JUSTICE
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Building a fairer UK justice system within everyone’s reach.
Last week, JUSTICE’s Philip Armitage spoke with TalkTV's Petrie Hosken about why the European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act are so important to empower ordinary people every day.
Watch the full interview here (from 8 mins in): bit.ly/4isAjoD
Watch the full interview here (from 8 mins in): bit.ly/4isAjoD
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Last week, JUSTICE’s Philip Armitage spoke with TalkTV's Petrie Hosken about why the European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act are so important to empower ordinary people every day.
Watch the full interview here (from 8 mins in): bit.ly/4isAjoD
Watch the full interview here (from 8 mins in): bit.ly/4isAjoD
Join us for our AI in Policing report launch next Tues (2 Dec), with:
🎙 @jenitennison.com
🎙 Dylan Alldridge
🎙 Dr @kenzjorg206
Tickets: bit.ly/44owxGT
📍 Macfarlanes
🕠 5:30pm registration
🎙 @jenitennison.com
🎙 Dylan Alldridge
🎙 Dr @kenzjorg206
Tickets: bit.ly/44owxGT
📍 Macfarlanes
🕠 5:30pm registration
Report Launch - AI in Policing: international lessons and domestic solutions | JUSTICE | UK Legal Reform Charity
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November 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Join us for our AI in Policing report launch next Tues (2 Dec), with:
🎙 @jenitennison.com
🎙 Dylan Alldridge
🎙 Dr @kenzjorg206
Tickets: bit.ly/44owxGT
📍 Macfarlanes
🕠 5:30pm registration
🎙 @jenitennison.com
🎙 Dylan Alldridge
🎙 Dr @kenzjorg206
Tickets: bit.ly/44owxGT
📍 Macfarlanes
🕠 5:30pm registration
As one of the best trusted parts of the criminal justice system, juries are key to safeguarding fairness and public confidence. Reducing jury trials to curb delays is like reducing engine safety checks to get flights off the ground faster. There are fairer, safer options (1/3)
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
As one of the best trusted parts of the criminal justice system, juries are key to safeguarding fairness and public confidence. Reducing jury trials to curb delays is like reducing engine safety checks to get flights off the ground faster. There are fairer, safer options (1/3)
Last day to apply!
We’re recruiting for two paid internships, offering hands-on experience working alongside our policy team on important law reform, research and drafting work.
📅 3 months (full-time or part-time)
📍 UK wide
Read more & apply: bit.ly/3JCjElq
We’re recruiting for two paid internships, offering hands-on experience working alongside our policy team on important law reform, research and drafting work.
📅 3 months (full-time or part-time)
📍 UK wide
Read more & apply: bit.ly/3JCjElq
Careers | JUSTICE | Legal Charity Jobs
Join our mission to reform the legal system. Explore current job openings and career opportunities at JUSTICE.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Last day to apply!
We’re recruiting for two paid internships, offering hands-on experience working alongside our policy team on important law reform, research and drafting work.
📅 3 months (full-time or part-time)
📍 UK wide
Read more & apply: bit.ly/3JCjElq
We’re recruiting for two paid internships, offering hands-on experience working alongside our policy team on important law reform, research and drafting work.
📅 3 months (full-time or part-time)
📍 UK wide
Read more & apply: bit.ly/3JCjElq
Our joint panel with @nao.org.uk on public procurement reform will discuss how a rights-based approach can improve accountability, value for money & service quality in outsourced public services – join us!
🗓 22 Jan 2026
🕠 17:30
📍 NAO, SW1W 9SP
Register: justice.org.uk/events/the-f...
🗓 22 Jan 2026
🕠 17:30
📍 NAO, SW1W 9SP
Register: justice.org.uk/events/the-f...
The Future of Outsourcing: Building Fair and Transparent Public Services | JUSTICE | UK Legal Reform Charity
justice.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Our joint panel with @nao.org.uk on public procurement reform will discuss how a rights-based approach can improve accountability, value for money & service quality in outsourced public services – join us!
