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The billable hour appeal for refugees needs just £20k to hit £200,000

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By Alex Aldridge on

One last push required, as ‘How to get sued’ fundraiser event is launched

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As lawyer LinkedIn madness engulfed the world last week, donations to Sean Jones QC’s amazing billable hour appeal for refugees kept creeping higher.

Last Monday the total raised was just over £100,000. Now — at the time of publication of this article — it’s £178,874.73.

Yesterday Jones took to Twitter to predict that reaching £200,000 might be possible.

So far an incredible 1,403 donations have been made — with a host of big shots handing out £1,000 lump sums. But as another QC, Simon Myerson, pointed out, that still leaves plenty of lawyers left to help nudge the figure over the £200k mark.

You can donate here.

UPDATE: 5:11pm — Hardwicke barristers Gordon Exall and PJ Kirby QC are hosting How to get sued: Make a loss and be miserable on Tuesday 22 September, with all proceeds going to the billable hour for refugees campaign.

Held at Hardwicke Building in Lincoln’s Inn from 5:30pm-7pm, topics to be covered include

• How to fall foul of limitation periods time after time.
• How to root out and get caught by those limitation periods that are less than three years.
• An easy guide to fouling up service of the claim form.
• The wrong way to agree extensions of time.
• Why court orders and rules are not important and can happily be ignored.
• How to make sure your witnesses fail in their evidence every time.
• How to lose at trial without really trying.
• How to panic and run away when things go wrong.

Registration and welcome drinks are from 5:30pm, the talk starts at 6pm and there are nibbles and wine from 7pm. Tickets cost £100 for lawyers and £25 for students and pupils. All proceeds go to the billable hour for refugees campaign.

To book, please contact billable hour charity event manager Sheraine Rowe at sheraine.rowe@hardwicke.co.uk, who will confirm your place and advise you on how to make payment.