Thalia Maragh

Barrister @gardencourtlaw Attorney at law Jamaican Bar, #HumanRights Campaigner

[Ogiek Peoples' Dev. Program (OPDP) @OgiekPeoples]

Do you know about the Ogiek judgement on reparations? Find out more on the compensations awarded for their material prejudice and moral prejudice, respectively .
#OGIEKIMPLEMENTATIONHEARING

[Garden Court Chambers @gardencourtlaw]

✨💫 #BlackHistoryMonth - 'Black Silk' Legacy Event, 31 Oct 💫✨

This event, held at Garden Court, aims to support the promotion of Black excellence in law & beyond, featuring snippets of TV film Black Silk.⚖️

Watch a clip of Rudolph Walker CBE & Laurie-Anne Power KC below⏯️

[Jamaica Observer @JamaicaObserver]

Liberty Academy at the Priory has produced the 2024 top boy in the Primary Exit Profile.

He is 12-year-old Aiden Cummings, who was very intentional about his preparation for the exams that determined where he would receive a high-school education.
https://t.co/uprz7q8e0x

[Jacqueline (Jacqui) Mckenzie @JacquiMckenzie6]

A few years ago I was in one of those ramshackle hair salons in South London having my hair braided. The salon was run by a fabulous woman of African heritage & to pay the high rent, she rented out corners of the shop to people who provided other services including nails, false eye lashes, eyebrow threading etc. I didn't always appreciate the place as it was noisy & untidy. But there was always something equally enjoyable about the experience; the gossip, the unsolicited advice about improving my appearance or relationship, the craziness, the music, the people trying to sell you pretend Gucci bags, & the children running around if you went at the weekend. It was a place of escape & one where I felt safe.

I happened to be there one day when immigration enforcement turned up. Everyone froze, including me, as the operation is one of true terror; it could easily have been an armed robbery such was the menacing command to stay where we were. I noticed a customer returning from the bathroom make down a side corridor which I knew led to a back exit; I've seen the movies & thought I didn't fancy her chances as they'd have had that covered. They hadn't & I never saw her again.

The immigration officers went straight for the nail person who was of Vietnamese heritage. She had all the right papers. They then turned to the African heritage staff who were all British citizens. The owner was made to go to her flat above the business to retrieve evidence of her British status.

None of us customers were questioned. One burly red-faced officer said something that sounded like false intelligence, but I can't be sure. I watched on curiously but angry, promising myself that I'd only intervene if necessary. Immigration enforcement came & immigration enforcement left after about an hour of questioning & checking.

When they'd driven off, the only white member of staff, doing the eye lashes, looked ashen! I looked quizzically at her. She was unsure of her immigration status as her father had told her he'd sorted it but she was unsure. She was Albanian. She was the only person working in the place not to be questioned which was not lost on any of us including white customers waiting for nails and eye lashes.

The workers all laughed, & it was business as usual but not for the owner who said that that was the third time & she was fed up of it. She felt targeted & harassed. She wanted to close shop. She did though I don't know if this was the reason.

In the next few weeks, the Home Office will mount similar operations across countless businesses. There are issues in some of these industries, sure. I've long worried about some of the women in the nail shops. I also know that a large number of them have regularised their stay in the UK & if they started off as trafficked victims, have managed to escape this evil & live their lives on their own terms. This is not an easy feat but it happens. Others won't be so lucky. But the exercise afoot is not concerned with whether people have been trafficked, or of their working conditions.

What will happen is that British people, settled people, people with leave to remain, mainly Black & Brown people, will be harassed & terrorised in front of petrified & suspicious customers, thereby causing much harm to legitimate businesses.

And like the #HostileEnvironment, the exercise will impact more on people legitimately in the UK, like the experiences of the #Windrush victims, than it will to curb illegal migration as the National Audit Office reported of said policy. This will be all the more the case that the operation was announced ahead of time.

