Liberty Bridge

Senior Associate Solicitor - International Group Litigation - @leighdayintl

[Hannah White @DrHannahWhite]

Ahem…

[The Law Society @TheLawSociety]

“No lawyer should be criticised, or made the subject of a targeted campaign, for doing their job."

Our full joint statement with @thebarcouncil, sharing our support for immigration lawyer Jacqueline McKenzie:

"Everyone is entitled to legal representation, and it is a United Nations basic principle that lawyers should not be identified with the causes of their clients as a result of representing them.

“The legal community is gravely concerned by the experience of immigration solicitor Jacqueline McKenzie.

“That is why – as we have said repeatedly – it is wrong to describe lawyers as ‘lefty’ or ‘activist’ simply on the basis of the causes they advocate on behalf of their clients.

“Lawyers who represent their clients are not only doing nothing wrong, they are doing exactly what they are supposed to do in playing their part in ensuring that the rule of law is upheld. Ms McKenzie has been doing exactly what she is supposed to do as an immigration solicitor, acting in the best interests of her clients within the constraints of the law.

“Political leaders know that lawyers represent their clients within the legal framework that parliament creates and CCHQ should seriously reflect on what has happened in this case.

"Language and actions that unfairly undermine confidence in the independence of the legal professions, and potentially risk the safety of lawyers, will ultimately undermine confidence in our entire justice system and the rule of law.”

[Afua Hirsch @afuahirsch]

Britain is under attack. A 🧵

Distinguished lawyer @JacquiMckenzie6 is known for her work on the #Windrush scandal, for which the govt claims to be sorry

She even worked with the Home Sec to review these unjust deportations, an act of good faith many of us would nt have managed

[Leigh Day @LeighDay_Law]

Today legal action has launched against six UK water companies that have allegedly abused their dominant market position by underreporting the number of times they cause pollution incidents and overcharged customers as a result

https://t.co/8g4d09Ch9q

[Law Society Gazette @lawsocgazette]

An open letter from @LeighDay_Law partners in response to criticism of immigration lawyer Jacqueline McKenzie:

https://t.co/YbwELEW9ml

[Jacqueline (Jacqui) Mckenzie @JacquiMckenzie6]

My opinion piece in today's Guardian. Thank you to everyone for your continued support.

I’m an immigration lawyer, and now the target of a Braverman smear campaign. It will backfire | Jacqueline McKenzie
https://t.co/cftL1X9To5

[Jacqueline (Jacqui) Mckenzie @JacquiMckenzie6]

1/7 To help me write my autobiography, Conservative Campaign HQs prepared 4 pages of a dossier on me, my cases & membership of organisations, & sent it to the Sunday Sun, Express, Mail & Telegraph; A couple kindly sent me the dossier. What was interesting about it, is that over

[Leigh Day @LeighDay_Law]

Migrant workers’ claims against Dyson Group of forced labour and dangerous conditions in a Malaysian factory producing the company’s electrical goods will be heard at the High Court between 17 and 19 July. The workers are represented by @ollyholland https://t.co/HlFkf9Imrp

[Leigh Day @LeighDay_Law]

. @RichardMeeran "Our clients’ allegations of human rights abuses perpetrated by Del Monte’s security guards in Kenya entail a level and pattern of violence, brutality and humiliation that is widespread and gut-wrenching" https://t.co/rjaZxixUJZ

[Leigh Day @LeighDay_Law]

Fruit giant Del Monte is accused of betraying its human rights pledges with allegations against security guards of violent beatings and the rape of villagers living near to its pineapple plantation in Kenya. 134 villagers are represented by @RichardMeeran
https://t.co/9UBgjmwoVS

[Leigh Day @LeighDay_Law]

. @Liberty_Bridge and Hollie Brett, from our international and group litigation department, discuss the widespread abuse and exploitation in cobalt mining, and the recent US legal case trying to hold the big tech companies using the cobalt to account https://t.co/YWRhAc1OSJ

[Leigh Day @LeighDay_Law]

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 👏 https://t.co/NxVOqJRdVG

[Leigh Day @LeighDay_Law]

Small and medium sized businesses, charities, schools and other organisations who have organised their energy supply contracts through a broker may be entitled to recover thousands of pounds in compensation. @ollyholland @Liberty_Bridge https://t.co/UPkZ5H36pY

[Leigh Day @LeighDay_Law]

Bahrain Fails In Bid To Claim State Immunity Over Alleged Hacking Of Dissidents. @Ida_Aduwa and Martyn Day represent the dissidents in their legal claim https://t.co/xhOQuHkLms

[Daniel Leader @DanielLeaderLD]

On the day Shell is reporting unprecedented profits 11,000 Nigerians join the oil pollution case in the London High Court. It would take a week of Shell's profits to pay for the clean up of the whole of Ogoniland. And yet they are fighting these communities tooth and nail.

[RAID @raidukorg]

Starting today, courts will decide whether to certify a class action #lawsuit representing some 140,000 people from Kabwe against @AngloAmerican. If the company is committed to #HumanRights, it must not stand in way of a community seeking justice & remedy for lead #pollution. #SA

[Leigh Day @LeighDay_Law]

Congratulations to the head of Leigh Day's International department @RichardMeeran who has been appointed as an Honorary Professor at @CityLawSchool
https://t.co/XYDNrU4hQp

[Leigh Day @LeighDay_Law]

"Thai police interviews appear . . . a complete sham with no desire to get to the truth of the conditions faced by our clients,” says @ollyholland
https://t.co/TN9ZT7sPcx

[Tomoya Obokata @TomObokata]

A landmark lawsuit against @Tesco for its failure to protect garment workers from #forcedlabour in #THAILAND 🇹🇭, underscoring the importance of human rights due diligence in supply chains, including the practice of outsourcing.
https://t.co/U7gyAizHuG

[Leigh Day @LeighDay_Law]

Workers tell of sweatshop conditions at Thai factory used by Tesco. A group of 130 workers have begun legal action against Tesco and Intertek represented by @ollyholland and Anna Barr https://t.co/shUamN2Koe