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Justice under Starmer’s Labour

20 April 2020
Issue: 7884 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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Lawyers should welcome Sir Keir Starmer’s appointment as Leader of HM Opposition, solicitor Patrick Allen writes in NLJ.

Lawyers should welcome Sir Keir Starmer’s appointment as Leader of HM Opposition, solicitor Patrick Allen writes in NLJ.

The senior partner of Hodge, Jones & Allen highlights the Labour Leader’s ‘legal background and training… becoming a QC at the age of 39… and involved in many ground breaking cases’ such as the McLibel trial, a David and Goliath battle where two protesters defended themselves against the US behemoth’s libel action.

Allen also praises the shadow cabinet appointments and looks ahead to a possible Starmer-led government, which he believes could ‘reverse the disgraceful 25% cuts in the justice budget imposed over the past ten years in the misguided cause of austerity’.

Read the full comment piece at: https://bit.ly/2VHkLom

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