How did the Jewish Pilot Officer end up imprisoned with the leader of the British fascists?
What is the right balance between security and liberty?
Was Liversidge guilty?
How did one of the most extraordinary time legal stories remain covered up until now?
Adam is a leading human rights barrister specialising in human rights, public law and public inquiries. He practises from Doughty Street Chambers in London and is a Visiting Professor of Law at Goldsmiths, University of London. His has recently published his debut book - Emergency State: How We Lost Our Freedoms in the Pandemic and Why it Matters.
He is the 2024 recipient of the Halsbury Rule of Law award.
Liversidge v Anderson is one of the most famous judgments in English legal history. But until recently its secret Jewish story was sealed in intelligence service files. This presentation will reveal the extraordinary wartime tale of an RAF
intelligence officer, a Hollywood starlet, administrative detention and... Humpty Dumpty.
