Back in 2011, Netpol member the Climate Camp Legal Team had an invitation we did not expect – to talk at a Seminar called “Policing and protest in an age of austerity” alongside Sir Hugh Orde, then President of Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO).
After we had gotten over the initial surprise, we asked Phil McLeish to give the talk. Phil has been involved in protest for over 20 years, is a trained barrister and formerly was staff at the now sadly defunct Rights & Justice Centre Friends of the Earth used to run. Continue reading
