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"Extremely concerning" findings HMI Prisons on Cookham Wood children's prison resulting in an urgent notification It holds 77 children ▶️ 1/4 felt unsafe ▶️ Solitary confinement had been normalised justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprisons/ins…

Looking forward to speaking with Angela Jackman Steve Broach KC at our upcoming Legal Action Group Education Law Conference on 15 November- booking details in thread below.

Honoured to be asked to do this, especially given Stephen Livingstone's legacy.

📣High Court rules Home Office use of hotels for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children unlawful📣 Stephanie Harrison KC, Gráinne Mellon, Ollie Persey & Georgie Rea (Georgie Rea), of the Garden Ct - Public Law Law team, for Brighton & Hove City Council, I/B Bhatt Murphy (inactive account follow on BlueSky) ⬇ tinyurl.com/3mk8cyuu

In my 35 years of work in complex emergencies, I never have expected to write such a letter, predicting the killing of my staff & the collapse of the mandate I am expected to fulfill #Gaza

Searing painful letters by Emma Pattison’s sister on grief and the insidious suffering of coercive control: My sister was killed at Epsom College, these are my letters to her. “I did see the relationship as abusive. I did and I told her so.” thetimes.co.uk/article/9da9fd…

‘I wanted to help people in their worst moments as lawyers helped me’ - Law student Seán Binder, who has been admitted to Gray's Inn despite a pending prosecution, tells Catherine Baksi how he was inspired him to become a barrister. Coverage in @TheTimes. tinyurl.com/mr3nbbn5

New lectureship in #youthjustice and #childrights UCC School of Law . Come and join our dynamic interdisciplinary group of researchers at such an exciting time for UCC Ireland #UCCFutures #Children More info 👇 ucc.ie/en/futures/chi…

📣 High Court finds local authority subjected disabled asylum seeker to inhuman and degrading treatment for seven months. Gráinne Mellon & Nadia O'Mara of Garden Court represented the Claimant, instructed by Monica Kreel of T V Edwards. Read on here 🔽 tinyurl.com/5fxrkn35

📣 Secretary of State for the Home Department’s Discretionary leave policy for trafficking victims declared unlawful: Upper Tribunal decision in VTL (Vietnam). The Applicant was represented by our Gráinne Mellon, Eva Doerr & Hannah Lynes. Read on here 🔽 tinyurl.com/4xj6s935

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LSE Law School is looking for a Director of its Clinical Programme. This is the chance to establish what we hope will be a major new asset for the Law School. A chance to work with our brilliant passionate students….and the colleagues aren’t half-bad either….

A fitting obituary to Keith Lomax who was a brilliant public law and human rights solicitor- and also a wonderful person. He loved Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards - he said it was the only legal award that meant anything! So widely regarded and widely missed. theguardian.com/law/2024/oct/0…

🗓️Save the date for our Education Law Conference with Garden Court Chambers! There’ll be updates on key cases from the past year, panels on SEND duties, and breakouts on school exclusion, disability discrimination, and more! Early bird booking available at 👉lag.org.uk/events

This timely report-Afghans Abandoned by the UK-Refugee Legal Support (RLS)🧡 @safepassageuk is launched today and is well worth a read. So many Afghan clients can't access settlement schemes that are supposed to be there to help- and remain at grave risk. Full report here: refugeelegalsupport.org/news/still-wai…

🚨 The deadline for submitting consultation responses for our Disabled Children's Social Care consultation has been extended 🚨 Consultation responses can now be submitted until Friday 31 January 2025. Submit a response on the following link: consult.justice.gov.uk/law-commission…

Thank you for all of your kind messages today. Delighted to have won the "Advocate of the Year" at the Women and Diversity in Law Awards A brilliant collection of lawyers in the room last night and a privilege to be with them. Well done to all involved! 👏👏👏

Four weeks to go until the #LALY25 deadline on 22 April ⏰🗓️! Nominate the colleagues who inspire you most with their commitment to social justice. Award categories covering all areas of legal aid: lapg.co.uk/wp-content/upl…