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Society of Black Lawyers U.K (SBL) Stands Against Violence and Demands Immediate Ceasefire in Palestine-Israel Conflict, Calls for 5 point plan to end Violence

In the face of the escalating crisis in Gaza, the Society of Black Lawyers U.K (SBL) expresses deep sorrow for all innocent victims of violence, regardless of their ethnicity or …

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SBL & AML Refugee Mission to Sicily & Lebanon 2017

6 SBL AML 2017 REFUGEE MISSION SICILY-1 2017 Sicily Mission Briefing Paper https://youtu.be/xNHNeq1tzKg

AMICUS BRIEF LODGED BY SBL IN THE UNITED KINGDOM SUPREME COURT

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Judicial Racism The Jury is still Out

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Judicial Racism The Jury is still Out

Judge complains of RACISM after being criticised for misconduct by disciplinary panel

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Peter Herbert issued damning verdict on justice system after he was disciplined for criticising a ruling by a fellow judge
He had lashed out at judge’s decision to bar disgraced ex-mayor Lutfur …

UK justice system is racist, suggests one of Britain’s only non-white judges

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Peter Herbert, a crown court judge, says legal system pervaded by ‘casual discrimination’
 
Britain’s justice system is racist and should not be trusted by ethnic minorities, one of the UK’s only black …

As a judge, I can see the racism embedded in the system Peter Herbert

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There is a crisis of trust and confidence in the judicial system among black communities. It is not ‘colour blind’ but arbitrary and discriminatory.
 
Britain often claims to possess the finest …

Pan African International Students Exchange Programme 2017

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Pan African International Students Exchange Programme 2017
 

Disciplinary Panel’s Draft Recommendations to the Lord Chief Justice

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Disciplinary Panel’s Draft Recommendations to the Lord Chief Justice

Black Judge Challenges Disciplinary Panel Recommendation

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PRESS RELEASE JUDGES PANEL RECOMMENDATION 10 1 2017

Chair of the Society of Black Lawyers, sues the Ministry of Justice over race discrimination and victimisation

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The claim by Judge Herbert in the Employment Tribunal
The report by Lord Justice Underhill, the Nominated Judge
The submissions by D Peter Herbert O.B.E. in response
The Letter by the President of …