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Eat plants 🌱, not planets🌍.


Bio

I’m just a lawyer. Probably not your lawyer. I'm a legal aid lawyer. I specialise in asylum, human right & immigration. I am currently working at the Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit (GMIAU). My employer actively disavows all of comments, opinions and views.

This is not a legal blog. I'm not a legal blogger.

Aside from various professional references and open letters I have signed, this is the only internet presence I have and maintain. A lot of the social media sites I'm on are in "read only mode 👓". They exist for the purpose of reading other people's posts.

Mostly sharing snippets from my life and the most random of thoughts.


Location

Usually, England.


Interests

Food: Vegan

Living: Gardening, Growing, Thinking, Travelling

Media: Blogs, Books, Movies, Music, Photography, Podcasts

Politics: Left

Rights: Animal Rights, Digital Rights, Environmental Rights, Human Rights, Migrant Rights

Tech: Coding, Linux, Privacy, Proton, Python, Security, Signal, Small Web, Standard Notes, TOR


Professional memberships

Haldane Society for Socialist Lawyers

Human Rights Lawyers Association (HRLA)

Immigration Law Practitioners Association (ILPA) [as GMIAU]

Lawyers for Lawyers

Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights (LPHR)


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