HJA Civil Liberties
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A dedicated Twitter feed from the Civil Liberties & Human Rights team at Hodge Jones & Allen solicitors. Protecting rights is our priority.
Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah @EllaRobertaFdn and her children visit 10 Downing Street with her solicitor Nancy Collins delivering letter and petition to the PM. More signatures needed. Please sign petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6393… Give everyone #CleanAir to breathe #EllasLaw #RighttoBreathe
#ClimateChange #HumanRights and International Law: International Court of Justice advisory opinion, 'binding treaty obligations for States to ensure protection of climate and #environment from anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions.' With obligation to 'full reparations.' #ICJ
Stephen Lawrence’s murder exposed deep, systemic failures in policing and justice. His father, Dr Neville Lawrence, has supported a public parole hearing in the hope that transparency would restore some public faith in the system. But that hearing was suddenly adjourned because…
Our #Spotlight this week shines on Susie Labinjoh, Head of our Civil Liberties & Human Rights team. A powerful advocate for the right to protest, Susie has represented individuals arrested during some of the most high-profile demonstrations of the past two decades. She doesn’t…
“There were a few of the IPP prisoners who then took their lives because they decided that they were never going to get out,” she said.’ theguardian.com/society/2025/j…
New on our site - Belinda Harvey was deceived into a long-term relationship by #spycops officer Bob Lambert. She wasn't an activist, just a perk of the job, it was utterly cynical abuse on his part. Here's our report from her day at the public inquiry campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com/2025/07/25/ucp…
The mother and stepfather of a transgender teenager who took his own life after going missing are taking High Court legal action against Sussex Police, whose response was found by an inquest jury to have potentially contributed to his death inews.co.uk/news/sussex-po…
An immigration solicitor is considering legal action against the Home Office after he was wrongly accused of using delay tactics to frustrate the immigration system and referred to the Solicitors Regulation Authority and Bar Standards Board lawgazette.co.uk/news/home-offi…
The UK National Contact Point has accepted complaints against UK-based banks Barclays and HSBC related to private prison investments banktrack.org/article/releas… The complaintsallege that the banks have contravened their responsibilities under the OECD Guidelines on Responsible…
#UK Government’s decision to label ‘Palestine Action’ a terrorist group raises serious concerns that counter-terrorism legislation is being applied to a group that is not terrorist in nature & risks hindering the legitimate exercise of fundamental freedoms. The decision could…
Cornelia Sorabji wasn’t just the first, she was a force for change. As the first woman to practise law in both India and Britain, she carved a path for generations of women in the legal profession. But Sorabji didn’t stop there, she worked tirelessly for women unable to…
Bodyworn footage shows prison officers laughing and singing as an “inappropriate and disproportionate” restraint was carried out on inmate Azroy Dawes-Clarke moments before his death at HMP Elmley on the Isle of Sheppey standard.co.uk/news/crime/azr…
Today marks the twentieth anniversary of the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes, an innocent Brazilian man going about his business in London's Stockwell Station, by Metropolitan Police marksmen commanded by Cressida Dick. This morning, family members, lawyers, campaigners,…
Record number of police officers sacked after misconduct crackdown lbc.co.uk/news/uk/record…
An AI-powered police intelligence systembeing trialed in Britain risks “revictimising” survivors of rape and other serious crimes by trawling data including their health and sexual history, the Victims’ Commissioner has warned inews.co.uk/news/rape-vict… Baroness Newlove said: “For…
This South Asian Heritage Month we celebrate identity, movement, and legacy. This year’s theme, ‘Roots to Routes’, is an invitation to look back at where we come from, and how the journeys of our ancestors, families, and communities continue to shape our present and future.…
A former Metropolitan Police constable who told a 16-year-old girl he met while on duty that he would "pick her up from school and make love to her" has had his sentenced tripled following a referral under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
EXC: Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips has written to Caroline Charters following our extensive reporting of her daughter’s case. Phillips says she was “truly saddened to learn of the additional distress” caused by police actions following Danielle’s sudden death 1/
🚨Exclusive: A grieving mother is being threatened with prosecution unless she deletes a damning review into police failings in her daughter's case. We reported on Danielle Charters-Christie's story last year - police conduct since has raised alarm channel4.com/news/exclusive…
🚨 Facial recognition tech is being rolled out at Notting Hill carnival... again Police have historically used this tech against communities of colour and it's been known to misidentify Black people WHY are there no govt safeguards on its use? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
What happens when the law is weaponised against dissent? Following the proscription of Palestine Action, police continue arrest peaceful demonstrators, raising serious concerns about authoritarian overreach. Partner, @Raj_Chada joins @ShelaghFogarty on @LBC to argue that…