Protest Law

Bindmans is acknowledged as among the leading lawyers in defending political activists, protesters and campaigners who are targeted by the police and prosecutors. We have an unrivalled wealth of experience in representing public interest protesters who have deployed an array of tactics, on a spectrum of progressive issues, often over a long period of time.

We have represented campaigners on issues as diverse as racial equality, animal rights, peace, the environment, anti-austerity and social justice.

For example, we represented anti-racism campaigners in the 1970’s, trade unionists in industrial action in the 1980’s, anti-roads protesters in the 1990’s, anti-war activists in the 2000’s and anti-austerity cuts protesters in the 2010’s.

We have also represented those involved in:

• • Marches and assemblies (trade union and anti-war marches)
  • Vigils (outside the South African embassy during apartheid years and outside Parliament against the wars in the Middle East)
  • Camps (Greenham Common, Climate Camps)
  • Direct action (those engaged in damaging genetically modified crops, or weapons to be used in genocide or war crimes)
  • Personal expression (nudity)
  • Picketing or equivalent protests at the workplace (industrial action or at businesses associated with vivisection)

Our right to protest solicitors represent those who wish to plead guilty, to those who put forward defences of justification and are often acquitted.