LDMG

"Final Statement

After 24 years LDMG has decided to call it a day. It's a sad day, but we hope this may spark a renewed interest in legal support, which is the responsibility of the movement.

Thanks to everyone who has been involved or otherwise supported our work over the years.

We are very proud of what our volunteers have achieved in providing legal observers, helping defendants, supporting prisoners and providing legal advice.

The documents will remain on this web site for the time being, but if you need legal support please contact Green and Black Cross by email on [email protected] or by phone on the legal hotline 07946 541 511

6th June 2018" http://ldmg.org.uk/

Statement on the Hyde Park Case

An email was recently sent to a number of people currently active and previously active in LDMG questioning the support given to a defendant in a recent case. Although we do not usually comment publically on cases, given the circulation of this email we consider a public response necessary.

The role and purpose of the Legal Defence and Monitoring Group (LDMG) is to provide legal observers to demonstrations and actions, to support protestors who are arrested and, when charged, throughout the criminal court prosecution. Over the past year LDMG has provided
support to over 100 people.

It would not be appropriate for LDMG to base our decision to support a defendant on our view of what the person did or didn’t do. That would be to act as judge and jury; a role we reject. If we did not support defendants who are ‘guilty’ then we would support far fewer defendants. Indeed, it has long been an unofficial LDMG slogan that “we also support the innocent!”

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ldmg.org.uk

Dissident Island Radio episode 211 live tonight from 9pm GMT with insurgent interruptions from:

- An Independent Workers Union of Great Britain - IWGB organiser speaking to us about bringing together precarious workers to beat the bosses

- Dr Debra Benita Shaw telling us about her new book 'Posthuman Urbanism'

- Someone from The Black Fish talking to us about citizen inspectors and overfishing as organised crime

- The first of our reviews, this one featuring the PERFECT DAY ZINE

- The LDMG's Andy with updates on ongoing court cases and tips on staying safe on the streets

- Dj Tim Wells hitting the wheels of steel like he just don;t care

Listen live at http://is.gd/DI_live or check back soon for the download

Hacking suspect Lauri Love wins appeal against extradition to US Lawyers for the 32-year-old student argued he would be at risk of killing himself in the US

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Featuring an introduction to the new pre-charge police bail powers:

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They probably still won't let you choose your own timeslot.

Lawyers concerned as MoJ revives plans for extended court sittings Government planning to allow some courts to remain open until 8.30pm in six-month pilot scheme.

More on that Bristol case.

It ain't what you do, but the way that you do it - property guardians & 'licences' - Nearly Legal: Housing Law News and Comment (1) Camelot Property Management Ltd, (2) Camelot Guardian Management Ltd v Greg Roynon. County Court at Bristol, 24 February 2017 (copy of Judgment) We’ve noted the issues bubbling away between Camelot and property guardians in Bristol (here, and here), and now we have a judgment – on a preliminary…

Bristol Property Guardians ARE legally tenants A Bristol 'property guardian' living in an empty council nursing home has won what could be a landmark court case to gain the same rights as regular tenants. A judge at Bristol Civil Court ruled...

As always if you are a defendant or witness please get in touch with GBC [email protected] we will be co-ordinating defence and campaign depending on what unfolds. if you want advice in person drop in to Freedom Bookshop weds-sat 12-6pm

tonight we'll be doing "party law" and special squatting advice update!

Dissident Island Radio comes at you live and direct for the 186th time tonight from 9pm GMT. Contents may include:

- Undercover Research Group speaking about the ongoing fun and games at the Pitchford Inquiry and undercover cops in the main.
- A comrade from ACORN Sheffield - discussing greassroots activism in the UK's hottest tenant's union
- The LDMG's Andy wielding the truncheon of justice once again
- Qba Libre from the Berzerk soundsystem family serenading us from the wheels of steel

All that plus announcements and live updates from happenings in Washington DC. Tune in live at http://bit.ly/1QLdZDB (our website's back on the blink)

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