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Adam Wagner

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Adam Wagner is a Doughty Street Chambers barrister,[1][2] a member of the Equality and Human Rights Commission's panel of counsel.[3]

In 2019 he represented the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) in its case a formal investigation under section 20 of the Equality Act 2006 into whether the Labour Party had "unlawfully discriminated against, harassed or victimised people because they are Jewish".[4]

He is a specialist in human rights and public law,[1][5] including COVID-19 lockdown rules.[6][7] He wrote a book, Emergency State, which discusses human rights during the pandemic.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Adam Wagner | Doughty Street Chambers". www.doughtystreet.co.uk.
  2. ^ "Adam Wagner". The Guardian. 2019-03-07. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  3. ^ "Panel of counsel". Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  4. ^ "EHRC launches formal investigation into Labour antisemitism". Jewish Chronicle. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  5. ^ "The risk of eternal lockdown". UnHerd. 2021-02-08. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
  6. ^ Tom Edgington (15 December 2021). "Downing Street Christmas party: What were the Covid rules at the time?". BBC News. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  7. ^ Sparrow, Andrew (8 May 2022). "'He is Mr Rules': Labour denies leak shows Starmer broke lockdown laws". the Guardian. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  8. ^ "How we lost our freedoms – read all about it". Law Gazette. Retrieved 2022-10-23.