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Image Description: Lady Justice on top of the Old Bailey Criminal Court. The relationship of the BAME community to the justice system, from police to the courts, has been defined by a deep lack of trust throughout the history of the United Kingdom, but also a concerted effort for reform and slow progressive change. In […]
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Image Description: Protesters outside the Oxford Union during Hopkins’ debate. I was planning to write this week’s column about tax avoidance, the ancient legal concept of the trust, and how it is used to keep money away from the tax man. Then Katie Hopkins turned up, and it seemed silly not to talk about freedom of […]
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Image Description: Mark Zuckerberg delivering a speech about Facebook. “The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee. The conch exploded into thousand white fragments and ceased to exist.” The destruction of the conch is a key moment in the GCSE staple “Lord of the Flies”. It marks the point at which law […]
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Image Description: Memorial in Nairobi to victims of colonialism. “Bottles (often broken), gun barrels, knives, snakes, and vermin were thrust up men’s rectums and women’s vaginas.” “The screening teams whipped, shot, burned, and mutilated suspects, ostensibly to gather intelligence for military operations.” This June will mark the 10th anniversary of the first claim brought by […]
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