🗓 22 Jan 2026
🕠 17:30
📍 NAO, SW1W 9SP
Register: justice.org.uk/events/the-f...
🗓 22 Jan 2026
🕠 17:30
📍 NAO, SW1W 9SP
Register: justice.org.uk/events/the-f...
Today's asylum proposals risk worsening problems & causing deep worry for people trying to build safe, stable lives with their families.
Current serious problems such as huge backlogs & hotel use stem from Home Office policies not our human rights laws (1/5)
Current serious problems such as huge backlogs & hotel use stem from Home Office policies not our human rights laws (1/5)
November 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Today's asylum proposals risk worsening problems & causing deep worry for people trying to build safe, stable lives with their families.
Current serious problems such as huge backlogs & hotel use stem from Home Office policies not our human rights laws (1/5)
Current serious problems such as huge backlogs & hotel use stem from Home Office policies not our human rights laws (1/5)
Know someone looking to gain experience of cutting edge law reform work in a small, friendly team?
The deadline for these two paid internships is this Weds so please share them today with anyone who might be interested!
The deadline for these two paid internships is this Weds so please share them today with anyone who might be interested!
JUSTICE is hiring!
We’re recruiting for two paid internships, offering hands-on experience working alongside our policy team on important law reform, research and drafting work.
📅 3 months (full-time or part-time)
📍 UK wide
Read more & apply: bit.ly/3JCjElq
We’re recruiting for two paid internships, offering hands-on experience working alongside our policy team on important law reform, research and drafting work.
📅 3 months (full-time or part-time)
📍 UK wide
Read more & apply: bit.ly/3JCjElq
Careers | JUSTICE | Legal Charity Jobs
Join our mission to reform the legal system. Explore current job openings and career opportunities at JUSTICE.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Know someone looking to gain experience of cutting edge law reform work in a small, friendly team?
The deadline for these two paid internships is this Weds so please share them today with anyone who might be interested!
The deadline for these two paid internships is this Weds so please share them today with anyone who might be interested!
JUSTICE is hiring!
We’re recruiting for two paid internships, offering hands-on experience working alongside our policy team on important law reform, research and drafting work.
📅 3 months (full-time or part-time)
📍 UK wide
Read more & apply: bit.ly/3JCjElq
We’re recruiting for two paid internships, offering hands-on experience working alongside our policy team on important law reform, research and drafting work.
📅 3 months (full-time or part-time)
📍 UK wide
Read more & apply: bit.ly/3JCjElq
Careers | JUSTICE | Legal Charity Jobs
Join our mission to reform the legal system. Explore current job openings and career opportunities at JUSTICE.
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
JUSTICE is hiring!
We’re recruiting for two paid internships, offering hands-on experience working alongside our policy team on important law reform, research and drafting work.
📅 3 months (full-time or part-time)
📍 UK wide
Read more & apply: bit.ly/3JCjElq
We’re recruiting for two paid internships, offering hands-on experience working alongside our policy team on important law reform, research and drafting work.
📅 3 months (full-time or part-time)
📍 UK wide
Read more & apply: bit.ly/3JCjElq
Do you believe the justice system can make society fairer & want to help make this happen?
If you’re a budding professional, join NextGen JUSTICE60, a new network for future leaders advancing justice through giving, mentoring & collaboration.
Learn more: justice.org.uk/get-involved...
If you’re a budding professional, join NextGen JUSTICE60, a new network for future leaders advancing justice through giving, mentoring & collaboration.
Learn more: justice.org.uk/get-involved...
November 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Do you believe the justice system can make society fairer & want to help make this happen?
If you’re a budding professional, join NextGen JUSTICE60, a new network for future leaders advancing justice through giving, mentoring & collaboration.
Learn more: justice.org.uk/get-involved...
If you’re a budding professional, join NextGen JUSTICE60, a new network for future leaders advancing justice through giving, mentoring & collaboration.
Learn more: justice.org.uk/get-involved...
