Barristers condemn Middle Temple for hosting Metropolitan Police commissioner

Oct 6, 2020

An group of black and brown inn members has criticised Middle Temple for giving Metropolitan Police commissioner Cressida Dick a platform to discuss policing during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Black, Brown & Racialised Groups (BBRG) Inns Alliance said 150 lawyers and law students signed its open letter, which the alliance posted on Twitter hours before the commissioner delivered the treasurer’s lecture yesterday evening. The event was for members only.

In the letter, dated 2 October, the alliance asked Middle Temple to withdraw the commissioner’s invitation.

‘Firstly, we feel that the inn’s decision to host such an event and speaker is both an insult and deeply insensitive to black members of the inn, black members of the bar, and all those committed to taking an active stance against racial injustice,’ the letter said.

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