About 120 lawyers are set to sign a ‘Declaration of Conscience’ stating they will not prosecute groups like Extinction Rebellion.
Police officers remove Just Stop Oil protesters outside Whitehall last November CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES
A group of top lawyers have declared they will refuse to prosecute climate activists.
Around 120 of Britain’s most eminent lawyers are set to sign a “Declaration of Conscience” stating they will not prosecute eco-protestors brought before the courts.
Prominent lawyers such as Joylon Maugham KC and Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC, and other members of the group “Lawyers are Responsible,” are among the potential signatories, according to the Daily Mail.
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