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Samuel

@samjacobsDSC

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Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers

Joined June 2014
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@AdamWagner1
Adam Wagner KC
11 years
Great new site crowdfunding public interest legal cases. Could be the future - retweet and follow @CrowdJusticeUK
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@samjacobsDSC
Samuel
11 years
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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@DoughtyStPublic
DoughtyStPublic
11 years
Anonymity for officers refused in police shooting inquest - http://t.co/7hsNF6Km5n - @samjacobsDSC and Lana Amadou @BindmansLLP acting
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@caoilfhionnanna
Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC
11 years
Iain Duncan Smith quote here simply incorrect. Supreme Court has not found benefit cap "right & fair" http://t.co/ghAqQc58qU @patrickjbutler
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Supreme court rules that £500-a-week cap is lawful but incompatible with UK obligations under the UN convention on rights of the child
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@DoughtyStPublic
DoughtyStPublic
11 years
Supreme Court finds benefit cap to breach UN Convention on Rights of Child. @caoilfhionnanna @samjacobsDSC act http://t.co/Th2QlXguYe 1/2
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11 years
Martin Westgate QC in full flow on Supreme Court live - TN v Westminster.
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11 years
FCO withholding docs - scared of damaging 'trust and support' with Bahrain. Challenged today and judgment awaited. With @SueWillman
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@DoughtyStPublic
DoughtyStPublic
11 years
Judgment in "no permission no payment" judicial review now up: http://t.co/qjxcbjMDro - well done @marthaspurrier @westgatm @publiclawprojct
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@tom_watson
Tom Watson
11 years
MT @BBCKimGhattas @BeschlossDC: JFK letter to child: "You must not worry about Santa Claus", 1961. http://t.co/kKV8iKR8OY
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@DoughtyStPublic
DoughtyStPublic
11 years
Inquest finds catalogue of errors at Serco-run prison - http://t.co/WryNjUvUw1 - @samjacobsDSC, @MelinaPadron and @PIL_Law in action.
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@Tweetlawfeet
barefoot lawyer
11 years
Chief constable warns against ‘drift towards police state’ | UK news | The Guardian http://t.co/RCNNsuYrXg
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Greater Manchester’s Sir Peter Fahy says it is not the police’s job to define what counts as extremism
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@DoughtyStPublic
DoughtyStPublic
11 years
Big judgment coming on Wednesday @UKSupremeCourt - SG v DWP - does benefit cap discriminate against lone parents & domestic violence victims
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@samjacobsDSC
Samuel
11 years
So, GCHQ spies on lawyers... http://t.co/cBv6Cs7LHN
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@DoughtyStPublic
DoughtyStPublic
11 years
The @UKSupremeCourt allows appeal in Moseley v LB Haringey. Key authority on the duty to consult. @JamieBurton29 and @samjacobsDSC acting.
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@katkeogh
Kat Keogh
11 years
Midwife Rosie finished a 12-hour shift, delivered three babies,no breaks and she's out on the picket line #NHSstrike http://t.co/6fOEtw5tlW
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@DoughtyStPublic
DoughtyStPublic
11 years
Congratulations to @AdamStraw @DoughtyStPublic - #UKBarAwards2014 Human Rights & Public LawJunior of the Year 2014! http://t.co/StyddyPvNy
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@SadiqKhan
Sadiq Khan
11 years
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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@DoughtyStPublic
DoughtyStPublic
11 years
Five Eyes surveillance pact challenged before the European Court of Human Rights by @privacyint - Tim Cooke-Hurle of @DoughtyStPublic acting
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