New briefing & a guest blog by Alex Benn & Annie Fendrich on the Sentencing Bill, welcoming plans to cut unnecessary prison stays but raising concerns about how the changes will be resourced, among other things:
Briefing: justice.org.uk/briefings/se...
Blog: justice.org.uk/blogs/the-se...
Briefing: justice.org.uk/briefings/se...
Blog: justice.org.uk/blogs/the-se...
Sentencing Bill Briefing | JUSTICE | UK Legal Reform Charity
JUSTICE briefs MPs on the Sentencing Bill, warning reforms risk failure without proper resources and safeguards for rights and equality.
justice.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
New briefing & a guest blog by Alex Benn & Annie Fendrich on the Sentencing Bill, welcoming plans to cut unnecessary prison stays but raising concerns about how the changes will be resourced, among other things:
Briefing: justice.org.uk/briefings/se...
Blog: justice.org.uk/blogs/the-se...
Briefing: justice.org.uk/briefings/se...
Blog: justice.org.uk/blogs/the-se...
JUSTICE and 40+ other experts today urge the govt to remove the power to imprison people for their own protection while they await trial.
Prisons are not places of care, and this practice worsens issues such as homeless, addiction & mental health crises.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Prisons are not places of care, and this practice worsens issues such as homeless, addiction & mental health crises.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Lammy urged to end ‘scandal’ of people imprisoned for own protection
Exclusive: Removing courts’ power would help vulnerable adults and children and ‘free up jail spaces’, experts say, in wake of recent manhunts to find missing prisoners released by mistake
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
JUSTICE and 40+ other experts today urge the govt to remove the power to imprison people for their own protection while they await trial.
Prisons are not places of care, and this practice worsens issues such as homeless, addiction & mental health crises.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Prisons are not places of care, and this practice worsens issues such as homeless, addiction & mental health crises.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
JUSTICE is hiring!
We’re recruiting for two paid internships, offering hands-on experience working alongside our policy team on important law reform, research and drafting work.
📅 3 months (full-time or part-time)
📍 UK wide
Read more & apply: bit.ly/3JCjElq
We’re recruiting for two paid internships, offering hands-on experience working alongside our policy team on important law reform, research and drafting work.
📅 3 months (full-time or part-time)
📍 UK wide
Read more & apply: bit.ly/3JCjElq
Careers | JUSTICE | Legal Charity Jobs
Join our mission to reform the legal system. Explore current job openings and career opportunities at JUSTICE.
bit.ly
November 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
JUSTICE is hiring!
We’re recruiting for two paid internships, offering hands-on experience working alongside our policy team on important law reform, research and drafting work.
📅 3 months (full-time or part-time)
📍 UK wide
Read more & apply: bit.ly/3JCjElq
We’re recruiting for two paid internships, offering hands-on experience working alongside our policy team on important law reform, research and drafting work.
📅 3 months (full-time or part-time)
📍 UK wide
Read more & apply: bit.ly/3JCjElq
This Friday we mark 25 years since the Human Rights Act at the JUSTICE Annual Conference.
Speakers include the AG, the Shadow AG, Lord Briggs (UKSC), Lord Justice McCloskey, Lady Carmichael + Professor Aileen McHarg.
Very limited tickets: bit.ly/47LvmU9
Speakers include the AG, the Shadow AG, Lord Briggs (UKSC), Lord Justice McCloskey, Lady Carmichael + Professor Aileen McHarg.
Very limited tickets: bit.ly/47LvmU9
Annual Conference 2025: 25 Years Since the Commencement of the Human Rights Act | JUSTICE | UK Legal Reform Charity
Join us this November for JUSTICE’s Annual conference – bringing together the UK’s leading legal voices to discuss the most pressing developments, challenges and opportunities shaping the rule of law.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This Friday we mark 25 years since the Human Rights Act at the JUSTICE Annual Conference.
Speakers include the AG, the Shadow AG, Lord Briggs (UKSC), Lord Justice McCloskey, Lady Carmichael + Professor Aileen McHarg.
