My friend Andrew Keogh,who has died of lung cancer aged 66, was a barrister, and blogger,writer and political activist.
He was called to the bar in 1978 and, starting out in law in London in the 1980s, or was committed to the legal aid system and to resisting the then often transparent racism of the Brixton police. A friend recalls being astonished at how elegant Andrew looked in pinstripe suit,wig and gown. Andrew explained that “whether you’re a destitute, black kid being fitted up by the Brixton nick, and that’s how you want your brief to look”.
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Source: theguardian.com