Maria Thomas

Public law solicitor at Duncan Lewis Solicitors @DLPublicLaw. Views expressed here are my own.

[Jan Egeland @NRC_Egeland]

20 NGOs with joint statement:

“We are outraged that some donors have united to suspend funding for UNRWA, the main aid provider for millions of Palestinians in Gaza and the region. This comes amid a rapidly worsening humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.” https://t.co/3V3sMpbZMy

[Maria Thomas @maria_thomas80]

We cannot have this debate without also properly engaging with the issues of (child) criminal exploitation #CCE and blurry line btw victim & perpetrator. We need a joined up, multi-agency approach to prevention, identification and intervention - regardless of immigration status

[Guardian news @guardiannews]

Starmer vows that Labour will ‘get a grip’ on knife crime https://t.co/sfeytLHzaR

[SPACE @bespaceaware]

📢Public Order Disqualification
(POD) Withdrawn👏

Now x2 2023 flawed policy changes successfully challenged by @DLPublicLaw

This is what happens when rules are made to suit self vs victims/not thought thro.They must be balanced & proportionate given consequential harm involved

[Asylum Aid @AsylumAid]

🚨BREAKING: In a judgment today, the High Court has held that the Home Office operated a secret policy until April 2023 to frustrate the right to leave to remain of at least 1,500 people it had itself determined to be confirmed victims of trafficking and modern slavery. 🧵1/5

[DuncanLewisPublicLaw @DLPublicLaw]

NEWS: Secretary of State has withdrawn flagship policy on public order disqualifications as a result of litigation on behalf of our clients. New policy includes requirement to assess risk of re-trafficking & if real & immediate risk is found, individual will not be disqualified

[Andrew Wallis OBE @andyw1]

The @Conservatives Rwanda plan puts #modernslavery victims at further risk of exploitation. This is our view at @UnseenUK and @MSHelpline. https://t.co/cZlYRYuzpR
@theresa_may @aliciakearns @Nus_Ghani @MPIainDS @RishiSunak @JamesCleverly

[Maria Thomas @maria_thomas80]

Ended 2023 with an epic snowball fight - must be a good sign of things to come in 2024. Happy new year everyone 🥂🎉

[DuncanLewisPublicLaw @DLPublicLaw]

Out of hours Injunction granted! Our client, a vulnerable trafficking survivor, was wrongly made to sleep rough. Judge ordered the Home Office to reinstate accommodation- & client is no longer homeless!

Our @maria_thomas80 & Adam Weisz acting with @razahalim @gardencourtlaw

[Maria Thomas @maria_thomas80]

So well deserved Jane! 👏👏

[The Magpie Project @magpieprojectuk]

Wow!
Jane our ceo would love it if she could dedicate her #freedomofNewham honour to every Magpie Mum and Mini. Freedom to dream, eat, sleep, play, be housed, be heard.
This is for you.
Thank you @NewhamLondon

[DuncanLewisPublicLaw @DLPublicLaw]

Our @ToufiqueHossain in @guardian:

“It’s difficult to see how British lawyers simply by their presence can somehow magically make the stark findings of the Supreme Court go away…especially when the court accepted the evidence of the UNHCR”

https://t.co/Lp1uhW3i1C

[DuncanLewisPublicLaw @DLPublicLaw]

Today, on the 2 year anniversary we remember the 31 people who were lost in the Channel on 24 November 2021. Their families and friends remain in our thoughts as we continue to support them in their fight for justice.

[Maria Thomas @maria_thomas80]

Two years ago 31 lives were lost in the Channel. Today, as always, my thoughts are with the families of the victims, many of whom I represent in their ongoing fight for justice. May the victims rest in peace.

[Safe Passage International🧡 @safepassageint]

Every single person crossing the Channel to seek safety is an individual with hopes and dreams, just like every one of us.

On this day two years ago, 31 of those dreams were tragically cut short in the deadliest Channel disaster in 30 years.

[Maria Thomas @maria_thomas80]

Precisely this. And I’m so incredibly proud of my colleagues at @DLPublicLaw who made this happen. Absolute heroes 👊

[Ian Dunt @IanDunt]

Something profoundly beautiful about what happened today. An independent judiciary, upholding the rule of law against a government misusing executive power. And doing so not to safeguard the powerful, but to protect the most marginalised people on earth https://t.co/EIoondbf6R

[Sky News @SkyNews]

"Today is not just a victory for them, but a victory for the rule of law."

Director of Duncan Lewis Solicitors, Toufique Hossain, speaks outside of the Supreme Court in London after it ruled the government's Rwanda plan unlawful.

🔗 https://t.co/drcMQlgaYl

📺 Sky 501

[DuncanLewisPublicLaw @DLPublicLaw]

As we bid farewell to Suella this morning, here are a few of our highlights (and her lowlights) during her time as Home Secretary:

[DuncanLewisPublicLaw @DLPublicLaw]

Marine Accident Investigation Branch report tells a story of a chaotic, understaffed & under-resourced coastguard control room, contributing to devastating loss of life. Our clients maintain the need for a statutory inquiry, with the power to compel witnesses & disclose evidence.

[Care4Calais @Care4Calais]

The families of those who drowned in the English Channel in November 2021 have written a heartbreaking letter to Rishi Sunak to demand justice following this week's report on the tragedy.

With the UK Government announcing an enquiry there is hope that someone will finally be held accountable. Please support their campaign here: https://t.co/3lNdQlnb75

[Maria Thomas @maria_thomas80]

A non statutory inquiry has been announced- this isn’t good enough. Loss of life on this scale calls for the highest level of scrutiny, and the investigation must have sufficient legal powers to give it teeth. Anything less than a statutory inquiry is an insult to the victims

[Duncan Lewis Solicitors @DuncanLewis]

At least 27 people drowned attempting to cross the English Channel in a small boat on 24 Nov 2021. After 2 years, The MAIB has concluded its investigation and published its findings into the tragedy.

Duncan Lewis calls for a statutory inquiry without delay.

@DLPublicLaw

[@acmogan @acmogan]

15 KCs trying to stop the right to #protest