Adam Wagner KC
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Barrister @DoughtyStreet. Chair @EachOtherUK. Visiting Prof @GoldsmithsUoL. Author #EmergencyState. Views my own not of Doughty Street Chambers.
London
Joined March 2010
Wonderful interview on Radio 4 Today earlier - from 2:37:00
Mazal Tov to Holocaust survivor Anita Lasker-Wallfisch MBE, who is celebrating her 100th bithday today! Please send her your birthday wishes on this very special birthday.
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All of this is correct - as I think Lord Wolfson accepts (implicitly at least), the Official Secrets Act could not be enforced (nor could any criminal sanction) against a Member of Parliament for something they said in the Parliamentary chamber, because of section 9 of the Bill.
As the Joint Committee on Parliamentary Privilege (selectively quoted by @ZiaYusufUK) said in the very first sentence “The privilege of freedom of speech in Parliament places a corresponding duty on every member to use the freedom responsibly". Article 9 of the Bill of Rights.
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Re the above - whilst the court seems to have come up with the idea, the (previous) government then took up the suggestion and defended it for two further years.
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Also, one key fact which isn't being well reported is that the injunction was the MOD's idea, the SUPER injunction (prohibiting the fact there was an injunction being reported) was apparently the Court's idea at a hearing on 1.9.23.
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I don't know what I think about the overall story yet - I haven't read the judgments in full. I can see it was incredibly difficult for our institutions to deal with, and was basically the MOD's fault that this data was breached and it was trying to repair that. I am pretty.
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I entirely understand why the previous government wanted to keep its data leak as private as possible, if it was of the view that to reveal it was to put people who had assisted the UK Armed Forces at risk of death/torture. But the risks of a super injunction to democratic.
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Was it not possible, if the government wanted to keep it secret to protect the lives of those affected, for the Intelligence and Security Committee to scrutinise the Afghan relocation scheme in private? Or for some other body to be set up?.
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My client, Ian McGrail, the former Commissioner of the Royal Gibraltar Police, has asked the police to investigate an alleged secret government scheme which appears to have paid out over £1m to police officers in "golden handshakes" many of whom later went on to give critical.
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Rightly so. Aggressive and in my view threatening.
Chambers distances itself from barrister over aggressive tweets
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It is unfortunate that more priority is not being placed on this: "hopes to appoint. by the end of the year" sounds like it could be quite a while. Sharone Lifschitz, Stephen Brisley, Adam Rose and I gave evidence on this to @HostageAPPG a week ago:.
Lammy says he hopes to appoint a special envoy for hostages by the end of the year (he will call it something incomprehensible to keep diplomats happy) Says it is important to have the right figure that commands the respect of families. PS (me) Jesus wept - There are not many.
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This morning, I gave evidence to the All Parliamentary Group on Arbitrary Detention and Hostage Affairs (@HostageAPPG), alongside Steve Brisley, Sharone Lifschitz and Adam Rose. We focused on:. 1. The lack of an immediate process in place to provide support for British families
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Tomorrow, Sharone Lifschitz, Stephen Brisley, Adam Rose and I will be giving evidence to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Arbitrary Detention and Hostage Taking. The hearing will not be broadcast but it is possible to attend in person, details below:. The All Party.
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The crux of the judgment is this line, about the "high hurdle" of challenging a national security assessment which is, the court ruled, constitutionally a matter for the executive
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A few other parts of the (very interesting) judgment which sounded important as I skim read it
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A challenge to the UK's decision to suspend certain arms exports to Israel but create an exception for some licences for the export of components for F-35 combat aircraft has been rejected by the High Court.
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Recording here:
I spoke to @alexisconran on @TimesRadio earlier about the "death to the IDF" Glastonbury chant - from 54 minutes
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I spoke to @alexisconran on @TimesRadio earlier about the "death to the IDF" Glastonbury chant - from 54 minutes
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