[Charlie Williams @CharlieJusticeW]

Module 1 of the uk covid19 inquiry report is a damning report and we welcome and thank the @covidinquiryuk team however it failed to address racial inequalities
https://t.co/QdzEPSerPE @ButtJabeer @thaliamaragh

[The Howard League @TheHowardLeague]

"This is a catastrophic failure of public policy that's been in the making for many, many years, over many governments".

Our President, @KenMacdonaldKC speaks to @skynews about the 'criminal justice meltdown' the UK is facing due to prison overcrowding: https://t.co/nhzCMLrLaC

[Ogiek Peoples' Dev. Program (OPDP) @OgiekPeoples]

OPDP has been implementing a project supported by @EUinKenya & @UNDP on access to justice among the Ogiek. We have successfully conducted legal aid clinics in Rongai,Njoro& Molo sub-county for over 200 community members over the month of June,offering free legal aid services.

[Katiba Institute @katibainstitute]

Today from @8pm, our team @hp_gichana @PatriciahJoseph & @Kevinmabonga1 will engage #Samburu residents on the importance of access to information in promoting good governance @SerianFM

Join the conversation

#IDeserveToKnow

[Katiba Institute @katibainstitute]

Scope of powers the police have to use firearms to protect life, property and prevent felonies:

1. In 2017, Katiba Institute (KI) and Africa Centre for Open Governance (AFRICOG) filed a petition challenging amendments to the National Police Service Act (NPSA)

[Garden Court North @gcnchambers]

🚨ONE WEEK TO GO until our webinar on the rule of law, apartheid and genocide in the context of Israel/Palestine🚨

Join us on 8 July at 5pm as we discuss the long road to the ICJ & the ICC. Register here: https://t.co/L0pNiNNPGg

[Windies Cricket @windiescricket]

Your passion fills the world like a raging fire!🔥

Thank you, Maroon Fans!❤️🙏🏾

#MenInMaroon | #T20WorldCup

[Marc Willers KC @mwillersqc]

This is a wonderful victory for our courageous client, Sarah Finch, and her supporters in the @WealdActionGr.

But it is also a fantastic victory for the planet because it is bound to have a significant impact on the future of fossil fuel extraction in the UK and beyond.

[Garden Court Chambers @gardencourtlaw]

🚨 Supreme Ct rules downstream greenhouse gas emissions must be assessed before decision to grant planning permission for fossil fuel extraction 🚨

Marc Willers KC represented Sarah Finch w/ Estelle Dehon KC & Ruchi Parekh (@cornerstonebarr).

Read on 🔽
https://t.co/rxk1ZSscUR

[Nicola Brook @NicolaBrook4]

Orgreave Truth and Justice: 40 years on, the case for an Inquiry https://t.co/aMhUUywcOk via @orgreavejustice

@BJCSolicitors represent the @CovidJusticeUK
#covidinquiry
#HillsboroughLawNow
@orgreavejustice

[Thalia Maragh @thaliamaragh]

@CMcgourlay @nazirafzal @scouselawyer @law_uom @uomsoss One of the highlights of being a part of @uomsoss #accesstojustice #talk200 was being asked by a 6th form student of my path the law because he was inspired by the discussion!

[Matt Wrack @MattWrack]

Fire union calls on Labour to end “crime of deregulation” as Grenfell anniversary looms https://t.co/g5Thu6vtU0

[Kate Lamble @katelamble]

"Each and every one of the deaths that occurred in Grenfell Tower on 14 June 2017 was avoidable"

That's the lead counsel to the public inquiry in 2022. The final report is due 4th Sept.

Today I'm thinking of all those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire
https://t.co/cJUPYlNhpW

[Thalia Maragh @thaliamaragh]

72 lives lost in the #Grenfell fire, including 18 children. 7 years on we rise in solidarity with the Grenfell community demanding #justice #accountability

[@acmogan @acmogan]

Thx @YJLCUK & @artnotevidence (& my fearless leader Keir Monteith KC @gardencourtlaw) for inviting me & bringing together art, academia & law in one cool ass place @RichMixLondon
But real world change happens w/ the future. Honoured to have spoken alongside heroes @UnitedBorders