@samjacobsDSC

Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers

Joined June 2014
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Great new site crowdfunding public interest legal cases. Could be the future - retweet and follow @CrowdJusticeUK crowdjustice.co.uk/case/torr…
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G Van Bueren at DSC seminar. The call for socioeconomic rights will grow, and we must add our voices. Stirring stuff!!
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Anonymity for officers refused in police shooting inquest - doughtystreet.co.uk/news/art… - @samjacobsDSC and Lana Amadou @BindmansLLP acting
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Supreme Court finds benefit cap to breach UN Convention on Rights of Child. @caoilfhionnanna @samjacobsDSC act doughtystreet.co.uk/news/art… 1/2
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Martin Westgate QC in full flow on Supreme Court live - TN v Westminster.
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FCO withholding docs - scared of damaging 'trust and support' with Bahrain. Challenged today and judgment awaited. With @SueWillman
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Judgment in "no permission no payment" judicial review now up: doughtystreet.co.uk/document… - well done @marthaspurrier @westgatm @publiclawprojct
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Replying to @KimGhattas
MT @BBCKimGhattas @BeschlossDC: JFK letter to child: "You must not worry about Santa Claus", 1961.
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Inquest finds catalogue of errors at Serco-run prison - doughtystreet.co.uk/news/art… - @samjacobsDSC, @MelinaPadron and @PIL_Law in action.
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"I served my country & now I'm done" - our interview with the psychologist who devised the CIA torture programme theguardian.com/world/2014/a…

James Mitchell: 'I'm just a guy who got asked to do something for his country'

Interview: Psychologist who designed CIA's post-9/11 torture program insists he has nothing to apologise for – and attacks 'people with a Jack Bauer mentality who don't understand how intel works'

theguardian.com
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Chief constable warns against ‘drift towards police state’ | UK news | The Guardian theguardian.com/uk-news/2014…

Chief constable warns against ‘drift towards police state’

Greater Manchester’s Sir Peter Fahy says it is not the police’s job to define what counts as extremism

theguardian.com
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Big judgment coming on Wednesday @UKSupremeCourt - SG v DWP - does benefit cap discriminate against lone parents & domestic violence victims
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So, GCHQ spies on lawyers... m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29939192
The @UKSupremeCourt allows appeal in Moseley v LB Haringey. Key authority on the duty to consult. @JamieBurton29 and @samjacobsDSC acting.
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Midwife Rosie finished a 12-hour shift, delivered three babies,no breaks and she's out on the picket line #NHSstrike
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Congratulations to @AdamStraw @DoughtyStPublic - #UKBarAwards2014 Human Rights & Public LawJunior of the Year 2014! doughtystreet.co.uk/barriste…
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I'll be live on @bbcnews channel shortly to say why the Tory human rights plans are so foolish & would damage our country
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‘On the verge of another remote war, we need UN Guidance on how to apply international laws to armed drones." appgondrones.wordpress.com/2…

Recall and recap

On Monday, the UN Human Rights Council (‘HRC’) expert panel met to discuss resolution 25/22 on ‘ensuring use of RPAS or armed drones in counter-terrorism and military operations in accordance with …

appgondrones.wordpress.com
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Five Eyes surveillance pact challenged before the European Court of Human Rights by @privacyint - Tim Cooke-Hurle of @DoughtyStPublic acting
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