Very limited tickets: bit.ly/47LvmU9
Speakers include the AG, the Shadow AG, Lord Briggs (UKSC), Lord Justice McCloskey, Lady Carmichael + Professor Aileen McHarg.
Very limited tickets: bit.ly/47LvmU9
One week to go until the JUSTICE Annual Conference 2025!
Join leading voices from law, politics & academia for a day of debate on the future of human rights and the justice system.
📅 Fri 7 Nov | 📍 A&O Shearman, London
🎟️ Final tickets remaining: bit.ly/47LvmU9
Join leading voices from law, politics & academia for a day of debate on the future of human rights and the justice system.
📅 Fri 7 Nov | 📍 A&O Shearman, London
🎟️ Final tickets remaining: bit.ly/47LvmU9
October 31, 2025 at 11:01 AM
One week to go until the JUSTICE Annual Conference 2025!
Join leading voices from law, politics & academia for a day of debate on the future of human rights and the justice system.
📅 Fri 7 Nov | 📍 A&O Shearman, London
🎟️ Final tickets remaining: bit.ly/47LvmU9
Join leading voices from law, politics & academia for a day of debate on the future of human rights and the justice system.
📅 Fri 7 Nov | 📍 A&O Shearman, London
🎟️ Final tickets remaining: bit.ly/47LvmU9
Want to help shape the future of Scotland’s criminal justice system?
JUSTICE Scotland is seeking pro bono research assistance to draft a short paper on the Victims & Witnesses (Scotland) Bill.
Law students & early career lawyers welcome.
🔗Full details: justice.org.uk/job-opportun...
JUSTICE Scotland is seeking pro bono research assistance to draft a short paper on the Victims & Witnesses (Scotland) Bill.
Law students & early career lawyers welcome.
🔗Full details: justice.org.uk/job-opportun...
JUSTICE Scotland Research Opportunity | JUSTICE | UK Legal Reform Charity
justice.org.uk
October 30, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Want to help shape the future of Scotland’s criminal justice system?
JUSTICE Scotland is seeking pro bono research assistance to draft a short paper on the Victims & Witnesses (Scotland) Bill.
Law students & early career lawyers welcome.
🔗Full details: justice.org.uk/job-opportun...
JUSTICE Scotland is seeking pro bono research assistance to draft a short paper on the Victims & Witnesses (Scotland) Bill.
Law students & early career lawyers welcome.
🔗Full details: justice.org.uk/job-opportun...
📢 New report: Over 1 in 10 prison places are taken by people awaiting trial – a record high.
Magistrates’ courts' decisions drive the overuse of pre-trial prison stays & under new plans they'll make even more life changing calls.
The quality of these decisions is key (1/3)
Magistrates’ courts' decisions drive the overuse of pre-trial prison stays & under new plans they'll make even more life changing calls.
The quality of these decisions is key (1/3)
October 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
📢 New report: Over 1 in 10 prison places are taken by people awaiting trial – a record high.
Magistrates’ courts' decisions drive the overuse of pre-trial prison stays & under new plans they'll make even more life changing calls.
The quality of these decisions is key (1/3)
Magistrates’ courts' decisions drive the overuse of pre-trial prison stays & under new plans they'll make even more life changing calls.
The quality of these decisions is key (1/3)
DWP officers will get the power to use ‘reasonable force’ on benefits recipients when investigating fraud unless the Lords amend the Public Authorities (Fraud Error & Debt) Bill tomorrow.
Here’s why JUSTICE is urging Lords to make that change and prevent these new powers: (1/4)
Here’s why JUSTICE is urging Lords to make that change and prevent these new powers: (1/4)
October 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
DWP officers will get the power to use ‘reasonable force’ on benefits recipients when investigating fraud unless the Lords amend the Public Authorities (Fraud Error & Debt) Bill tomorrow.
Here’s why JUSTICE is urging Lords to make that change and prevent these new powers: (1/4)
Here’s why JUSTICE is urging Lords to make that change and prevent these new powers: (1/4)
Our Legal Director @stephneedles.bsky.social joined BBC One’s Sunday Morning Live to explain why staying in the European Convention on Human Rights matters.
