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Image shows a woman wearing red kneeling on the ground in handcuffs, being pulled to her feet by a police officer, from a climate protest in 2022.

Defend the right to protest: updates on Liberty’s case against the government

Campaigns, In the News, VolunteersBy Greater Manchester Law Centre24 July 2024

Recently, the human rights organisation Liberty took a case against the Home Office to challenge the last government’s changes to protest law to define ‘serious disruption’ as any disruption which…

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Serious disruption prevention orders come into force

Campaigns, In the News, VolunteersBy Greater Manchester Law Centre15 May 2024

As Serious Disruption Prevention Orders come into force in Britain, GMLC campaign volunteer lead Jacob Quested Khan updates us on the Act as it now stands, and the risk the…

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The State We’re In: summary of JUSTICE’s new report

Campaigns, Legal Aid, VolunteersBy Greater Manchester Law Centre10 October 2023

GMLC campaign volunteer Eleni Founta summarises JUSTICE’s new report into threats and challenges to the rule of law and access to justice, published in September 2023. JUSTICE is a cross…

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No more acting up: the dangers of the Public Order Bill

Campaigns, In the News, Legal Aid, VolunteersBy Greater Manchester Law Centre13 September 2022

In this article, GMLC campaign volunteer leads Jacob Quested Khan and Avaia Nightingale Williams consider the Public Order Bill and highlight the key issues it raises, as well as the…

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The Bill of Rights: what does it mean for human rights?

Campaigns, In the News, Legal Aid, VolunteersBy Greater Manchester Law Centre6 July 2022

GMLC campaign volunteer Judy Sutton analyses the government’s plan to scrap and replace the Human Rights Act 1998, explaining the proposed changes and why they are a risk to all…

Image shows two people holding a Kill the Bill banner outside the Manchester Civil Justice Centre. Behind them another person holds a smaller placard saying the same, and there are people in the foreground at a protest.

#KillTheBill: interview with protest lawyer Simon Pook

Campaigns, Guest articles, In the News, Legal AidBy Greater Manchester Law Centre27 January 2022

GMLC has been opposing the Police Crime Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) Bill as part of the Kill the Bill Coalition in Greater Manchester. The PCSC Bill is a severe threat…

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Stop the PCSC Bill before it stops (and searches) you!

Campaigns, In the News, VolunteersBy Greater Manchester Law Centre21 January 2022

As the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) Bill reaches its final stages in Parliament, GMLC volunteer contributor Jess Roper reflects on the significance of its controversial stop and search…

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Ask your MP to oppose the Police Crime Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021

Campaigns, In the NewsBy Greater Manchester Law Centre18 May 2021

Please find below a template letter to ask your MP to vote against the Police Crime Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021.  This letter is particularly aimed at the residents of…

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Robert Lizar Solicitors quash sentences for anti fracking protestors

GMLC news, PressBy Greater Manchester Law Centre23 October 2018

Robert Lizar is a patron of GMLC. He and his firm are committed to providing legal services that promote access to justice, and we share these principles. Solicitors from the firm Nicola…

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