was instructed by Caroline Liggins and Emily McNally of Hodge, Jones and Allen.

Press links can be found below.

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Thought this may have been an early April Fool. Rishi Sunak faces revolt over plan to criminalise homelessness. A homeless person could be jailed for having “an excessive smell” or sleeping in a doorway. Are these the British values we keep hearing about?

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A great shame to see the end of the BBC's Law In Action with Joshua Rozenberg.

At a time when interest in the law is so high but understanding so limited, we need more like this, not less.

“You said you were going to have to be running between two court rooms, how did that come about” asks BBC Radio 4 Today Jade Bogart of
RASSO criminal barrister Stacey Lee Holland of 2DRJ “unfortunately it’s due to a lack of [criminal] barristers and there aren’t enough of us to…

Everything about this regime is horrific. Yet also horrific is that if one of these women risked their life to escape across the Afghan border and to make their way to the safety of the UK, we’d treat her as a criminal & hope to send her to Rwanda. theguardian.com/global-develop…

Rape case backlog up 5 fold in 5 years 2,786, up 36% in 1 year
Part of 10,141 Sexual offences backlog

In 2023
3,859 sexual offence trials delayed:
2,526 “vacated” from lists
1,298 adjourned on day
Including 105
no criminal barrister left to prosecute
Up 26x on just 4 in 2018

As part of our programme of strategic growth, due to significant demand, we are inviting applications from Court of Protection practitioners of all levels of call to join our team.

Find out more about our team & the CoP work we do at: gcnchambers.co.uk/area/court-of-…

Today we're at the The City of Liverpool College Learning Exchange at their ESOL Careers event talking to students about our volunteering opportunities. Come and say hello 👋

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An Elegant Goose @hippiepig.mastodon.world BBC Radio 4 Today I hope that they reconsider