The convention protects our vital freedoms and we would all lose out if the UK withdraws.
📺 Watch: bit.ly/474JI0f
The convention protects our vital freedoms and we would all lose out if the UK withdraws.
📺 Watch: bit.ly/474JI0f
October 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Our Legal Director @stephneedles.bsky.social joined BBC One’s Sunday Morning Live to explain why staying in the European Convention on Human Rights matters.
The convention protects our vital freedoms and we would all lose out if the UK withdraws.
📺 Watch: bit.ly/474JI0f
The convention protects our vital freedoms and we would all lose out if the UK withdraws.
📺 Watch: bit.ly/474JI0f
Just days to go until the JUSTICE Annual Lecture
Thurs 16 Oct, 6:30pm at @BakerMcKenzie (London) or online.
Hear from Kate Green & Kaya Comer-Schwartz, sharing perspectives from Manchester and London on building safer communities.
Free tickets: bit.ly/46NZZb7
Thurs 16 Oct, 6:30pm at @BakerMcKenzie (London) or online.
Hear from Kate Green & Kaya Comer-Schwartz, sharing perspectives from Manchester and London on building safer communities.
Free tickets: bit.ly/46NZZb7
JUSTICE Tom Sargant Memorial Lecture - Our Criminal Justice System: Insights from the North and South | JUSTICE | UK Legal Reform Charity
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October 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Just days to go until the JUSTICE Annual Lecture
Thurs 16 Oct, 6:30pm at @BakerMcKenzie (London) or online.
Hear from Kate Green & Kaya Comer-Schwartz, sharing perspectives from Manchester and London on building safer communities.
Free tickets: bit.ly/46NZZb7
Thurs 16 Oct, 6:30pm at @BakerMcKenzie (London) or online.
Hear from Kate Green & Kaya Comer-Schwartz, sharing perspectives from Manchester and London on building safer communities.
Free tickets: bit.ly/46NZZb7
📢 Early bird tickets for the JUSTICE Annual Conference close soon!
Join us on Fri 7 Nov at A&O Shearman (London) - or online - for one of the UK’s leading justice events.
Hear from the Attorney General, Shadow AG, Lord Briggs, Keir Monteith KC, Ade Adedeji, and more.
🎟️ Book now: bit.ly/3J1PPue
Join us on Fri 7 Nov at A&O Shearman (London) - or online - for one of the UK’s leading justice events.
Hear from the Attorney General, Shadow AG, Lord Briggs, Keir Monteith KC, Ade Adedeji, and more.
🎟️ Book now: bit.ly/3J1PPue
Annual Conference 2025: 25 Years Since the Commencement of the Human Rights Act | JUSTICE | UK Legal Reform Charity
Join us this November for JUSTICE’s Annual conference – bringing together the UK’s leading legal voices to discuss the most pressing developments, challenges and opportunities shaping the rule of law.
bit.ly
October 10, 2025 at 8:07 AM
📢 Early bird tickets for the JUSTICE Annual Conference close soon!
Join us on Fri 7 Nov at A&O Shearman (London) - or online - for one of the UK’s leading justice events.
Hear from the Attorney General, Shadow AG, Lord Briggs, Keir Monteith KC, Ade Adedeji, and more.
🎟️ Book now: bit.ly/3J1PPue
Join us on Fri 7 Nov at A&O Shearman (London) - or online - for one of the UK’s leading justice events.
Hear from the Attorney General, Shadow AG, Lord Briggs, Keir Monteith KC, Ade Adedeji, and more.
🎟️ Book now: bit.ly/3J1PPue
Yesterday at #CPC25, JUSTICE, @legalactiongroup.bsky.social & APPG Access To Justice held a powerful panel on Justice as a Public Service.
