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Doughty Street Barristers deliver closing statements in Module 10 of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry on societal impact of Covid: www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/doughty...
Module 10 was the final module of the Inquiry, bringing the public hearing phase of the UK Covid-19 Public Inquiry to a close.

Divisional Court win for Kneecap rapper.

Jude Bunting KC acted for Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, along with Brenda Campbell KC, Blinne Ní Ghralaigh KC, and Rosalind Comyn, instructed by Darragh Mackin and Gareth Peirce.

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Failure to pay the correct court fee does not lead a claim to be time barred- Court of Appeal.

David Lemer represented the Claimant/Respondent in the Court of Appeal proceedings only. He was instructed by RAD Solicitors.

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Jule Snackenberg talks about youth movement in bringing climate change to the International Court of Justice. Humanising these stories, makes the truth of climate change real. #DoughtyStWomen #IWD2026

Sile Reynolds talks about the challenge of speaking up for victims of torture in the political climate in 2026: personal stories move but expose these incredibly vulnerable people to abuse which silences. The climate needs to change. #DoughtyStWomen #IWD2026 @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social

Poppy Jay talks about the challenges of balancing the personal, the public and private in commissioning and finding platforms that will tell the stories that matter. (Moving the room and bringing tears of laughter at the same time). #DoughtyStWomen #IWD2026

Jo Hamilton OBE on being an unlikely campaigner. She had been a ‘mouse’ before Horizon. After her conviction people brought their stories together: she got angry & found her voice. People listened: it took over a decade of postmasters campaigning for injustice to shift. #DoughtyStWomen #IWD2026.

Abimbola Johnson of Doughty Street Chambers opens our last panel of Changemakers. Brilliant women from different walks of life using their voice to make change, challenging injustice, laws that are unjust and outdated stereotypes. #DoughtyStWomen #IWD2026

Vanessa Wiggins, Bark & Co - This is endemic and the impact is real. Vanessa tells the powerful stories of black mothers prosecuted tactically. She recalls one woman driven to self-harm. ’It is not right. It needs to change.’ #DoughtyStWomen #IWD2026

Dr Kathryn Chadwick & Becky Clarke of Manchester Metropolitan University on their research on women in joint enterprise, the class & race inequality in criminal justice systems ‘we are all complicit in‘: ‘focusing on who the woman is, how she is seen, not what she has done’. #DoughtyStWomen #IWD2026

How can the state have the moral high ground if they do not maintain high standards? Farrhat Arshad KC on charging women as bargaining chips in the wider prosecution of men. #DoughtyStWomen #IWD2026

Doughty Street‘s Nancy Hollander and Harriet Wistrich, Centre for Women’s Justice open our afternoon session focused on the criminalisation of women. (We recall the then newly minted CWJ publicised at our first #DoughtyStWomen event in March 2016) #IWD2026

Helena Kennedy KC asks Deborah Frances-White how we shift the dial and change the world. (These women are trying to come up with a plan to destroy the Patriachy in 45 mins. We are just watching and taking notes.) Collaboration and harnessing your own power is key #DoughtyStWomen #IWD2026

Helena Kennedy KC asks Deborah Frances-White: Is she really a guilty feminist? Deborah says: ‘Guilt is shame. It’s baggage and it weighs us down.‘ Are the men asking themselves these questions? Asks Helena. The news would suggest not. #DoughtyStWomen #IWD2026

Dilraj Sokhi-Watson from Equate Scotland talks about how policy can go beyond the law to help prevent violence against women in the workplace on intersectional lines. Enough is enough. #DoughtyStWomen #IWD2026

Emma Norton, Centre for Military Justice addresses the lived experience of sexual harassment of service women - in the past 12 months, horrific statistics on sexual assault and harassment. However - of particular concern was - that women weren’t complaining about it. #DoughtyStWomen #IWD2026

What’s changed in the last 8 years since I last spoke at a DoughtyStWomen celebration? asks Zelda Perkins CBE. ‘The hierarchy of male power has been challenged. It is important the law has changed. Law changes culture and culture changes the law. They have to move together.‘ #DoughtyStWomen #IWD2026

Lameesa Iqbal gives us all a whistle stop tour of the state of the law on sexual harassment at work in 2026, including the Employment Rights Act 2025 #DoughtyStreetWomen #IWD2026

Maya Sikand KC opens our first panel Sexual Harassment and Power, with Lameesa Iqbal, Zelda Perkins CBE, Emma Norton and Dilraj Sohki-Watson. Maya starts by regretting the state of the bar, as reflected in the Harman Report remains deeply disappointing. #DoughtyStreetWomen #IWD2026

Antonia Benfield encourages everyone who can to support the important work of @4refugeewomen.bsky.social, this #IWD2026. You can give here: www.justgiving.com/page/doughty...

International Women's Day 2026 - Women for Refugee Women Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

Antonia Benfield encourages everyone to support this year’s charity of choice @4refugeewomen.bsky.social. Introduces their powerful message for #IWD2026. #GivetoGain m.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wan...

‘How can the law protect women if institutions meant to keep us safe fail to do so? Powerful words from Aswini open today’s programme reflecting on the changes in the climate for women’s rights since 2016.

Our Head of Chambers Aswini Weereratne KC opens our tenth anniversary #DoughtyStWomen celebration of International Women’s Day. #IWD2026

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Since 2016, we’ve brought together lawyers, judges, politicians, campaigners and academics to ask: what more can the law do for women and girls?

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Iain Gould of DPP Law has instructed Nick Stanage to pursue a claim for damages against Thames Valley Police for false imprisonment, breach of data protection law, breach of Art 8 ECHR and breach of the Equality Act 2010.

Automated facial recognition software: innocent man arrested.

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Laura Dubinsky KC led Daniel Clarke (DSC) and Siân McGibbon of Landmark Chambers for the lead claimants, instructed by @dpglaw.co.uk. The DPG team was headed by Ahmed Aydeed, Partner and also comprised Megan Smith, Ralitsa Peykova, Natalie Hawes and Megan Hovvels.

Test challenge to policies and practices concerning the move-on period succeeds | Large numbers of newly recognised refugees will avoid street homelessness as a consequence: doughtystreet.co.uk/news/test-ch...

𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗜𝟱 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗯𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁'𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮: www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/police-...

Jude Bunting KC acts for Vincent Kearney and the BBC, leading Jonathan Scherbel-Ball and instructed by Ciaran O’Shiel, A&L Goodbody LLP.

This article is written in a personal capacity and reflects the authors’ own views.