@MelJacques1

Partner @LeighDay_Law , Armed Conflict and Displacement @CUP_Law - all views my own

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Joined April 2017
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Melanie Jacques retweeted
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@LeighDay_Law10 Nov 2025
International team lawyer @MelJacques1 says a radical change in attitudes towards women is needed in the British military, at home and overseas. leighdaylaw.info/3LoTfbA
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@LeighDay_Law25 May 2023
We are delighted to announce that Leigh Day has won UK Law Firm of the Year at the #ChambersEuropeAwards 2023 ceremony in Milan. We are honoured that @ChambersGuides has recognised us as a leading law firm. Congratulations to all the winners 👏 leighday.co.uk/news/news/202…
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We are deeply saddened to see footage of the sexual harassment and abuse described by Kenyan tea workers in @BBCPanorama's “Sex for Work: the true cost of our tea”. All women deserve a workplace free from #GBV. bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…

BBC One - Panorama, Sex for Work: The True Cost of Our Tea

How women producing tea for PG Tips and Lipton are pressured to have sex with their bosses

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Melanie Jacques retweeted
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@LeighDay_Law29 Mar 2021
Sapna Malik tells BBC World Service Newshour about women's claims against Lujeri and PGI of systemic sexual harassment including rape on southern Malawi tea and nut plantations. Listen from 26:38 leighdaylaw.info/3m4tKLY
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Women working on Malawi plantations owned by top tea brand supplier Lujeri are suing their employer and UK parent company PGI over allegations of systemic sexual harassment including rape, assault and discrimination. They are represented by Sapna Malik leighdaylaw.info/3djdl2i
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@LeighDay_Law24 Jun 2020
Register now for Holding the Powerful to Account: European perspectives on strategic litigation (WEBINAR) bit.ly/3eiqojt
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.@MelJacques1 and Louise Williams consider what can be done to protect workers from sexual violence and harassment on plantations around the world leighdaylaw.info/2YzNVXI
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Melanie Jacques retweeted
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@LeighDay_Law5 Mar 2020
You're invited to take part in two #BizHumanRights seminars, with some of Europe’s leading legal practitioners sharing European Perspectives on Strategic Litigation against the military or corporations for #HumanRightsViolations worldwide. Book your place:bit.ly/HoldingToAccount
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Melanie Jacques retweeted
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@LeighDay_Law4 Mar 2019
The audio recordings are now available from the conference on 'Alseran and Others v. Ministry of Defence: International #humanrights and International Humanitarian Law' we held last month with @BonaveroIHR. Melanie Jacques reflects in her latest blog. leighday.co.uk/Blog/March-20… …
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Melanie Jacques retweeted
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@LeighDay_Law25 Feb 2019
.@jonnybuckley discusses the recent mining dam collapses in Brazil and the lessons that must be learnt in the mining industry in order to prevent another tragedy leighday.co.uk/Blog/February…
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Melanie Jacques retweeted
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@LeighDay_Law14 Feb 2019
High Court to hear modern slavery claims on behalf of Lithuanian workers represented by solicitor Mary Westmacott. Four-day trial to begin on Monday 18 February 2019 leighday.co.uk/News/2019/Feb…
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Melanie Jacques retweeted
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@LeighDay_Law19 Apr 2018
International human rights lawyer Melanie Jacques looks at the implications of the decision of Leggatt J in Alseran and Ors v MoD on the future conduct of British military operations abroad leighday.co.uk/Blog/April-20…
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Melanie Jacques retweeted
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@LeighDay_Law28 Sep 2017
Read our latest blog, Bringing Responsibility Home, about #corporateaccountability and #humanrights in Canada leighday.co.uk/Blog/Septembe…
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#Myanmar statement: Humanitarian organisations call for immediate humanitarian access to those in need in #Rakhine. ow.ly/z3ly30ftZ5S
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Melanie Jacques retweeted
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@LeighDay_Law25 May 2017
Court of Appeal finds Theresa May acted unlawfully as Home Secretary when she denied refugees access to UK leighday.co.uk/News/News-201…
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FIDH@fidh_en18 May 2017
[REPORT] #Colombia: what is @Chiquita executive's role in contributing to crimes against humanity? #ICC must inquire fidh.org/en/region/americas/…
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Melanie Jacques retweeted
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@LeighDay_Law4 May 2017
Leigh Day event on the accountability in "Shipbreaking". Monday 15th May 2017 at 6pm. Please RSVP to Lily West at [email protected]
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@LeighDay_Law25 Apr 2017
'18 Years in Limbo' - the moving story of a group of #refugees living on a British Sovereign Base Area in Cyprus vimeo.com/205117906

18 Years In Limbo

In October 1998, a group of 75 individuals from Ethiopia, Iraq, Sudan and Syria, arrived in the SBA after a boat in which they were travelling to Italy foundered off the coast of Cyprus. Following...

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Concerns that May will include manifesto commitment to withdrawal from ECHR: ow.ly/TII430b9opR. Petition here: ow.ly/VHQ830b9orE
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