JUSTICE’s Tyrone Steele & Ellen Lefley discussed criminal justice, backlogs, prisons & AI with Lord Sandhurst KC, Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst MP & Rohini Jana
JUSTICE’s Tyrone Steele & Ellen Lefley discussed criminal justice, backlogs, prisons & AI with Lord Sandhurst KC, Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst MP & Rohini Jana
October 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Yesterday at #CPC25, JUSTICE, @legalactiongroup.bsky.social & APPG Access To Justice held a powerful panel on Justice as a Public Service.
JUSTICE’s Tyrone Steele & Ellen Lefley discussed criminal justice, backlogs, prisons & AI with Lord Sandhurst KC, Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst MP & Rohini Jana
JUSTICE’s Tyrone Steele & Ellen Lefley discussed criminal justice, backlogs, prisons & AI with Lord Sandhurst KC, Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst MP & Rohini Jana
Are you at #CPC25? Join @tyronesteele.bsky.social & Ellen Lefley (JUSTICE), Lord Sandhurst KC & Rohini Jana to discuss ‘Justice as a Public Service’ - an event with @wearelapg.bsky.social & Society for Conservative Lawyers.
🗓️ Today (Mon), 16:00
📍 Victoria Suite, Midland Hotel (Inside Secure Zone)
🗓️ Today (Mon), 16:00
📍 Victoria Suite, Midland Hotel (Inside Secure Zone)
October 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Are you at #CPC25? Join @tyronesteele.bsky.social & Ellen Lefley (JUSTICE), Lord Sandhurst KC & Rohini Jana to discuss ‘Justice as a Public Service’ - an event with @wearelapg.bsky.social & Society for Conservative Lawyers.
🗓️ Today (Mon), 16:00
📍 Victoria Suite, Midland Hotel (Inside Secure Zone)
🗓️ Today (Mon), 16:00
📍 Victoria Suite, Midland Hotel (Inside Secure Zone)
📢 Join us for the Tom Sargant Memorial Lecture at Baker McKenzie, London, on 16 Oct, 6:30pm.
Speakers: Kate Green, Deputy Mayor for Safer & Stronger Communities (GM) and a second justice leader (TBA!)
Free tickets: bit.ly/3KyN2t5
Speakers: Kate Green, Deputy Mayor for Safer & Stronger Communities (GM) and a second justice leader (TBA!)
Free tickets: bit.ly/3KyN2t5
JUSTICE Tom Sargant Memorial Lecture - Our Criminal Justice System: Insights from the North and South | JUSTICE | UK Legal Reform Charity
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October 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
📢 Join us for the Tom Sargant Memorial Lecture at Baker McKenzie, London, on 16 Oct, 6:30pm.
Speakers: Kate Green, Deputy Mayor for Safer & Stronger Communities (GM) and a second justice leader (TBA!)
Free tickets: bit.ly/3KyN2t5
Speakers: Kate Green, Deputy Mayor for Safer & Stronger Communities (GM) and a second justice leader (TBA!)
Free tickets: bit.ly/3KyN2t5
Last night’s Panorama documentary exposed clear racism, misogyny, and a culture of impunity within the Met. This endangers the public and fundamentally undermines trust and policing by consent. [1/4]
October 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Last night’s Panorama documentary exposed clear racism, misogyny, and a culture of impunity within the Met. This endangers the public and fundamentally undermines trust and policing by consent. [1/4]
We're delighted to announce Usman Tariq as the new Chair of JUSTICE Scotland.
He succeeds Almira Delibegović-Broome KC, who led with dedication for three years - huge thanks for her leadership.
Read more: bit.ly/3VJtYKZ
He succeeds Almira Delibegović-Broome KC, who led with dedication for three years - huge thanks for her leadership.
Read more: bit.ly/3VJtYKZ
October 1, 2025 at 9:33 AM
We're delighted to announce Usman Tariq as the new Chair of JUSTICE Scotland.
He succeeds Almira Delibegović-Broome KC, who led with dedication for three years - huge thanks for her leadership.
Read more: bit.ly/3VJtYKZ
He succeeds Almira Delibegović-Broome KC, who led with dedication for three years - huge thanks for her leadership.
Read more: bit.ly/3VJtYKZ