Lithuania to become NATO leader in defence spending by % of GDP, overtaking Poland's 4.7%. Despite imminent claims from the White House come a certain inauguration on Monday, Lithuania's strategy was likely decided long before Trump's demands for 5% spending.

US @DeptofDefense's release ordering 1,500 troops to the Mexican border. There are reports of an internal memo suggesting up to 10,000 troops could actually be deployed, as per CBS News. defense.gov/News/News-Stor…

As Keir Starmer says he is willing to put British boots on the ground in Ukraine should there be a ceasefire, UK soldiers participate in NATO Allied Reaction Force's first major deployment. Where? In Smardan, Romania - 16 miles from the Ukraine border. dsei.co.uk/news/exercise-…

Time for a Hillsborough Charter to oblige public bodies to think about victims rather than their own reputations, say victims of the Hillsborough, Grenfell, Manchester Arena, and Aberfan disasters. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

As important as the PM's Paris summit on peace in Ukraine is, this decision throws greater doubt over Keir Starmer's promise to reintroduce Hillsborough Law into Parliament before 15 April.

"The Hillsborough Law was written, and it was written well". The govt delaying its promise to re-introduce Hillsborough Law before 15 April matters - but not as much as ongoing attempts to dilute and defang the legal duty of candour the law would impose.

Words by me and Pete Weatherby KC, who represented 22 of the Hillsborough families at fresh inquests in 2016. That inquest corrected one of the worst miscarriages of justice in UK history. Now, the Ministry of Justice looks to defang the very law that would prevent it happening again.

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Read the Mill's account of the highly emotional two-week inquest into Charlotte's death, which I attended alongside her family and Garden Court North' barrister Lily Lewis.

My quotes in the New Internationalist, talking about the UK government's "flawed and contradictory" defence against Mira Hammad from Garden Court North for the continued sale of F-35 jet components to Israel. Words by Amy Hall. new-internationalist.ghost.io/will-the-uk-go…

On the eighth anniversary of the Manchester Arena bombing, GCN expresses solidarity for the victims and bereaved families. Read below about the Inquiry and various tributes taking place across Manchester today. gcnchambers.co.uk/garden-court-n…

800+ legal experts, including former supreme court justices, have called for the UK Govt to impose sanctions on Israel and key Israeli figures. theguardian.com/world/2025/may…

In this exclusive interview, GCN's Pete Weatherby KC discusses human rights in Iran with former United Nations Special Rapporteur JAVAID REHMAN. Watch below. youtu.be/lpXikZSEVgU?si…

The Government is at last, today, laying before Parliament a Bill which is fit to be called a ‘Hillsborough Law’. In his below op-ed, Garden Court North's Pete Weatherby KC explains the Bill's three core pillars after years of tireless campaigning. gcnchambers.co.uk/a-duty-of-cand…

(1/5) Yesterday saw Leigh Day, Ison Harrison & Garden Court North come together to put on the popular Northern Conference & Quiz, fundraising for the life-changing work done by INQUEST.

Our episode on the #HillsboroughLaw is live. This week, we spoke to the expert Pete Weatherby KC about the proposed law and the history of injustice faced by the Hillsborough disaster victims and their friends and families. Listen now on Spotify and Apple Podcasts 🎙️🎙️