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Barrister @gardencourtlaw. Mostly @kingstonianfc. (Views expressed are not those of Garden Court Chambers)

Joined September 2013
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It was a pleasure to review @Zonal_Marking's fine new book for this month's @WSC_magazine. As he quotes Jens Lehmann: "Anyone just looking at the ball only knows where it is, not where it will be.” wsc.co.uk/reviews/63-General… @KingstonianFC
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We have now lost contact with my Dad. He and the 1.1 million people in the most densely populated part of Gaza have been ordered to move South. There is nowhere to go. The bombardment continues. I have never felt so isolated from my human rights and legal colleagues. 1/2
My Dad describes how Al Shifa Hospital has no electricity and is running out of fuel for its generators. Intensive care beds have run out. Medicines are running out. Most of those injured & needing treatment are children and elderly. And the indiscriminate bombing continues.
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NEW - British minister in #Gabon ‘did not see coup coming’ Exclusive: A British professor serving in the cabinet of Gabon’s autocratic government talks to us about the military takeover. By @TaimourLay and @pmillerinfo declassifieduk.org/british-m…
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Whatever your views on the Qatar World Cup, Tameem Barghouti's poem at the closing ceremony found the heart of things and spoke for many... 🇵🇸youtube.com/watch?v=Cqgl3Qvf… (Apologies to @TamimBarghouti for the translation)
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@leHaich It will focus on CAF changes since 2017. It would be great to get your overview.