Leanna Burnard
Call: 2024
…been interviewed regarding her work by BBC News, BBC Breakfast, Good Morning Britain, Sky News, Andrew Marr on BBC One, and various radio programmes. Her cases have been featured in…
Zehrah Hasan
Call: 2016
…Sector Workers United, and as the Vice-Chair of the Human Rights Lawyers Association. Zehrah is an experienced media spokesperson and has appeared on Newsnight, Sky News, BBC News and LBC….
Free Seminar – Crisis of Conscience? A defence of jury equity
The importance of juries to the legitimacy of the criminal justice system and the ability of juries to acquit ‘according to conscience’ have both been in the news recently. Government…
Mark Gatley KC
Call: 1993 | Silk: 2022
…jury to convict. The three co-defendants were convicted. This was a high profile case, reported in the national news. Mark was recently successful in defending a 17-year-old accused of murdering…
High Court rules proscription of Palestine Action unlawful
Friday 13 Feb 2026
…case has received widespread media attention, see press coverage: Palestine Action like the Suffragettes, court told – BBC News Palestine Action ban ‘abuse of power’, court told – BBC News…
Free speech vs Misconduct in Public Office: protecting journalists and whistleblower sources from prosecution
…Paying journalistic sources as a legitimate method of obtaining information Obligations of newspaper proprietors and senior newspaper executives in these cases Implications of Robert Norman’s conviction and appeal for: journalists,…
Presentations to the Grenfell Inquiry on behalf of bereaved families
Friday 22 Jul 2022
…there is no set publication date. ITV News reports can be viewed below: JESSICA URBANO RAMIREZ ITV News report – 6 July 2022 GARY MAUNDERS ITV News report – 12 July 2022 ANTHONY…
Part 3: Protesting Deportations – From Stansted 15 to Jamaica 50
…dimensions, he is a regular commentator for BBC, Channel 4, Sky News, the Guardian and the Time Newspapers. Raj won the Criminal Lawyer of Year Award at the Legal Aid Lawyer…
Jailed whistle-blower in plea for press freedoms as supporters launch crowdfunding campaign
Thursday 23 Nov 2017
…reporter Stephen Moyes between 30 April 2006 and 1 May 2011. Norman was one of 34 public officials convicted after News International (now News UK) and Trinity Mirror decided to…
‘Justice in a Pandemic’ – Shina Animashuan & Danielle Manson on Channel 4 News with The Secret Barrister
Friday 24 Jul 2020
Danielle and Shina featured in the final part of a four-part Channel 4 feature on the troubles the criminal justice system faces. In this final instalment of the series, entitled…








