Barrister at Garden Court North Chambers - housing, protest, prisons, JR, social welfare - former debt adviser
Manchester, England
Joined October 2011
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Alexander McColl retweeted
(1/2) Garden Court North welcomes the Court of Appeal's ruling earlier today that the trial judge alleging that @gardencourtlaw's Rajiv Menon KC committed contempt lacks jurisdiction to refer him to the High Court for prosecution.
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Alexander McColl retweeted
Solidarity with Rajiv Menon KC, in the face of a prosecution which threatens all independent members of the Bar who fearlessly defend individuals the govt would rather not be defended.
(1/3) Garden Court North members express solidarity with Rajiv Menon KC, a highly respected silk and member of @gardencourtlaw, who faces prosecution for contempt of court following his closing speech in a high-profile and politically sensitive criminal trial.
Alexander McColl retweeted
(1/3) Garden Court North members express solidarity with Rajiv Menon KC, a highly respected silk and member of @gardencourtlaw, who faces prosecution for contempt of court following his closing speech in a high-profile and politically sensitive criminal trial.
Alexander McColl retweeted
My friends and comrades in Palestine Action are among the bravest, most principled people I’ve ever met. Starmer’s government of liars and war criminals will be crushed by history.
Let a thousand @Pal_action’s bloom. The empire can ban a group, but they can’t ban our solidarity.
Alexander McColl retweeted
Why are we still allowing Israel to kill Palestinians queuing for food and aid in Gaza?
Arrest Netanyahu. Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions now. End all arms sales to Israel.
Free Palestine
Alexander McColl retweeted
GCN's @MiraHammad10, Alexander McColl & Rosalind Burgin will be speaking alongside the esteemed Professor Avi Shlaim at this exclusive webinar on 7 July.
Free registration here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
More details below.
gcnchambers.co.uk/garden-cou…
Alexander McColl retweeted
“I consider Palestine Action heroic people and that's how they will go down in history, as appropriate resisters.”
Holocaust Survivor Stephen Kapos message of solidarity to @Pal_action:
Alexander McColl retweeted
Garden Court North’s Rosalind Burgin secured the acquittal of a client charged with conspiracy to cause criminal damage to a factory in 2024, in protest of what they alleged was involvement in the manufacturing of weaponry to Israel.
Read below.
gcnchambers.co.uk/jury-acqui…
“Urgent and decisive action is required to avert the destruction of the Palestinian people of Gaza”
theguardian.com/world/2025/m…
Alexander McColl retweeted
GCN's @amccollpg successfully secures an interim injunction - and temporary accommodation - for a vulnerable client.
Read more about Alexander's complex housing case below.
gcnchambers.co.uk/alexander-…
Alexander McColl retweeted
The video of Israel's execution of Palestinian paramedics is the stuff of nightmares.
It destroys all the lies IDF came up with.
This is what they do over and over again.
They commit an atrocity, lie, then the Western media treats their lie as credible
Alexander McColl retweeted
Israel holds the entire population of Gaza hostage and openly announces it will commit war crimes to get its way.
BREAKING: Israel says it is stopping the entry of all goods and supplies into Gaza. apnews.com/article/israel-pa…
Alexander McColl retweeted
Reminder that Netanyahu has been indicted by the international criminal court for the war crime of starvation. The manner in which Western leaders have undermined the indictment by refusing to arrest Netanyahu and instead offering him VIP treatment has emboldened him to continue his atrocities. This isn’t appeasement, it’s complicity.
Alexander McColl retweeted
Before Trump, what exactly did we think that Israel, with Western support, was planning for Gaza? Trump thinks he can achieve through business deals what Biden was supporting them to achieve through force. The masks have dropped but the colonial heart stays the same.
Alexander McColl retweeted
We have to be direct about Trump’s plan in Gaza: He is calling for ethnic cleansing. Congress must stand firm against his demand for war crimes.
Palestinians have a right to live with equal rights and freedom on their land.
Alexander McColl retweeted
There is no safe place in Gaza, and the war is taking a catastrophic toll on children.
Safe, sustained humanitarian access is urgently needed to ensure life-saving aid reaches those in desperate need.
Above all, what children in Gaza desperately need is peace.
via @UNICEF
Alexander McColl retweeted
Shameful decision, which I did not expect Sweden would take, given its tradition of principled foreign policy in the Levant. May the Swedish people act swiftly to reverse and remedy it.
Necessary reminder: UNRWA is a subsidiary organ of the UN General Assembly and cannot be dismissed by individual states' decisions. If member states want to dismiss UNRWA:
1. they must go through the General Assembly
2. they must act to address the root causes of the Palestinian refugee question: the Nakba.
The decision by the Government of #Sweden to stop funding @UNRWA in 2025 is disappointing and comes at the worst time for Palestine Refugees.
The decision is one day after the members of the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a resolution in support of UNRWA.
Sweden has been a reliable longstanding partner to UNRWA providing both political and financial support for decades.
This is a sad day for Palestine Refugees and the multilateral system which Sweden has spearheaded.
It comes at a time when UNRWA is under unprecedented politically- driven attacks, including through the use of disinformation. The attacks aim at stripping the Palestinians from their refugee status.
Defunding UNRWA now will undermine decades of Sweden’s investment in human development including by denying access to education for hundreds of thousands of girls and boys across the region.
For the people of #Gaza, this decision will double their suffering endured over the past 14 months since the horrendous Hamas attack on 7 October and the ongoing war.
I hope the Government of Sweden will reconsider its decision and pursue its longstanding solidarity by investing in both a political solution and the human development of Palestine Refugees through UNRWA.
@Sweden @SwedeninJERU @SweMFA
Alexander McColl retweeted
The UK's position on Israel has become untenable. It needs to immediately (a) enforce the warrants (b) end all arms exports (c) suspend the 2030 roadmap and trade (d) impose sanctions on the state and private sector actors who are complicit (e) utilise UJ to uphold justice.
❗️ NEW: Labour refuses to back ICC arrest warrants, and confirms the UK will continue to back Israel.
Starmer's spokesman insisted that "Israel has a right to defend itself", and said Keir Starmer "will continue to engage with the prime minister of Israel".
(Via @Telegraph)
Alexander McColl retweeted
"It is NOT a war. It is full destruction. It is GENOCIDE." @FranceskAlbs
Alexander McColl retweeted
What is called when an ethnic group is forcibly expelled from their homes and land and not allowed to return?
Palestinians will not be allowed to return to homes in northern Gaza, says IDF dlvr.it/TG2dw1