PROFILE: Susannah Mengesha

Susannah Mengesha

Susannah volunteers as a legal observer for the Dale Farm Solidarity campaign. She is currently in her final year of studies on the Legal Practice Course at the College of Law and works as a caseworker at the Bar Pro Bono Unit, a legal charity which provides free representation to people who do not qualify for legal aid. Before this she worked for eight years in the voluntary sector helpling homeless people in London. Susannah volunteers as a legal observer in a purely personal capacity, and any views expressed in this article are solely her own.

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As a volunteer legal observer at Dale Farm my role has been to monitor police and bailiff misconduct against residents and their supporters. There are many reasons why people have more…